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Schenectady Police are investigating after they responded to 1030 Pleasant Street early Sunday morning and found a woman dead. According to WNYT, Around 5:18 Sunday morning, May, 28, 2023, Schenectady County dispatchers got a call for a female in-need of medical attention. Arriving crews found a woman in her 40’s unconscious and declared her dead.
Schenectady Police detectives are investigating the case as a homicide.

More details are emerging about what Kevin Monahan said to police the night Kaylin Gillis of Schuylerville was shot. WNYT reports police said Monahan told them he didn’t want to walk down his driveway to meet officers. He also told them initially he was asleep when the shooting happened, didn’t hear anything, and said hunters were frequently in the area.

Dennis Drue, the man who caused the deadly crash on the Northway that killed two Capital Region high school students and injured two others, has been released on parole. WNYT reports the crash in December 2012 killed Christopher Stewart and Deanna Rivers in 2012. Both were students at Shenendehowa High School. Two other teens – Matt Hardy and Bailey Wind – were seriously hurt.

The Saratoga Springs Police Department is announcing two arrests for two separate robberies that happened in the city about 24 hours apart. WRGB reports a victim was approached from behind by a suspect on a bicycle in the area of Lake Avenue and Pavilion Row who stole their property and took off. 34-year-old Juan Munguia was taken into custody on May 23rd. Jose Colon was taken into custody for the crime later that same day on Caroline Street. He is charged with robbery.

One of two Saratoga County sheriff’s deputies shot during an early morning drug and weapons raid in Clifton Park on Tuesday morning continues to recover at Albany Medical Center. The other one is out of the hospital. WNYT reports one deputy shot in the chest was saved by his body armor. He was treated and released from the hospital. The other injured deputy underwent surgery Tuesday afternoon for a shattered femur.

The man accused of killing Kaylin Gillis of Schuylerville in April was in a Washington County courtroom once again on Wednesday afternoon. Kevin Monahan pleaded not guilty to murder, reckless endangerment and tampering with evidence. WNYT reports the arraignment lasted just 18 minutes. Monahan is accused of shooting and killing Gillis after she mistakenly went up his driveway.

Saratoga Springs officially filed 16 charges of misconduct against Fire Chief Joseph Dolan last week. WNYT reports
Dolan is accused of double-dipping, for doing work as a trainer for the state Office of Fire Prevention and Control, but did not charge leave time, and was also paid full salary as Saratoga fire chief at the same time. That constitutes grand larceny, for allegedly stealing salary, according to the letter, as well as misconduct under New York State civil service law.

Two Saratoga County sheriff’s deputies were shot Tuesday morning in Clifton Park. It happened around 5:30 a.m. while assisting the DEA with carrying out an arrest warrant at 312 Foxwood Drive. WNYT reports the deputies returned fire, shooting the suspect, Anthony Zaremski. He died at Albany Medical Center around 9:15 a.m. The sheriff’s deputies are expected to be OK.

The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame is partnering with six Saratoga County farms for exclusive behind-the-scenes tours. The Saratogian reports the Museum’s farm tour series begins Saturday, May 27 at the Bond family’s Song Hill Thoroughbreds in Mechanicville. There will be one farm featured per month through October.

Niall Horan is set to perform at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center next summer. The concert is set for Friday, June 21, 2024. WTEN reports the stop is part of Horan’s “The Show” Live on Tour. “The Show,” Horan’s third studio album, is set to release on June 9, 2023. The world tour is set to kick off on February 21, 2024 in Belfast, UK.