No. 2 job at State Police goes to a woman
ALBANY — A woman will hold the No. 2 job at the New York State Police for the first time. Gov. Andrew Cuomo says Monday that Patricia Groeber has been appointed first deputy superintendent at the State Police, making her the highest ranking woman in the division’s 98-year history. Groeber joined the State Police in […]
Woman, 2 dogs found dead on reservation
TONAWANDA (AP) — Authorities are investigating the death of a 54-year-old woman on the Tonawanda Indian Reservation. The woman has been identified as Jennifer Pinsof of Cheektowaga. Pinsof and her two dogs were found dead in her vehicle on Saturday afternoon. Official cause of death is under investigation by the Genesee County Sheriff’s department, state […]
Woman imprisoned for scalding son, 4
A teenage mother has been sentenced to eight years in prison for causing disfiguring injuries to her 4-year-old son by holding him down in scalding bath water. Nineteen-year-old Saamiya Thomas, who pleaded guilty to assault, was sentenced Monday for the attack on Super Bowl Sunday last year that left her child with second- and third-degree […]
Police: Woman, 47, with 3 kids in SUV was DWI
Authorities say a 47-year-old woman driving with three young girls in her sport utility vehicle was drunk and going the wrong way when she nearly collided with a state police patrol car on a Rochester highway. State police say Cheryl Henchen of Greece was driving west in the eastbound lanes ...
Cops investigate death of Ontario County woman
PHELPS — Authorities say they’re investigating the death of a woman whose body was found near a car along a rural western New York road. The Ontario County Sheriff’s Department says a passing motorist ...
Police investigate death of woman found on road
PHELPS — Authorities say they're investigating the death of a woman whose body was found near a car along a rural western New York road. The Ontario County Sheriff's Department says a passing motorist spotted the woman ...
Case Digests
- Second Circuit – Class certification: Arkansas Teachers Retirement System V. Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
- Fourth Department – Show-up identification: People v. Waggoner
- Fourth Department – Association: Victory Village Tenants Assoc. v. Evergreen Communities, et al.
- Second Circuit – In personam jurisdiction: Kaplan v. Bank Saderat PLC
- Fourth Department – Labor Law: Verdugo v. Fox Building Group
- Fourth Department – Out-of-possession landlord: Truax v. M.D. Meyer’s Properties
- Fourth Department – Discovery: Sylvester v. Sanders
- Fourth Department – Out-of-possession landlord: Smith v. Marshall Farms Group, et al.
- Second Circuit – Supervised release: United States v. Francis
- Fourth Department – Court of Claims: Santiago v. State of New York
- Fourth Department – Peremptory challenge: People v. Santiago
- Fourth Department – Negligence: Scime v. Hale Northeastern
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