Crime

Driver crashes through Troy deli

Monday, July 4th, 2011, 4:46pm

TROY, N.Y. - The Deli and Brew on Route 4 in Troy was open for business today despite damage from a weekend accident.

Police say 60 year-old Jacqueline Worden of Troy was drunk as she drove through the front doors of the deli on Saturday, July 2 and then tried to back out. There was a lot to clean-up after that one.

Worden has been charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated.

Fortunately no one was injured.

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Police investigate gas station robbery

Submitted by WNYT Staff

Monday, July 4th, 2011, 12:43pm

TROY, N.Y. - Police in Troy are looking for the man who robbed a gas station at gunpoint yesterday.

It happened at the Sunoco at 125 Mill Street.

Police say the clerk told them a man went into the gas station, hit him with a handgun and demanded money.

The clerk suffered minor injuries and was treated at the scene.

No arrests have been made.

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Senior center falls victim to phone scam

Submitted by WNYT Staff

Friday, July 1st, 2011, 3:09pm

COHOES - The Cohoes Senior Center is struggling to stay open and now it's being preyed upon by scammers.

The center says someone has been calling seniors in Rensselaer County, claiming to be raising money for the center and the senior meals program.

The caller referenced a story WNYT showed on Tuesday about the center's campaign to keep its doors open.

The center is not soliciting phone donations and has contacted authorities and the sheriff's department is now investigating.

“There are many scams out there that victimize innocent people, but nothing is more despicable than those which target the elderly,” said County Executive Kathleen Jimino in a statement. “We want to remind residents, and especially our seniors, that no County Department will ever contact you by phone to request a donation.”

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Police investigate armed robbery in Troy

Submitted by WNYT Staff

Friday, July 1st, 2011, 11:38am

TROY - Police in Troy are searching for a suspect in an armed robbery overnight.

Police tell WNYT that a man with a gun and a mask hit the Collar City grocery store at 471 Fulton Street at about 10:30 p.m. Thursday.

No one was seriously injured.

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More arrests expected in 17-year-old Troy murder

Submitted by WNYT Staff

Thursday, June 30th, 2011, 6:30pm

TROY- More arrests are expected in a 17-year-old Troy murder.

The special prosecutor in the Rosemary Crosier case tells NewsChannel 13 he expects the grand jury to reconvene on July 27 to consider new evidence.

Bob Becher also says he expects more suspects to be charged.

Currently two men are facing charges.

Scott Chaplin and George Mott are being held without bail.

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Student suffers broken jaw during cemetery assault

Submitted by WNYT Staff

Wednesday, June 29th, 2011, 5:22pm

TROY- A Catholic Central High student was hit in the head with a log while at a party in a cemetery.

The party was at Elmwood Cemetery in Troy.

Police say dozens of Troy High School students got together following graduation on Sunday.

When three students from Catholic Central High arrived, the Troy high kids attacked them for what appears to be no reason at all.

The victim hit with the log is still in the hospital with a broken jaw.

Police are interviewing witnesses.

No arrests have been made.

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4 teens charged in connection to car larcenies

Submitted by Sophia Sofferman, WNYT Web Producer

Monday, June 27th, 2011, 5:01pm

4 teens charged in connection to car larcenies

Four teens have been charged with petit larceny in connection to car larcenies in the area.

East Greenbush police say Tyreck Brace, 18, Vincent Uzzo, 16, Julio Cruz, 18, all of Troy, and Vincent Guiliano, 17, of Rensselaer admitted to committing car larcenies in the area in and around East Greenbush.

Police tell WNYT they found Uzzo, Cruz, and Guiliano around 3:50 a.m. Friday, June 24 in a parked car with the lights and engine off, and Brace later emerged from behind a shed from a house on Cedar Crest Drive.

They are due in East Greenbush Town Court on July 7.

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