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Police & Fire
Watch Rookie Cop On First Solo Shift Save Woman In Cardiac Arrest On NJ Roadside
A police officer on his first solo shift helped save a woman’s life after she went into cardiac arrest following a crash in South Jersey last month, authorities said. At 8:23 p.m. on Saturday, March 28, officers responded to to Greentree Road in front of All American Assisted Living for a report of a vehicle that struck a telephone pole, Washington Township police said. The driver, Kathy Friedrich was reported unconscious and not moving, police said. Friedrich was unresponsive and locked inside the vehicle, police said. Officers, including Dante Moore, who was on his first solo sh…
Police & Fire
Darrin Brown Arrested For Albany Assault: Police
An Albany man punched out a car window and drilled a passenger with a glass bottle in a nighttime assault, police said Thursday, April 16. Darrin Brown, 30, struck the victim’s car on Kate Street near Whitehall Road around 8:20 p.m. Wednesday, April 15, the Albany Police Department said in an alert. After smashing the window, Brown picked up a glass bottle and threw it at the victim, striking him in the head, cops said. Brown then went to Albany Medical Center for treatment on the cut on his arm from punching out the window, according to investigators. The 32-year-old male victim was treat…
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: Son Calls 911 To Report Ex- VA Lt. Gov Dad, Mom Murder-Suicide
Newly leaked 911 audio reveals the moments after the son of former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax found his mother critically injured inside their Annandale home. In audio released by TMZ, a dispatcher can be heard saying that a son called to report his father may have stabbed his mother, later identified as Cerina Fairfax, and his father was missing with his car in the driveway. The dispatcher also says the teen reported that his mother had multiple holes in her shirt. Officers then worked to clear the house after receiving a description of Fairfax from his son inside the home, wher…
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Albany Stabbing: Two Wounded In Bus Stop Brawl, Cops Say
Two men were stabbed in a late-night fight at a bus stop in Albany, police said Thursday, April 16. A 42-year-old man and a 38-year-old man were treated for non-life-threatening injuries at Albany Medical Center following the brawl on Wednesday, April 15, the Albany Police Department said. The 42-year-old man walked into an Albany Fire Department building around 11 p.m. with a stab wound to his arm, police said. Meanwhile, the 38-year-old man walked into an Albany Police station with a stab wound to his abdomen, cops said. Both men were treated and transported to the hospital, but they ref…
Police & Fire
Teen Girl Stabbed In Albany Street Attack, Police Say
A 16-year-old girl was stabbed in the hand and punched in the face during a vicious targeted assault on an Albany street, police said Thursday, April 16. The teenage victim was walking near North Lake Avenue and First Street around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 15 when two other juveniles spotted her and hopped out of their car, the Albany Police Department said. One of the attackers held the girl down while the other punched her in the face, cops said. During the attack, the girl was also slashed in the hand by a knife, according to police. She entered the Albany Medical Center emergency roo…
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Missing NY Teen Found Hiding In Car Trunk With False ID: State Police
A 17-year-old boy reported missing from the Capital Region was found hiding in the trunk of a car about 75 miles north, state police said Wednesday, April 15. The boy had been reported missing from a group home in Troy but was recognized by state troopers when he tried to hand them someone else’s driver’s license, New York State Police said in an alert. Troopers responded to a report of children hiding in a car trunk in Minerva on Thursday, April 9 just after 12 p.m. and located several juveniles at the scene, authorities said. When the trunk was opened, the teen exited and handed cops the …
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Haneef Washington Arrested For Attacking NY Cop: Police
A New York man attacked police officers during a traffic stop and ended up behind bars on assault, drugs, and weapons charges, authorities said Tuesday, April 14. Haneef Washington, 46, was stopped in Albany for a traffic violation on Thursday, April 9, Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple said. During the stop, Washington “became combative and struck one of our deputies in the head multiple times, causing bruising, swelling, and a laceration,” Apple said. Washington also possessed 900 small bags of fentanyl for distribution and a loaded Smith & Wesson handgun, the sheriff said. “Let me …
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14-Year-Old Girl Raped Repeatedly By NY Group Home Employee: State Police
A 14-year-old New York girl was raped dozens of times at a group home by one of the employees, state police said Tuesday, April 14. Andres Lima, 39, was charged with 20 counts of second-degree vaginal rape and 15 counts of second-degree oral rape, New York State Police said. Lima, a Pittsfield, MA, resident, worked at Linderhof Group Home in Valatie, Columbia County, according to authorities. Cops began investigating him in March after receiving reports of Lima sexually abusing the teen girl, who lived at the home. The abuse dated back five months and included dozens of assaults, state pol…
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Wrong Way Head-On Wreck That Killed Albany Man Leads To Guilty Plea: Prosecutors
A New York man admitted he caused a deadly head-on crash after crossing into oncoming traffic in Colonie, authorities said Monday, April 13. Anthony Peterson, 53, pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter in the death of William Merrihew in the wreck, the Albany County District Attorney’s office said. Peterson, of Schenectady, was driving on New Karner Road in Colonie around 7 a.m. on Sept. 16, 2025, when he crossed the double yellow line and struck Merrihew’s vehicle head-on, according to investigators. Merrihew, a 64-year-old Albany man, was taken to Albany Medical Center and died fro…
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His Wife Vanished After Argument 14 Years Ago: Now, He's Charged In Separate NJ Cold Case
The man arrested in a 1990 New Jersey cold case killing last week is the husband of a South Carolina woman who vanished 14 years ago and has never been found. Robert William McCaffrey Jr., 54, of Manteo, NC, was taken into custody at 8 p.m. on Friday, April 10, by a multistate task force in the killing of Newfoundland bank worker Lisa Marie McBride, who vanished after a night out in New York City, Sussex County Prosecutor Daniel Perez said. McCaffrey is charged with first-degree murder, kidnapping, and burglary in McBride’s death, which occurred on June 23, 1990, in Vernon Township, authori…
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Man Shot In Hand During Early Morning Incident In NY Capital Region, Police Say
A man was injured in a shooting early Saturday morning, April 11, authorities announced. Officers were called to the area of the 2500 block of Guilderland Avenue in Rotterdam around 2:23 a.m., where they found an adult male with a gunshot wound to his hand, according to Rotterdam Police. The victim was treated at the scene before being taken to Albany Medical Center for further care, police said. Detectives, along with the Schenectady Police Department, processed the scene and launched an investigation into what led up to the shooting, authorities said. Police said they are actively foll…
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'Lucifer' Who Stabbed 3 With Machete At Grand Central Shot Dead By Cops:
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A man claiming to be Lucifer slashed three people with a machete at Grand Central Station before police officers shot and killed him Saturday, April 11, authorities said. At approximately 9:40 a.m., two officers assigned to transit overtime posts were flagged down by a civilian who reported a man armed with a knife had stabbed multiple people on a subway platform, according to NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch. As officers approached the 4/5/6 platform, they encountered a victim coming up the stairs who confirmed the attack, Tisch said. From the top of the stairs, officers saw the suspect on …
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