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Michael Mashburn

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mmashburn@dailyvoice.com

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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Fuel Spill In Capital District Draws Large Response Fuel Spill In Capital District Draws Large Response
Fuel Spill In Capital District Draws Large Response Emergency crews responded after a fuel spill was discovered in a creek in the area. Greene County 911 was first alerted of trouble at around 7:30 p.m. Monday, June 20, with reports of a diesel spill in Catskill Creek in the village of Catskill, according to the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). Several of the department’s officers, along with a team of its Spill Responders and local police, were called to the scene. Crews deployed approximately 150 feet of boom floats and 75 feet of absorbent boom to contain the spill, according to officials. Investigators determined that t…

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'Call The Police': Woman Held Hostage Uses Grubhub To Alert Yonkers Eatery 'Call The Police': Woman Held Hostage Uses Grubhub To Alert Yonkers Eatery
'Call The Police': Woman Held Hostage Uses Grubhub To Alert Yonkers Eatery A New York woman being held hostage and sexually assaulted was finally rescued after using a food delivery app to call for help. Westchester County restaurant The Chipper Truck Cafe, located in Yonkers, said it received the desperate plea for help Sunday, June 19, via a customer order on Grubhub. Written in the app’s “additional instructions” box was the message: “please call the police his going to call me when u delivered come with the cones please don’t make it obvious.” In a Facebook post, the restaurant’s owner said staff immediately called 911 and reported the message to police. …

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NY Bumps Starting Pay For Lifeguards Amid Staffing Shortage NY Bumps Starting Pay For Lifeguards Amid Staffing Shortage
NY Bumps Starting Pay For Lifeguards Amid Staffing Shortage Lifeguards in New York are getting a pay raise. Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a new directive Wednesday, June 22, increasing the starting pay rates for lifeguards at state park beaches and pools, as well as campgrounds and day-use area beaches. Newly hired lifeguards at upstate facilities will see a 34-percent increase in pay from $14.95 per hour to $20 per hour. And starting pay at downstate facilities will go up 21 percent from $18.15 per hour to $22 per hour. Hochul said the idea is to better attract qualified candidates amid a staffing shortage at New York State Park and Department of E…

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Guns, Ammo Found After Man Shoots Through Neighbor's Ceiling In Capital District, Police Say Guns, Ammo Found After Man Shoots Through Neighbor's Ceiling In Capital District, Police Say
Guns, Ammo Found After Man Shoots Through Neighbor's Ceiling In Capital District, Police Say A Capital District man is accused of firing a handgun through a floor and into his neighbor’s apartment. Albany Police were called around 11 a.m. Monday, June 20, to a home on Madison Avenue near Robin Street. The resident told investigators that he found a bullet hole in the ceiling of his basement apartment that appeared to come from the unit directly above his, police said. Investigators determined that the upstairs neighbor had fired a single shot from a handgun into his floor the previous evening, according to police. The bullet traveled through the victim’s ceiling and into his floo…

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Convicted Murderer Found Guilty Of Threatening Cops With Knife In Capital District Convicted Murderer Found Guilty Of Threatening Cops With Knife In Capital District
Convicted Murderer Found Guilty Of Threatening Cops With Knife In Capital District A convicted murderer serving a life sentence has been found guilty of threatening police with a knife during an attempted arrest in the region. Najahliek Edmunds, age 26, of Albany, was arrested in October 2018 in Columbia County by Hudson Police. Officers had been called to the Hudson Terrace Apartments on Front Street for a domestic violence incident and encountered Edmunds holding a large kitchen knife, according to the Columbia County District Attorney’s Office. He was standing in a dark room and threatened officers with the knife, police said. Edmunds was eventually arrested without …

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Police & Fire
Police Investigating After Man Carjacked At Knifepoint On Long Island Police Investigating After Man Carjacked At Knifepoint On Long Island
Police Investigating After Man Carjacked At Knifepoint On Long Island Police are looking for a group of men accused of carjacking a man at knifepoint on Long Island. The 21-year-old victim told Nassau County Police he was parked at the Inwood Railroad Station on Doughty Boulevard Tuesday, June 21, when six men approached him just before 10 p.m. One of the suspects brandished a knife and demanded the keys to his 2015 Honda, according to police. The victim complied and the six men fled in the vehicle heading northbound on Doughty Avenue, police said. The victim was not injured. Detectives are asking anyone with information to contact Nassau County Crime Sto…

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CT Man Indicted For Trafficking Fentanyl CT Man Indicted For Trafficking Fentanyl
CT Man Indicted For Trafficking Fentanyl A Connecticut man is facing years in prison for allegedly selling fentanyl. New Haven County resident Gerardo Nunez-Irizarry, age 43, of Meriden, was indicted by a federal grand jury Tuesday, June 14, according to the US Attorney’s Office in Connecticut. Prosecutors said he sold fentanyl to undercover agents between June and November 2021. One of the sales involved 50 grams of the drug, prosecutors said. Police arrested Nunez-Irizarry on state charges in November 2021 after investigators stopped his car in Meriden as he drove to an arranged location. He was later arrested on a federal crim…

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Obituaries
Woman Killed In Hudson Valley Crash Remembered As Talented Hairdresser Woman Killed In Hudson Valley Crash Remembered As Talented Hairdresser
Woman Killed In Hudson Valley Crash Remembered As Talented Hairdresser A woman who died in a car crash on a busy Hudson Valley roadway is being remembered as a talented hairdresser. Orange County resident Samantha Turnbull, age 34, of Port Jervis, died Friday, June 17, according to her obituary. New York State Police said Turnbull’s Kia Forte was hit just before 9:30 a.m. by a 21-year-old who lost control of his Honda CRV on Route 17 in the town of Goshen and crossed over a median. Earlier report: Woman Killed In Two-Vehicle Goshen Crash Multiple officers attempted life-saving measures, but she was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. Investigato…

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New England 20-Year-Old Kieran Rhodes To Appear On 'America's Got Talent' New England 20-Year-Old Kieran Rhodes To Appear On 'America's Got Talent'
New England 20-Year-Old Kieran Rhodes To Appear On 'America's Got Talent' Updated story - 'You Are A Star': Massachusetts 20-Year-Old Wows Judges On 'America's Got Talent' A Massachusetts man will appear on "America’s Got Talent." Kieran Rhodes, age 20, of Boston, can be seen auditioning on the Tuesday, June 21, episode of the hit NBC show, NewsChannel 13 in Albany reports. The singer and songwriter told the outlet he didn’t apply to be on the show, but was approached by one of the show’s producers, who heard him perform in Boston, where he attends Berklee College of Music. “I cannot explain how grateful I am for this experience,” Rhodes wrote on Faceb…

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NY 20-Year-Old Kieran Rhodes Appearing On 'America's Got Talent' NY 20-Year-Old Kieran Rhodes Appearing On 'America's Got Talent'
NY 20-Year-Old Kieran Rhodes Appearing On 'America's Got Talent' Updated story - 'You Are A Star': NY 20-Year-Old Kieran Rhodes Wows Judges On 'America's Got Talent' A New York native will appear on "America’s Got Talent." Saratoga County native Kieran Rhodes, age 20, of Burnt Hills, can be seen auditioning on the Tuesday, June 21, episode of the hit NBC show, NewsChannel 13 in Albany reports. The singer and songwriter told the outlet he didn’t apply to be on the show, but was approached by one of the show’s producers, who heard him perform in Boston, where he attends Berklee College of Music. “I cannot explain how grateful I am for this exper…

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