Tiny Car Defect Lands Brooklyn Men In Big Trouble In Five Towns: Police
Two Brooklyn men were arrested while traveling through Long Island early Wednesday, Aug. 19, police said.
Boubacar Sy, 41, and Darnell Williams, 42, were busted with an illegal weapon on the Nassau Expressway in Inwood around 1 a.m. Wednesday, the Nassau County Police Department said.
Sy was behind the wheel of a black 2014 Toyota Camry traveling southbound when cops spotted a defective license plate lamp and pulled the vehicle over, authorities said.
Investigators then recovered a loaded SCCY CPX-2 9mm handgun inside the vehicle, according to police. Sy and Williams, in the passenger’s se…
‘No Words’: Albany DWI Crash Victim’s Mom Describes Her Pain At Driver’s Sentencing
A Capital District man who admitted to causing a fatal highway crash has been sentenced to several years in prison, authorities said.
Lewis Thomas, 44, of Coxsackie, got five to 15 years behind bars for the drunken wreck on Interstate 787 through Albany, the Albany County District Attorney’s office said. Thomas pleaded guilty in the case back in April.
Eric Hurley, 38, of Albany was killed in the wrong-way collision on Oct. 12, 2025.
“There are no words that truly describe that pain,” Rita Hurley, his mother, said at Thomas’s sentencing hearing Tuesday, Aug. 18. “I still expect to hear his…
Malta ‘Handyman’ Who Stole $1K Arrested For Skipping Court: Police
A Capital Region man facing grand larceny charges has been arrested again for failing to show up in court, authorities said.
Charles J. Ferrara, 54, of Malta, took $1,045 from a client after promising a variety of handyman services for a Clifton Park resident, the Saratoga County Sheriff’s office said.
Instead of completing the projects, Ferrara cashed the check and cut off all communication with the victim, police said. He was arrested in June 2025, then released on appearance tickets for Clifton Park Town Court.
But when it came time to make that appearance, Ferrara was nowhere to be fou…
Drug Hub Busted In Corinth As Five Suspects Cuffed — Including Familiar Faces: Cops
Five people were arrested in a Capital District drug bust, including at least three with previous drug arrests, according to authorities.
The suspects, all charged with third-degree drug possession, were identified by the Saratoga County Sheriff’s office as:
Andre L. Ovitt, 57, of Corinth
Erica B. Shippee, 39, of Corinth
Thomas A. Allen, 37, of Hadley
Trevor A. Thompson, 27, of Porter Corners
Todd L. Joubert, 63, of Corinth
Cops raided a Corinth residence on Wednesday, Aug. 12 after obtaining a search warrant, the sheriff’s office said Sunday, Aug. 16.
The raid and subsequent investigat…
