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Woodbury, NY
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No Charges For Trooper Who Fatally Shot Knife-Wielding Man In Woodbury: AG
A state trooper will not face criminal charges for fatally shooting a 28-year-old man armed with a knife following a hours-long search in Orange County in 2024, state investigators announced. The New York Attorney General's Office of Special Investigation concluded that Trooper Thomas Raymond was legally justified when he shot and killed Ali Ali in a wooded area of Woodbury on Sept. 18, 2024, according to a report released Wednesday, Sept. 30. As previously reported by Daily Voice, the encounter followed a search that began after State Police learned Ali was wanted by the NYPD.&…
New City, NY
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Triple Murder-Suicide: Sergeant Solely Responsible For Killing Wife, Sons In New City, AG Says
More than a year after the shocking deaths of a Westchester police sergeant, his wife, and their two young sons inside their Rockland County home, state investigators have released their findings. On Friday, Aug. 22, New York Attorney General Letitia James’ Office of Special Investigation announced it had concluded that Bronxville Police Sergeant Watson Morgan was solely responsible for the deaths of his wife, Ornela Morgan, and their two sons before taking his own life on Dec. 30, 2023, in New City. The conclusion came after a review of physical and forensic evidence, including ballistics …
Port Jervis, NY
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: AG Shares Video From Fatal Police Shooting Of Woman With Pellet Gun In Deerpark
Officials have released body-worn camera footage from troopers involved in the fatal shooting of a woman by police during a domestic disturbance in Orange County earlier this year. The New York Attorney General’s Office said Thursday, Aug. 7, that its Office of Special Investigation made the footage public as part of its ongoing investigation into the death of 69-year-old Nancy Loftus of Port Jervis in April. The incident happened around 2:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 12, at a home on Forrest Drive in the Town of Deerpark, as previously reported by Daily Voice. Troopers had respo…
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'I'm Gonna F—ing Kill You': Bodycam Captures Harrowing Lead-Up To Fatal NY Police Shooting
Chilling bodycam footage shows the harrowing moments before sheriff’s deputies shot and killed an armed man outside his home in upstate New York. The footage – released by the New York Attorney General’s Office on Friday, July 25 – captures Chautauqua County deputies opening fire on 66-year-old Mark Bemis after what began as a domestic disturbance call in the town of Mina. Deputies responded to Bemis’ rural home at around 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 18, following a 911 call. They encountered him outside armed with a shotgun, according to investigators. The footage shows that deputies spent n…
Colonie, NY
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Shocking Video Shows Colonie Cop Hit Man With Car, Killing Him
A security camera captured the moment an off-duty police officer hit and killed a man walking in the street in Upstate New York. The disturbing incident happened in Albany County, on Old Loudon Road in Colonie, shortly after 10 p.m. Tuesday, May 27, as Daily Voice previously reported. Security footage released by the New York Attorney General’s Office Wednesday, July 9, shows off-duty Colonie Police officer Jason Tusch striking 65-year-old John Bonds as the man pushed a cart near Purtell Avenue. Bonds, wearing a light-colored shirt and shorts, was launched into the air and out of frame in …
Wyandanch, NY
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: Struggle Before Man's Wyandanch Death In Police Custody Captured On Bodycam
Newly released bodycam video shows the tense moments leading up to a man’s death in police custody on Long Island. The footage–released by the New York Attorney General’s Office on Thursday, June 26–captures the encounter between two Suffolk County Police officers and 41-year-old Henry Sanders outside a Wyandanch store on Aug. 1, 2024. Officers responded to multiple 911 calls about a man in distress near North 15th Street and Merritt Avenue at around 10:20 a.m. In the footage, the officers are seen confronting Sanders as he stands outside the store with his pants down to his ankles, exposi…
Cornwall, NY
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Officer Charged In Fatal DWI Crash In Cornwall: AG
A former NYPD officer is facing a felony manslaughter charge in connection with a fatal crash on Interstate 87 in Orange County that left a motorcyclist dead, officials said. Kevin Richmond, age 43, of Highland Mills in Orange County, was arraigned Tuesday, June 17, in Newburgh City Court on a charge of second-degree vehicular manslaughter in connection with the July 2023 crash, which happened in Cornwall, the New York Attorney General’s Office announced on Tuesday. The charges stem from a deadly crash that happened just after midnight on Thursday, July 27, 2023. Prosecutors say…
Colonie, NY
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Deadly Crash Involving Off-Duty Cop In Colonie Now Under AG Investigation
A pedestrian crash involving an off-duty police officer in the Capital Region is now under state investigation after the victim died from his injuries. The New York Attorney General’s Office of Special Investigation (OSI) has officially opened an inquiry into the death of a 65-year-old man who was struck by a vehicle driven by off-duty Colonie Police officer Jason Tusch, the agency announced Monday, June 16. It comes three weeks after Tusch struck the victim while driving his personal vehicle near the intersection of Old Loudon Road and Purtell Avenue at around 10 p.m. Tuesday, May 27, as …
