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Police & Fire
1 Dead, 3 Hospitalized In Boat Crash Near Logan Airport: Police
A 24-year-old woman was killed and three others were hospitalized when a boat crashed near Logan International Airport in Boston Harbor late Wednesday, May 13, NBC 10 Boston reports. The recreational boat crashed into a pier off of the airport's runway 4R pier just before 11:20 p.m., a Massachusetts State Police spokesperson said. Boston EMS said the crash was a challenging one with difficult conditions, "including darkness and slippery shoreline rocks." "Working in close coordination with Massport Fire, crews carefully extricated four patients from the rocks. One critically injured patien…
Police & Fire
David Griffith Arrested For Sex Crimes In NY: Authorities
A 73-year-old New York man sexually abused two girls he knew for several years, beginning his assaults when the girls were less than 13 years old, authorities said Wednesday, May 13. David Griffith, of Chittenango, was arraigned Wednesday in Albany County, the local district attorney said. Griffith began abusing the first victim in 2016, when she was less than 13 years old, prosecutors said. His pattern of sexual acts involving the victim continued from 2016 to 2022, according to investigators. Then, Griffith began abusing another girl in 2018 when she was younger than 11 years old, and th…
Police & Fire
Elderly NY Woman Lost $3K To NYC Scammer Who Drove To Collect Cash: Police
An elderly Capital Region woman was scammed out of more than $3,000 by a New York City schemer, state police said Wednesday, May 13. Roger K. Flemming, 29, of Jamaica, Queens, was charged with third-degree grand larceny after his arrest on Thursday, May 7, New York State Police said. The victim, a Northumberland resident, was contacted via phone about a family member being arrested after a car crash and needing money for bail, investigators said. Flemming then traveled from Queens to the victim’s Saratoga County home on Wednesday, May 6, and she handed him more than $3,000 in cash, authori…
Police & Fire
Parolee Convicted In Deadly NY Stabbing — But Beats Murder Charge, DA Says
A New York man has been convicted in connection with a deadly stabbing in the Capital Region but cleared on the top murder charge, authorities said Tuesday, May 12. Juan Rivera, a 27-year-old Troy man, was instead convicted of first-degree manslaughter in the death of Kevin Hall Jr., the Rensselaer County District Attorney’s office said. Rivera and Hall, 47, were involved in a fight over property on April 21, 2025, in Troy when Rivera stabbed Hall in the chest with a knife, prosecutors said. At the time, Rivera had just been released from state prison after serving a four-year sentence for…
Police & Fire
Westchester Woman, 24, Caught With Loaded Gun, Stolen Plates On Taconic Parkway: Sheriff
Two people were arrested on felony weapons charges after deputies found a loaded handgun, high-capacity magazine, and stolen license plates during a traffic stop on the Taconic State Parkway in Putnam County, authorities said. The arrests happened just after 3 a.m. on Sunday, May 10, when a Putnam County Sheriff’s deputy stopped a vehicle traveling southbound on the Taconic in Putnam Valley for multiple traffic violations, the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office announced on Tuesday, May 12. During the investigation and a search of the vehicle, deputies said they recovered a loaded 9m…
Police & Fire
Child Porn Busts On Same Day Nab Two NY Creeps: State Police
Two New York men have been arrested on child porn charges, including one man accused of falsely reporting a crime, police said Tuesday, May 12. Shawn Edwards, 32, was arrested Friday, May 8 at his home in Grahamsville, New York State Police said. Cops began investigating Edwards in October 2025 following a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, authorities said. That led to the search warrant, in which investigators found he’d promoted a sexual performance by a child and disseminated sexually explicit materials to a minor, according to state police. Additionally, …
Police & Fire
Nahshon Joseph, Amazjee Glass Sentenced For Robbery: DA
Two New York men busted in a violent Capital Region mugging have been sentenced to several years in prison, authorities announced Tuesday, May 12. Nahshon Joseph, 32, got 10 years behind bars while Amazjee Glass, 20, was sentenced to five years, the Albany County District Attorney’s office said. Joseph and Glass approached a 68-year-old victim on an Albany street around 1:45 p.m. on Aug. 12, 2025, investigators said. The suspects threw the man to the ground, punched him, and stole a gold necklace from his neck and two gold rings from his hand, authorities said. Surveillance captured Joseph…
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Mass Man Lived Beside Father’s Body For A Week Before Confessing To Killing Him: DA
A western Massachusetts man who admitted to police that he beat and stabbed his father to death lived beside the body for a week, prosecutors said. David Louis Boucher, 48, walked into the North Adams Police Department on Monday morning, May 11, and confessed to killing his father, David Allen Boucher, 67, according to the Berkshire County District Attorney's Office. David Louis Boucher and his dad lived in separate units of a Walnut Street multi-family home. During a search of the house on Monday afternoon, police found evidence that David Boucher had beaten and stabbed his father repeate…
Police & Fire
Text Threats, Repeat Calls Lead To Stalking, Harassment Charges Against NY Man: Police
A Capital Region man was arrested on stalking and harassment charges after multiple domestic disputes, state police said Tuesday, May 12. Jeremy Prock, 44, of Waterford, was detained Saturday, May 9 amidst an investigation by New York State Police, according to authorities. Troopers responded to State Route 28 North in Minerva just before 3 p.m. Friday, May 8 for reports of a domestic dispute, cops said. During the ensuing investigation, police learned Prock and the victim had engaged in multiple verbal arguments over the past week and that earlier Friday, Prock had sent threatening texts …
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Cops ID Colgate Student, 21, Found Dead After Kayak Overturns In Upstate NY River (
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A 21-year-old Colgate University student from Westchester County who was found dead after his kayak overturned in an Upstate New York river has been identified by authorities. Sohail A. Nabi, of Yonkers, was found dead Monday, May 11, in the Schroon River in Warrensburg, New York State Police confirmed. The incident began just after 8 p.m. on Sunday, May 10, when troopers responded to the area of Library Avenue following reports of an overturned kayak in the river. Investigators later determined Nabi had been kayaking with a small group of people when they lost sight of him. Wh…
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AR-15, Shotgun Found In Convicted Felon’s NY Home After Domestic Dispute: State Police
A 74-year-old New York man was busted with multiple illegal weapons in his home after cops responded to a domestic dispute involving a younger woman, state police said Tuesday, May 12. Fred D. Earl, of Wallkill in Ulster County, had an assault rifle, a shotgun, and additional weapons despite a prior felony conviction, New York State Police said. Troopers began investigating around 5 p.m. Thursday, May 7 after receiving a call about a domestic dispute between Earl and a 29-year-old woman, authorities said. They issued a “be on the lookout” alert for Earl’s 2024 Ford F-150. State police loca…
Police & Fire
Truck Driver Roz Muhammad Said Crashes Teen Driver:
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Three people were injured when a box truck driver smashed into a teen behind the wheel of a Honda on the New York State Thruway in Albany, New York State Police said Tuesday, May 12. Roz Muhammad Said, 33, was hit with multiple traffic tickets for the wreck, which closed lanes in both directions of the Thruway on Monday night, May 11, according to state police. Said, of Watervliet, was driving his box truck eastbound on I-90 near mile marker 149.6 around 6 p.m. when he struck a 2022 Honda sedan driven by an 18-year-old man from Latham, investigators said. The Honda became wedged under the …
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