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National prescription Drug Take Back Day

Submitted by WNYT Staff
Wednesday, April 24th, 2013, 11:05am

ALBANY – On Saturday, April 27, National Prescription Drug Take Back Day will be held from 10-2p.m. The event provides and opportunity to safely dispose of unwanted or unused prescription drugs at local drop-off sites.

Unused or expired medication can present a threat to public health and safety, as well as the environment.

National Drug Take Back Day is sponsored by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Approximately 250 drop-off sites in communities across New York State will be open to accept prescription drugs for disposal.

To locate designated drop-off sites across the state, CLICK HERE.

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Process used to ID Boston bombing suspects identical to methods employed at NYSP Crime Lab daily

Submitted by WNYT Staff
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013, 6:26pm

ALBANY--The FBI knew what the Boston bombing suspects looked like long before they asked the public to help them determine who they were.  A digital detail as small as matching remnants from the backpack that housed the bomb to a person in the crowd carrying that same brand of bag is crucial.

"The average person looks at visual data quite differently than law enforcement.  There is not a case that goes by that we can't glean something from that case no matter how poor the visual data is," explains James Kennedy, the manager of forensic video analysis for the New York State Police.

According to Kennedy, there is rarely a smoking gun in a digital manhunt.  Clues are sometimes garnered miles and hours from the actual crime. 

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Police search for hit & run driver

Submitted by WNYT Staff
Monday, April 22nd, 2013, 5:36pm

HALFMOON - There is new information tonight about the car wanted for a hit and run crash in Halfmoon, Saratoga County.

The sheriff's department now says two teenage girls were hit by an Acura TL model year somewhere between 2004 and 2008 model years.

A passenger side mirror from the car was recovered at the crash scene along Hudson River Road.

The 15 and 16-year-old victims were struck early yesterday morning, after leaving a party.

They were treated for minor injuries.

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6 arrested in a narcotics investigation

Submitted by WNYT Staff
Sunday, April 21st, 2013, 2:02pm

Police arrest 6 after issuing a search warrant at 149 Grand Ave in Saratoga, Friday afternoon. Police say the search warrant was in response to an ongoing drug investigation.

Saratoga Springs Police entered the home just before 5:30pm with help from State Police, K9’s, Aviation and Special Operations Response Team (SORT). They say no shots were fired and there were no injuries.

Under arrest are 44 year old Robert Durr (as pictured), 47 year old Michael Wood, 59 year old James Long, 59 year old Barry Phalen, 44 year old John Bates and 21 year old Shabazz Felton.

Police say their main focus was Durr, who lives at the Grand Ave location and rents to the others. He is charged with felony criminal sale of a controlled substance. The others involved face several misdemeanor charges.

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WNYT sponsors electronics recycling day at Taft

Submitted by WNYT Staff
Saturday, April 20th, 2013, 9:25pm

As part of Earth Day, Newschannel 13 sponsored an electronics recycling day at Taft Furniture this morning. It gave people the opportunity to get rid of their old televisions, computers, VCR's, fax machines and other items safely.

A line of cars wrapped around the massive parking lot at Taft Furniture in Colonie, causing congestion that spilled out onto Central Ave; all of them capital region residents eager to clean out the clutter from their homes.

Old computers, TV's, outdated appliances; you name it, as well as just plain electronic junk filled the Taft parking lot.

“A team of volunteers helped to sort them out into the right boxes. Some of them as young as ten years old, but don't let their age fool you. They knew exactly why they're here,” says one volunteer.

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Student charged with witness tampering

Submitted by WNYT Staff
Thursday, April 18th, 2013, 6:41pm

 

SARATOGA SPRINGS - The Skidmore College student charged this week with grand larceny, is being charged Thursday night with witness tampering.

The Saratoga County District Attorney says Justin Tavarez had illegal contact with a man he's accused of stealing from.

This is the third arrest for Tavarez.

He was charged with a hate crime in 2010 after calling a man the n-word during a fight at Compton's Restaurant.

He was sentenced to a conditional discharge in that case after Skidmore and many of its professors came to his defense.

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Police: Repeat offender charged with DWI

Submitted by WNYT Staff
Thursday, April 18th, 2013, 6:20pm

STILLWATER - Police say a repeat offender is once again under arrest, charged with DWI.

56-year-old Francis Peluso of Stillwater is accused of driving drunk and operating a car without an interlock ignition device.

Peluso has two previous felony convictions for DWI.

He's being held in the Saratoga County Jail.

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