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Three people have been arrested in connection to a pair of thefts across Saratoga County. Johnson Gooden-Prunty, 30, of Schenectady, Olijajwuan Sheppard, 24, of Schenectady, and Syiheed Jean Louis, 26 of Waterbury, Connecticut, are all facing numerous charges. The first incident happened August 10th in Saratoga, a second on August 30th at a residence in Wilton.

A total of $15,270 is being donated to the Ben Osborn Memorial Fund, a charity which helps kids in need. WNYT reports the charity was started in memory of a fallen soldier from Lake George who was killed in Afghanistan.
The money was raised at the Lake George Village Oktoberfest, and the Adirondack Oktoberfest charity block parties. It’s the largest donation ever for these events.

Albany County Sheriff’s deputies have arrested a Glens Falls man on drug charges. 41 year old Jeremy Ross was stopped in the area of Clinton Avenue and Judson Street recently for a traffic violation. Ross had around 3.6 grams of fentanyl and a quantity of Xanax pills, which was intended for distribution based on its weight an individual packaging, the Albany County Sheriff’s Office said.

DEC and the Lake George Park Commission are teaming up to track a flock of double crested cormorants. The move comes amid concerns that the number of potentially disruptive birds on Lake George is growing, reports the Post Star.

A week after the developer behind a proposed 24-lot subdivision in western Clifton Park sued the town over the denial of his project by town planners due to concerns pertaining to adequate buffers surrounding agricultural land, lawmakers are seeking to tweak the law regulating the issue. The Daily Gazette reports the Town Board on Monday introduced legislation requiring a minimum 250-foot agricultural buffer between a subdivision or commercial development and an active agricultural operation.

Drivers in New York state can now face harsher penalties for illegally passing stopped school buses. WNYT reports under a new law recently signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul, drivers can be fined up to $1,500 if they pass a stopped school bus at least three times within a three-year period. The maximum fine under the previous law was $1,000. The law takes effect Nov. 1.

The Ben Osborn Memorial Fund is holding its 13th annual “Baskets for Ben” fundraiser from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25 at the Queensbury Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6196, 32 Luzerne Road in Queensbury.
All are welcome to participate.

The 27th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is set for Saturday, October 26. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) hosts this day to provide residents with a way to safely dispose of their unused medication. Drop off sites in Saratoga County include CVS, 12 S. Central Avenue in Mechanicville, Saratoga Police Department, 474 Broadway in Saratoga Springs, and Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office, 6012 County Farm Road in Ballston Spa.

Kensington School in Glens Falls went into lockout on Tuesday after police were looking for a suspect.
Police said they were looking for a person who took off from a sheriff’s patrol in the area of Upper Glen Street near Price Chopper, reports WNYT. They believed the person may have headed toward Cole’s Woods near the school.

A Glens Falls man was sentenced on Tuesday to 25 years in prison for distributing child pornography.
WNYT reports 54 year old Nobert Morgan, created and used multiple unauthorized accounts on numerous social networking applications to distribute hundreds of images of child pornography. A search of his apartment found a tablet with thousands of images and nearly 200 videos of child pornography.