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Michael Mashburn

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Michael joined the Daily Voice team in April 2022 covering news throughout New York, including the Capital Region, Hudson Valley, and Long Island. He previously worked as a reporter for ABC Radio affiliates KTAR in Phoenix and KOMO in Seattle. Michael graduated from Arizona State University with a BA in journalism in May 2014. 

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Police & Fire
Firefighter Accused Of Following, Filming Woman Under Skirt At Capital District Target Firefighter Accused Of Following, Filming Woman Under Skirt At Capital District Target
Firefighter Accused Of Following, Filming Woman Under Skirt At Capital District Target A Capital District firefighter is facing criminal charges for allegedly following a woman inside a Target store and trying to record under her skirt. In Albany County, police in Colonie were called to the Target store on Central Avenue on July 13 with reports that a man was acting strangely and following multiple women around the store. During their investigation, Colonie Police determined that the suspect followed the women while using his cell phone to film or photograph up the skirt of at least one woman, police said. He did so while in the presence of a young child who may have seen w…

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News
COVID-19: Capital District Man Sentenced For $144K Pandemic Relief Fraud COVID-19: Capital District Man Sentenced For $144K Pandemic Relief Fraud
Covid-19: Capital District Man Sentenced For $144K Pandemic Relief Fraud A Capital District man who admitted to taking advantage of COVID-19 relief programs is heading to federal prison. Rensselaer County resident Hector Sanchez, age 30, of Rensselaer, was sentenced to 70 months - or just under six years - behind bars Monday, July 25, in federal court in Albany. It followed his prior guilty plea in March 2022 to charges of defrauding pandemic-related unemployment insurance and small business loan programs. Federal prosecutors said Sanchez raked in more than $131,000 by submitting false unemployment insurance claims to the New York State Department of Labor usin…

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Police & Fire
Burglar Hit Same Capital District Car Wash 10 Times, Police Say Burglar Hit Same Capital District Car Wash 10 Times, Police Say
Burglar Hit Same Capital District Car Wash 10 Times, Police Say An accused serial burglar from the region who allegedly hit the same business nearly a dozen times has finally been caught by police. Troopers in Columbia County were first called to the Cantele Car Wash in Greenport on April 22, 2022 with reports of two possible break-ins, according to New York State Police. Investigators determined that the wash, located on Fairview Avenue, had been burglarized on 10 occasions, with the suspect making off with over $4,000 and causing extensive damage to a vending machine and coin dispenser in the process. Police eventually tied Stockport resident Joseph …

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Capital District Sex Offender Sentenced For Child Pornography Convictions Capital District Sex Offender Sentenced For Child Pornography Convictions
Capital District Sex Offender Sentenced For Child Pornography Convictions A Capital District man will spend more than a decade in federal prison after copping to child pornography charges. Saratoga County resident Zachary Duchesne, age 27, of Stillwater, was sentenced to 15 years behind bars Friday, July 22, in federal court in Albany. It followed his guilty plea to charges of transporting and possessing child pornography. Federal prosecutors said Duchesne used a Dropbox account to store, possess, and view images that depicted child sex abuse between December 2017 and June 2019. He also admitted to periodically transferring child pornography videos into his Dro…

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Obituaries
Lifelong Ridgefield Resident Who Was Beloved Preschool Teacher Dies At 28 Lifelong Ridgefield Resident Who Was Beloved Preschool Teacher Dies At 28
Lifelong Ridgefield Resident Who Was Beloved Preschool Teacher Dies At 28 Friends and loved ones are mourning the death of beloved Fairfield County preschool teacher, Emily Griffin. The lifelong Ridgefield resident died Thursday, July 21, at the age of 28 following a long illness, according to her obituary.  “It is with a heavy heart that I must advise my Facebook friends that my beloved daughter Emily Nora Griffin passed away this evening after a long and difficult illness,” Griffin’s father, Tim, wrote on Facebook. “She was a fighter to the end. She was an angel on earth. Kind and loving to all. God has called her home.” After graduating from Ridgefield Hig…

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Capital District Man Sentenced For Fraudulently Obtaining Over $400K For His Business Capital District Man Sentenced For Fraudulently Obtaining Over $400K For His Business
Capital District Man Sentenced For Fraudulently Obtaining Over $400K For His Business The former owner of a book-printing business in the Capital District will avoid prison after admitting that he defrauded a commercial finance company out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Rensselaer County resident John Paeglow, age 65, of Troy, was sentenced to three years of supervised release and 100 hours of community service Wednesday, July 20, in federal court in Albany after pleading guilty to charges of wire fraud. Prosecutors said that between October and December 2014, Paeglow fraudulently solicited and received more than $400,000 for his business, Integrated Book Technology/Ha…

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Hudson Valley Man Sentenced For Smuggling Vietnamese Nationals Into US Hudson Valley Man Sentenced For Smuggling Vietnamese Nationals Into US
Hudson Valley Man Sentenced For Smuggling Vietnamese Nationals Into US A Hudson Valley man already in prison for sex crimes will serve additional time after admitting that he smuggled Vietnamese nationals into the US for profit. Orange County resident Marlon Lainez-Velasquez, age 48, of Newburgh, was sentenced to four years in prison Friday, July 22 in federal court in Plattsburgh. It followed his previous guilty plea to charges of alien smuggling. Federal prosecutors said Lainez-Velasquez admitted to driving to the border in Burke in May 2021, where he helped smuggle five Vietnamese nationals into the United States from Canada. He admitted that he did so in…

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Business
Recall Issued For Tony Hawk Helmets Due To Safety Hazard Recall Issued For Tony Hawk Helmets Due To Safety Hazard
Recall Issued For Tony Hawk Helmets Due To Safety Hazard A national recall has been issued for a Tony Hawk helmet that fails to meet federal safety standards. Sakar International announced a recall of approximately 12, 655 of its Tony Hawk Silver Metallic multi-purpose helmets, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). The helmets were sold exclusively at Walmart between March and June 2022. The recalled helmets do not comply with the positional stability and retention system requirements of the US CPSC federal safety standard for bicycle helmets and could pose a risk of head injury in the event of a crash, the agency said…

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CT Man Sentenced For Swindling Grandparents Out Of $679K CT Man Sentenced For Swindling Grandparents Out Of $679K
CT Man Sentenced For Swindling Grandparents Out Of $679K A Connecticut man will spend time in federal prison after admitting that he swindled his grandparents out of nearly $700,000. Hartford County resident Douglas Senerth, age 33, of South Windsor was sentenced to 18 months behind bars Thursday, July 22, in federal court in Hartford after pleading guilty to wire fraud. Earlier report: CT Man Admits Defrauding His Grandparents Of $679K Prosecutors said that between 2011 and 2019, Senerth was able to convince his grandmother and late grandfather to fork over $419,000 by claiming to be a college student and telling them the money was going towar…

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Politics
Bizarre New Incident: NY GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Lee Zeldin Confronted By Flat Earther Bizarre New Incident: NY GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Lee Zeldin Confronted By Flat Earther
Bizarre New Incident: NY GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Lee Zeldin Confronted By Flat Earther Long Island Congressman Lee Zeldin, the Republican candidate for governor of New York, has confirmed that he’s squarely in the camp of those who believe that planet Earth is, in fact, round. The incident came just one day after Zeldin was attacked by a man with a pointed weapon at a campaign rally near Rochester. During a campaign stop the following day in Watertown on Friday, July 22, Zeldin was confronted by a man who identified himself as a Navy veteran before saying that he believed the planet is “truly flat and motionless” and that “NASA uses CGI animation” to fool everyone. Earlier…

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