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Injured Victim Was Found Holding Sword Blade In Fatal Poughkeepsie Police Shooting: AG (
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The New York Attorney General’s Office is investigating the fatal police shooting of a man armed with a sword during a confrontation in Dutchess County, officials confirmed. The incident happened around 2:15 p.m. on Thursday, June 5, at a home on Fair Oaks Drive in the Town of Poughkeepsie, where officers had responded to a 911 call reporting an assault involving a bladed weapon. The call came from the Dutchess County Mobile Crisis Team, who reported being attacked by a man armed with a sword, as Daily Voice previously reported. When officers entered the home at 8 Fair Oaks Dr., they …
Ballston Spa, NY
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: Bodycam Shows Fatal Officer Shooting Of Malta Man Armed With Pellet Gun
Dramatic bodycam footage shows the moment police shot and killed a man who allegedly pointed a pellet gun at them following a standoff in upstate New York. Brandon Moore, 34, was killed following a standoff with New York State Police and Saratoga County Sheriff’s deputies at the Ellsworth Apartments on Route 9 in Malta on Thursday, April 10, as Daily Voice reported. Authorities alleged that Moore aimed a gun at police. The weapon was later determined to be a pellet gun, police said. Footage of the incident, released by the New York Attorney General’s Office Wednesday, June 11, shows at le…
Ballston Spa, NY
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Victim ID'd In Deadly Officer-Involved Shooting At Malta Apartment Building
Authorities identified a man who was shot and killed during an encounter with police at a Capital Region apartment building. Saratoga County resident Brandon Moore was shot multiple times after he emerged from his unit at the Ellsworth Apartments on Route 9 in Malta and pointed a handgun at police, according to the New York Attorney General’s Office. Troopers and sheriff’s deputies responded to a 911 call reporting a domestic dispute at an apartment at around 10:30 a.m. Thursday, April 10. When they arrived, they encountered a woman who was bleeding and leaving the apartment. A short time …
Kingston, NY
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Father-Daughter Duo Who Stole $230K From Elderly Victim In Kingston Dodges Prison
A father and daughter who scammed a 92-year-old woman out of more than $230,000 in Ulster County won’t spend a day in prison. Frank Whittaker, 56, of Kingston, and his daughter, Christine Ellsworth, 39, of Accord, were sentenced to probation and ordered to pay restitution in Ulster County Court on Tuesday, March 4. The daddy-daughter duo gained the victim’s trust by helping with yard work and household tasks, according to the New York Attorney General’s office. Over time, Whittaker convinced the woman to grant him Power of Attorney over her finances. But instead of managing her money resp…
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Poughkeepsie Ringleader, Gun Maker From Dutchess Get Years In Jail In Drug, Firearm Bust
A Poughkeepsie man who ran a major drug and firearms trafficking operation in Dutchess County will serve more than a decade behind bars, while his top weapons supplier—who built ghost guns in his home—was sentenced to even more time, authorities announced. New York Attorney General Letitia James revealed on Wednesday, Jan. 29, that Muayad Qader, 35, of Poughkeepsie, was sentenced to 14 years in prison after pleading guilty to multiple felonies for his role in a sprawling narcotics and illegal firearms network. His main supplier, Jason Knapp, a Dutchess County resident who built untrace…
Colonie, NY
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Tax Fraud: Colonie Car Dealership Owner Admits Stealing Over $160K
The owner of a Capital Region car dealership formally confessed to dodging hundreds of thousands of dollars in unpaid taxes. Guy Nicolas, of Colonie, and his business, G&A Auto Care Inc., were sentenced in Albany County Court on Thursday, Jan. 23, months after Nicolas pleaded guilty to grand larceny. An investigation led by the New York Attorney General’s Office found that Nicolas failed to file annual sales tax returns for his car dealership business for all but two years between June 2013 and June 2023, the AG’s office said. During that period, he failed to report more than $2 millio…
Massapequa, NY
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'Wonderful' Massapequa Mom's Death In Crash With
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Officer Target Of NY AG Investigation
State officials have launched a formal inquiry into the death of a Long Island woman following a crash with an NYPD officer. Lynn Walsh, 70, of Massapequa Park, died on March 17, 2023 after she was struck by an off-duty NYPD officer in a marked crosswalk on Sunrise Highway near Unqua Road in Massapequa Park. Walsh was ultimately struck by three vehicles, including one belonging to the off-duty officer. She was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead. On Monday, Dec. 30, the New York Attorney General’s Office of Special Investigation (OSI) opened an investigation into the woman’s death. Su…
East Greenbush, NY
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East Greenbush Tow Company Owner Charged With Stealing Cars From Parking Lots: AG Says
