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Archive for 'Law Enforcement News'

N.Y. readies National Guard amid prison strikes

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Corrections staff strike at Clinton and across the state

‘It’s not safe in there.’ Click here for the Sun Community News story 

Corrections officers hold strikes at Buffalo-area and Elmira-area prisons

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Police arrest Michelle Zajko, wanted in connection to Vermont border agent killing

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Missing transgender man was tortured for over a month and killed in Finger Lakes

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Burlington leaders explore new community safety initiatives

The city has contracted the Chittenden County Sheriff’s Department to have an officer monitor the Marketplace parking garage every weekday from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Click here for the MYNBC5 story 

Senator Dan Stec and Assemblyman Billy Jones express different remedies to recent correctional facility violence

Feb. 12, 2025 – Statement from State Senator Dan Stec on incidents at Upstate and Collins Correctional Facilities  “Between the recent chemical exposure at Upstate Correctional Facility and today’s events at Collins, it’s more clear than ever that state policies like HALT have made these sites unsafe for correction officers, civilian staff and incarcerated individuals. […]

Weeks after shooting of border patrol agent, FBI searched connected residences in North Carolina

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Body in Franklin County tentatively identified as missing Plattsburgh man

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US sues New York officials over immigration enforcement

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TSA seizes handguns from passenger at Burlington airport

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Rangers conduct night rescue in subzero temps for two lost Grace Peak hikers, multiple agencies respond to unresponsive hiker on the Wolf Pond trail

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Scam alert: NY Thruway Authority warns of text message scams regarding unpaid tolls

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19-year-old killed when train hit him and disabled SUV in Manlius was Onondaga Community College student, worked 2 jobs.

Family is from Iraq. They moved from Iraq to Turkey and then to the United States in 2015. Their father wanted the family to have a better life. Click here for the Syracuse.com story 

Chazy man indicted for smuggling undocumented immigrants

Bailey Burger allegedly smuggled four Indian nationals across the U.S. border Click here for the Sun Community News story 

Vt. Attorney General sues over federal buyouts

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Internet crimes against children sting nets multiple arrests

Four Clinton County men charged after allegedly arranging sexual encounters with underage youth Click here for the Sun Community News story 

Before the shooting of border patrol officer, visitors took interest in a remote Northeast Kingdom property

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Central NY fire department treasurer stole more than $300,000 from department, officials say

Department policies and procedures were adopted too late!  Click here for the Syracuse.com story 

Burlington man with nearly 2,000 police encounters arrested after threatening nonprofit employees with glass shard

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Death of inmate Robert Brooks who was beaten by Marcy Correctional prison guards ruled a homicide

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Upstate NY judge resigns after saying he thinks all defendants ‘did something wrong’

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Story Update – 2/5/25 – Snowmobile accident takes life of New Jersey police officer

Story Update – 2/5/25 – Click here for the MYNBC5 story Town of Harrietstown Franklin County Snowmobile Accident: On Feb. 1 at 2:20 p.m., Ray Brook Dispatch called NYS Forest Ranger Adams about a snowmobile accident near McCauley Pond. Ranger Adams was on snowmobile patrol and reached the scene with Ranger O’Connor at 2:45 p.m. Saranac […]

Trump tariffs would hit New Yorkers’ energy costs first, Canadian diplomat warns

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Upstate NY county is in top 5 statewide for violent crime; search data for all of state

Click here for the Syracuse.com story  Clinton County  Population 78661 Crime count 1,321 Crime rate 1,679.4 Crime rate change +16.94 % Violent crime count 148 Violent crime rate 188.1 Violent crime rate change +1.79 % Property crime count 1,173 Property crime rate 1,491.2 Property crime rate change +19.17 % Firearm crime count 11 Firearm crime […]