Security monitors now screen school visitors in Warrensburg
Warrensburg Central Schools had advanced security monitors in place at entry doors months before the horrific shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School shocked the nation.
Holiday tips from the Essex County Sheriff’s Department
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With the Christmas and holiday celebration season upon us, Essex County Sheriff Richard Cutting has provided some safety tips that will help everyone to have a safe and enjoyable holiday season.
Area schools try to cope after carnage in Connecticut
School officials around Essex County did their best to make the school day following the Dec. 14 mass homicide at a Connecticut elementary school as normal as possible.
Westport man pleads guilty to strangling wife
King is the first person prosecuted in Essex County under new law
Hours before jury selection was scheduled to begin, a Westport man changed his plea to guilty first-degree strangulation on Dec. 10.
Crown Point parties result in 29 arrests
Burglary, under-age drinking alleged
Police have arrested 29 people in connection with thefts and under-age drinking at a summer residence in Crown Point. An October investigation of a burglary led to a seasonal camp that, state police report, was used for four separate parties allegedly involving under-age drinking.
Three Keeseville teens arrested for attempted armed robbery
Three Keeseville teenagers were arrested Sunday, Dec. 9 for armed robbery after allegedly attempting to rob the Keeseville Mobil Station. Dexter T. Nash, 16, of Keeseville, Kevin J. Archer, 19, of Keeseville, and a 12-year-old male juvenile were arrested without incident following the attempted robbery.
SL police believe shooting was self inflicted
The investigation into the shooting of a local man on Tuesday night have led authorities to believe the injuries may have been self inflicted after the discovery of a witness and the firearm believed to be used in the case.
SL man shot on train trestle is in stable condition
Police are searching for two suspects in the crime
Saranac Lake Police are searching for two suspects involved in a shooting on Pine Street on Tuesday evening. At about 6:45 p.m. on Nov. 20, a person called 911 to report being shot. The victim, a 55-year-old man, was found on the train trestle near Pine Street and Broadway.
Gaudette sentenced in meth arrest
Jaime H. Gaudette, 36, was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison with two years post-release supervision.
Sheriff releases monthly report
The Essex County Sheriff's Office report for the month of October:
Rite Aid robbed in Ticonderoga
Suspect sought
The Ticonderoga Rite Aid pharmacy was the victim of an armed robber Nov. 8. A male suspect entered the store at about 6:11 p.m., and handed an employee a note demanding prescription pain medication, according to Ticonderoga police.
Judge signs restraining order for rafting company in North Creek
A state Supreme Court judge Friday, Oct. 19 officially prohibited the Hudson River Rafting Company and its owner, Patrick Cunningham of North Creek, from operating a rafting business until charges from the state attorney general have been addressed.
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