A Capital Region tow company owner has been charged with allegedly using his business to steal cars from parking lots and then sell them. John F. Rivers, age 43, of East Greenbush, was charged on Friday, Dec. 6, for using his towing company, Rivers Asset Recovery, to steal and sell vehicles towed from parking lots across the Capital Region, said New York Attorney General Letitia James. James said an investigation by the Attorney General's Office and the New York State Police revealed that Rivers used his contracts with local businesses to monitor parking lots and tow vehicles. Later, he ill…
Peekskill, NY
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Over 100 Assault Weapons, Guns Turned In At Buyback Event In Peekskill
More than 100 firearms, including several assault weapons, were turned in during a community gun buyback event held in Northern Westchester. A total of 103 guns were collected during the buyback event held in Peekskill on Saturday, Nov. 16 at the United Methodist Church of Peekskill, the New York Attorney General's Office announced. This included 68 handguns; 19 long guns; and 9 assault weapons, officials said, adding that the office has removed more than 8,300 guns from New York communities since 2019. "Every one of the guns collected today is a step in the right di…
Troy, NY
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First Person From Troy Sentenced In Large Capital Region Drug Trafficking Ring Of 25
The first person charged in a major drug trafficking ring in the Capital Region and Dutchess County, busted last year and included 25 people, has been sentenced to prison. New York Attorney General Letitia James announced on Tuesday, Oct. 29, the convictions of members of the major drug trafficking ring that distributed heroin and fentanyl, as well as powder and crack cocaine in Albany, Dutchess, Rensselaer, Saratoga, and Schenectady counties. An investigation led by the Attorney General's Office recovered more than three kilograms of cocaine and approximately 40 grams of heroin laced…
Fallsburg, NY
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State AG Sues Mobile Home Park Owners In Hurleyville For Horrific Living Conditions
The New York Attorney General's Office has filed a lawsuit against a mobile home park in the region and its owners for years of failing to maintain humane living conditions. The suit, filed Thursday, Oct. 10, in Sullivan County, targets River Valley Estates (River Valley), a mobile home park in Loch Sheldrake (Hurleyville), and its operators, George Levin and Gayla Sue Levin, for years of failing to maintain essential infrastructure in the park that left hundreds of residents without clean water and for charging illegal fees and rent hikes that cost residents hundreds of thousands of dollars…
New Rochelle, NY
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Officer Who Shot Man Dead In New Rochelle Won't Face Charges: NY AG
Although a police detective who fatally shot a man in Westchester following an incident at a grocery store will not face charges, the New York Attorney General's Office has recommended his department update its training and policies. In an announcement on Wednesday, Sept. 18, New York Attorney General Letitia James' Office of Special Investigation revealed the results of its investigation into the shooting of 37-year-old New Rochelle resident Jerrel Garris during an incident that happened in New Rochelle on July 3, 2023. Earlier Report - Man Shot Dead By Cop: Ful…
Middletown-Wallkill, NY
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New Video Shows Moments Leading Up To Fatal Shooting Of Middletown Man By
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Newly released body camera footage shows the tense moments that led to a New York’s man’s death at the hands of police. The Sullivan County incident happened in the town of Thompson, on Rock Hill Drive, at around 2:20 a.m. on Tuesday, July 16. New York State Police said troopers were pursuing 32-year-old Orange County resident Albert Melendez, of Middletown, when Melendez stopped and attempted to turn around at the intersection of Rock Hill Drive and Emerald Place. Earlier Report: Man From Region Killed By State Trooper After Striking Officer With Car, Police Say A trooper exited…
Kingston, NY
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$280K Scam: Father, Daughter Accused Of Stealing From Hudson Valley Woman
A man and daughter have been accused of stealing over $280,000 from a Hudson Valley resident. New York Attorney General Letitia James announced on Tuesday, Aug. 13, the indictments and arrests of Ulster County residents Frank Whittaker, age 56, of Kingston, and his daughter Christine Ellsworth, age 38, of Accord, for allegedly stealing more than $280,000 from a vulnerable elderly victim. After earning the trust of the victim, an Ulster County resident, by providing lawn maintenance and assisting with household tasks, Whittaker and Ellsworth gained access to the then-92-year-old’s checkbook …
Yonkers, NY
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9 Get Prison Time For Stealing Vehicles In Yonkers As Part Of Car Theft Ring
Nine members of a car theft ring have been sentenced after stealing 45 vehicles from Westchester and New York City during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, officials announced. The nine defendants were sentenced to prison in connection with a car theft ring that operated over six months in 2020 and targeted vehicles in New York City and Westchester, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced on Monday, March 11. According to James's office, the nine sentencings were the result of a two-year investigation into the scheme that began in September 2019 and eventual…
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Hudson Valley Guns, Drugs Trafficking Networks Busted, 7 Arrested, AG Says
