Hoosick Falls man charged with selling drugs
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Two arrested on drug charges in Cohoes
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New York bill proposes local police be banned from working with ICE
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Protestors hold a rally outside the front doors of the Rensselaer County Sheriff s office on on Thursday, Feb. 20, 20202, in Troy, N.Y. There is a bill in the state Legislature in March 2021 that would ban state law enforcement agencies from working with ICE. (Paul Buckowski/Times Union)Paul Buckowski/Albany Times Union
ALBANY The lights flashed red and blue behind him as Daniel Hernandez was driving his truck home from an auto garage.
A Catskill police officer pulled Hernandez over in February 2020, allegedly for having a loud exhaust, according to the immigrant advocacy group Columbia County Sanctuary Movement. Questions from police about his car turned into questions about his immigration status, and when the officer suspected Hernandez was undocumented, he took him to the station in handcuffs, holding him until U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrived to detain him.
COHOES, N.Y. â The Cohoes Police Department in conjunction with the New York State Police and United States Drug Enforcement Administration simultaneously executed search warrants at three locations in the Spindle City.
The focus of the search warrants stems from months-long probes into drug sales and distribution from the three targeted residences.
On Thursday, Jan. 28, at approximately 8 p.m. the aforementioned law enforcement agencies executed search warrants at 101 Congress Street Apt. 1R, 19 Newark Street, and 153 Main Street Apt. 3. The search warrants resulted in 10 arrests, the seizure of a sawed-off shotgun, 13 grams of crack cocaine, 20 grams of suspected fentanyl, and $9,183.
Details of the arrests are as follows: