Crime

Well this is a big announcement- New York State is putting millions towards helping domestic violence and sexual assault victims. Five million dollars to be exact.  According to News 10 abc, the Governor’s Office announced that five million dollars of funding is going towards victims of domestic violence and sexual assault...

Located about an hour from the Capital Region, an Adams, Massachusetts man was prosecuted for planning a terrorist attack. Reported by News 10 abc, this unfortunate news is both scary and horrifying.  However, it's inspiring that the terrorist was caught and the attack foiled...

It's almost as if we're on one of those television crime shows- because one area of the Capital Region is being turned into a SWAT training site for the FBI! According to the Times Union, a former warehouse in Colonie located on Arrowhead Lane is going to be converted into a training site for the FBI...

A Catskill woman got in trouble for having a pair of animals in her home, and you won’t believe what they were. I mean, seriously, who wants to keep one of these, let alone two, in their home.  I get having odd pets like snakes and stuff, but a Catskill woman and her son totally pushed it with having two pet alligators...

The Capital Region- well some of it at least- might be safer than you thought. According to a report by News 10 abc, three of the safest towns in New York are right in and around the Capital Region.  There are, according to statistics and News 10 abc, 50 towns in New York that have a crime rate 94% lower than the national average...

A Capital Region lawyer was arrested on numerous drug charges, including selling heroin out of her law office. This story is frankly so awful to me.  As reported by News 10 abc, a Cohoes lawyer was arrested by the Albany County Sheriff's Office on multiple drug charges...

But why would grown adults even want to do this?! According to News 10 abc, four people were arrested for climbing to the top of a Capital Region landmark.  Two of the four people were charged with criminal trespassing, while two others decided to spray paint some graffiti...

After being denied parole four times, a Capital Region killer has been released. One would think a horrific murder would be enough to spend the rest of your life in prison.  But apparently, the murder of your wife, placing her body in a car trunk, and lying about it in public is not...

It's getting harder to get away with a fake ID with new technology. Times have definitely changed since I was under 21.  According to a post on newyorkupstate.com, about a twitter post by the New York State DMV, Governor Cuomo has approved police using new technology to catch fake ID's...

I guess that could make an Uber ride a whole lot more expensive! According to News 10 abc, a Capital Region Uber driver is being charged with stealing a passenger’s credit card. The driver, Donald Smith Jr., reportedly took a credit card out of a purse that had been left in his Uber, and used it to buy some gas...

A Schenectady woman convicted 30 years ago of killing her infant daughter and long suspected in the deaths of her other children, has been granted parole and could be back in the area soon, living with her husband in Duanseburg.

Oh man there is going to be some serious action going down in Albany next week! Thankfully this time around it is going to be pretend.