Large gun trafficking and narcotics networks were busted and seven suspects were arrested during raids in the region. The networks and suspects were operating out of Dutchess County, mostly in the Poughkeepsie area, according to New York Attorney General Letitia James. The arrests were made on Wednesday, Feb. 14 throughout Dutchess County. According to James, the gun trafficking network sold ghost guns and assault-style rifles and the narcotics trafficking network distributed counterfeit oxycodone pills containing deadly amounts of fentanyl in Dutchess County. The takedowns recovere…
White Plains, NY
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NY AG James Sues SiriusXM For 'Trapping' Customers In Subscriptions, Making Cancellation Hard
New York Attorney General Letitia James is suing SiriusXM Radio for deliberately making it hard for customers to cancel subscriptions by dragging out the interactions required to do so, her office announced. James announced her lawsuit against the New York City-headquartered company on Wednesday, Dec. 20 following an investigation conducted by her office that found SiriusXM makes it "extremely difficult and frustrating" for customers to cancel their subscriptions, officials said. "Having to endure a lengthy and frustrating process to cancel a subscription is a stressfu…
Hudson, NY
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Man's Stun Gun, Fire Death At NY Police Station Doesn't Warrant Criminal Charges, AG Says
Three New York police officers are off the hook for criminal charges in the death of a man who caught fire after being hit with a stun gun. The New York Attorney General’s Office of Special Investigation (OSI) found that a prosecutor would not be able to prove that the three officers, all members of the Catskill Police Department in Greene County, committed a crime in the October 2021 death of Jason Jones. Therefore, no criminal charges against the officers will be pursued, the AG’s office announced Friday, Oct. 13. The 29-year-old Jones walked into the Catskill Police Department on Oct. …
New Rochelle, NY
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Real Estate Company Denied Housing To Low-Income Renters In New Rochelle: AG
A Westchester-based real estate company will pay $105,000 in damages after denying housing to low-income renters and violating federal, state, and local laws in the process, officials announced. New Rochelle-based Platzner International Group, owned by Merrick and Harrin Platzner, has entered into an agreement with the New York Attorney General's Office after denying housing to low-income residents in Westchester, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced on Tuesday, Oct. 10. According to the Attorney General's Office, the real estate firm, which owns over 200 residential units i…
Mahopac, NY
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New Update: Officers Involved In Fatal Hudson Valley Shooting Get No Charges, AG Says
Two officers who fatally shot a man in the Hudson Valley while he was stabbing a woman have been cleared of any criminal charges by the New York Attorney General's Office. On Friday, Sept. 15, New York Attorney General Letitia James’ Office of Special Investigation announced that no charges would be filed in the January 2023 fatal officer-involved shooting of 34-year-old Christopher Torres in the Putnam County town of Southeast. Earlier Report - NY AG To Probe Officer-Involved Fatal Shooting Of Carmel Man In Southeast On the day of the incident, Tuesday, Jan…
New Rochelle, NY
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Man Shot Dead By Cop: Full Bodycam Footage Of New Rochelle Incident Released By NY AG
As the investigation into a Westchester police-involved shooting that left a man dead continues, the New York Attorney General's Office has publicly released the full body camera footage of the incident. The body-worn camera footage, released by the Attorney General's Office's Office of Special Investigation on Tuesday, July 25, depicts the shooting of 37-year-old New Rochelle resident Jerrel Garris in an incident that happened on Monday, July 3. Earlier Report - New Update: Man Shot By Cop In New Rochelle Dies, Attorney General Says According to authorities…
New Rochelle, NY
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Fatal New Rochelle Shooting: Detective's Actions Were 'Necessary,' APA Of Westchester Says
As the New York Attorney General’s Office investigates a fatal police-involved shooting in Westchester, a law enforcement organization is saying that the choice to fire a shot likely saved officers' lives. In a statement issued on Wednesday night, July 12, Detective Keith Olson, President of the Affiliated Police Associations of Westchester, said that the police shooting of New Rochelle resident Jerrel Garris on Monday, July 3, was "necessary" in potentially saving the lives of New Rochelle officers involved in the incident. Earlier Report - New Update: Man Shot By Cop…
White Plains, NY
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'Dangerous' Social Media: NY State Senator Seeks To Require Parents' Permission For Minors
As federal officials highlight the possible harm that social media can cause to children, a New York State Senator is seeking to make it unlawful for minors to use online platforms without permission from their parents. New York State Senator Jack Martins, a Republican who represents the state's 7th State Senate district which includes part of Nassau County, has introduced legislation that would make it illegal for social media companies to allow minors to create or maintain accounts without obtaining consent from their parents or guardians, Martin's office announced on Friday, May 26.…
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