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Archive for 'Law Enforcement News'

Champlain mayor urges county to address Roxham Road situation

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Man who tried to take a gun on a plane in Syracuse will face no criminal charges

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Cop accidentally fired gun near bystanders during training in downtown Burlington

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Hochul announces new Chief Judge nomination to NY Court of Appeals

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Texas man stopped at Syracuse airport checkpoint carrying loaded gun, TSA says

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Adirondack Park Agency eyes Saranac Lake building as future headquarters

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Read Donald Trump’s full 34-count indictment; accused of falsifying business records

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Trump pleads not guilty to 34 felony charges in New York court (update)

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NYSP investigate bomb threat at Moriah Central School

Officials tell NBC5 that other schools across New York have also received similar calls Tuesday morning. Click here for the MYNBC5 story 

High number of overdoses continues to plague Burlington

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DEC Announces New York’s Trout Harvest Opens April 1

Nearly 1.9 Million Catchable Trout Stocked Statewide New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos announced the April 1 start of the spring trout fishing season, which provides excellent angling opportunities thanks to DEC’s extensive stocking program and wild trout fisheries. DEC stocks nearly 1.9 million trout in waters statewide, beginning in […]

Eight dead crossing river in attempt to enter US from Canada -police

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Hochul: State Police tracking origin of bogus school shooting calls

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DiNapoli: Former Clerk/Treasurer of St. Lawrence County Village of Norwood Pleads Guilty to Stealing Over $70K From Village

Opinion: Apparently, the village board did not do or failed to perform annual audits competently. March 31, 2023 State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, St. Lawrence County District Attorney Gary Pasqua and the New York State Police today announced that Nancy Berger, 55, formerly the Clerk/Treasurer of the Village of Norwood, pleaded guilty to grand larceny […]

No “associated criminality” found in claims against City Police leadership

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False reports of school shootings lock down schools across North Country

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Six people found dead in St. Lawrence River in Akwesasne

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Plattsburgh High School threat deemed not credible

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Merchants and cops struggle to contain wave of shoplifting

“Clinton County Sheriff David Favro said he believes that more than half of such larcenies are perpetrated by individuals stealing goods so they can resell them and support drug habits.” Click here for the Press-Republican story 

Upstate New York shootout leads to attempted murder indictment against off-duty Vermont deputy

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Watertown woman convicted of breaching Capitol, helping man steal Pelosi’s laptop

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Four officers were injured following an attack at Upstate Correctional Facility in Malone.

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Central NY bus monitor critically injured when school bus, pickup crash, police say

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Police arrest two men in Keeseville homicide

Two men charged with 2nd degree murder in Keeseville death Click here for the MYNBC5 story 

Violations of NY’s solitary confinement rules remain a year after law changed

A report by the Correctional Association of New York, which monitors prison conditions, found there has been “numerous departures from basic adherence” to the HALT Act Click here for the Times-Union story