Troy Man Threatened Local Jewish Leader, President Trump: State Police
A New York man was arrested after making antisemitic threats on social media, state police said Tuesday, March 17.
Joshua Wood, a 45-year-old Troy resident, was arrested Friday, March 12, according to authorities. He was charged with second-degree hate crime aggravated harassment.
Wood threatened a local religious leader, the Jewish community as a whole and President Trump, investigators said. A state police counterterrorism unit and FBI agents spotted Wood’s posts and alerted New York State Police in Brunswick, leading to his arrest.
Following his arraignment Friday, Wood was released on …
Lil Wayne, 2 Chainz Bringing ‘Carter Classics’ Tour To Saratoga This Summer
Lil Wayne is headed to the Northeast this summer.
The Grammy-winning rapper has extended his 20+ Years of Carter Classics tour to 29 new cities over the summer and into the fall, including five shows in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. The Northeast shows include:
July 2 at Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, NY
Sept. 10 at Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh, NY
Sept. 11 at Freedom Mortgage Pavilion in Camden, NJ
Sept. 18 at the Bryce Jordan Center in State College, PA
Sept. 19 at the Santander Arena in Reading, PA
“Headed on the road again,” Lil Wayne wrote on social m…
Cop Car Struck At 100 MPH By Fleeing Drugged Rensselaer Driver In Chase: State Police
A drugged driver hit speeds of 100 mph during a police chase around Albany and slammed into a marked cop car before she was arrested and hit with numerous charges, state police said Tuesday, March 17.
Janette Ketcham, a 54-year-old Rensselaer resident, led state troopers and local cops on a chase that began in Troy and ended in Rensselaer, authorities said.
Troopers attempted to pull her over just after 2 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 28 but she refused to stop, state police said. Instead, she sped off at speeds exceeding 100 mph and attempted to evade police on I-787, I-90, and eventually into Re…
Kids Sitting Next To Cocaine In Malta Drug Bust: State Police
A New York man was arrested while transporting half a pound of cocaine next to two children in his back seat, authorities said Tuesday, March 17.
Jonathan Rivera, a 37-year-old Flushing man, was pulled over on I-87 in Malta for a traffic stop around 11:15 p.m. on Saturday, March 14, which led to the discovery of the drugs, state police said.
A K9 officer found the half-pound package that later tested positive for cocaine, according to authorities. The package was sitting within an arm’s reach of the two children, who were both under age 16, investigators said.
Rivera was charged with two c…
