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Archive for 'Law Enforcement News'

Report unveils new details in fatal shooting of Border Patrol agent David ‘Chris’ Maland

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Plattsburgh Mayor Wendell Hughes appoints Lt. Jarrod Trombley as police chief

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NY inspector makes a call that gets a trucker deported. Gov. Hochul says he was wrong

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Several farmworkers detained in Vermont to have bond hearing this week

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Stec-sponsored public safety bills blocked

Repeals of Green Light Bill, HALT prevented from reaching the Senate floor for a vote Click here for the Sun Community News story 

New legislation strengthens consumer protection

Includes cancelling online subscriptions and overdraft fees CLICK HERE FOR THE SUN COMMUNITY NEWS STORY 

Black and Hispanic drivers continue to be stopped disproportionately across Vermont, traffic stops study finds

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Vermont agriculture secretary says dairy farmers are concerned about migrant farmworker arrests

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Prison guard who helped beat cuffed New York inmate to death pleads guilty to manslaughter

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Two dead in Glens Falls motorcycle crash following police pursuit

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Staffing ‘crisis’ spurs calls for higher pay for Vermont’s prison guards

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Benjamin Greenwood: Vermont’s drug crisis doesn’t stop at the city line

Addiction here is not some distant statistic; it’s an unrelenting force that has a corrupting grip on neighbors, classmates and loved ones. Click here for the VTDigger story 

Onondage County refuses to release Micron’s huge impact report. Public record experts say it should

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DEC and Adirondack Mountain Reserve Announce Start of 2025 Parking Reservation System

Parking Reservations Required May 1 to Oct. 31 April 25, 2025 – The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and Adirondack Mountain Reserve (AMR) today announced the parking reservation system to promote safe access to trails in the Route 73 corridor will resume May 1. Based on improved safety conditions in the corridor […]

‘These guys work six 12-hour days’: VT dairy farms anxious after migrant workers arrested

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Three Mid-State corrections officers plead guilty inmate beating

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US Border Patrol arrests 8 migrant workers at Berkshire dairy

The incident constitutes the largest immigration enforcement action against migrant workers in Vermont in recent memory. Click here for the VTDigger story 

Recent Regional DEC Forest Ranger Actions

Town of Wilmington Essex County Wilderness Rescue: On April 19 at 6:14 p.m., Ray Brook Dispatch received a call from two hikers looking for assistance getting down from the top of Whiteface Veterans’ Memorial Highway. The two 19-year-olds from Quebec were not prepared for the cold and rainy conditions on the trail. At 6:52 p.m., Forest […]

Woman charged with animal neglect after 64 cats found in Upstate NY bus

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Albany Republican Headquarters vandalized with swastikas

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Guards ‘apparently intentionally’ disabled body cams before fatal inmate beating, DA says

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Breaking up of two large drug trafficking rings lands 31 people in prison, officials say

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Stefanik reintroduces by-partisan legislation to designate Plattsburgh Airport as a Port of Entry

April 17, 2025 – Elise Stefanik News Release  While Plattsburgh International Airport qualifies as a port of entry under CBP’s criteria, it has not received this designation, which has resulted in increased costs for the airport and travelers flying in and out. Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Elise Stefanik reintroduced the bipartisan Border Airport Fairness Act […]

SUNY chancellor worries about chilling effect after Plattsburgh student set for deportation

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Prison guards indicted in connection with inmate’s death at CNY prison, governor says

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