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The wall of Clinton Correctional Facility looms over the community of Dannemora in June 2015.
(Enterprise photo â Matthew Turner) DANNEMORA A Clinton Correctional Facility officer sustained two fractures to the jaw, bruising and swelling around the eyes after he was knocked unconscious by an inmate Monday night, according to the correction officers’ union. The inmate, who is serving a 16-year manslaughter sentence, reportedly attacked the CO in the recreation yard shortly after 8 p.m., the New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association said. Another CO saw his co-worker drop to the ground in the north yard after the alleged assault, the union continued. The CO was unconscious by the time staff arrived and was brought to the medical facilities in the prison before being transported to a local hospital, NYSCOPBA said.
TROY, N.Y. â Rensselaer County District Mary Pat Donnelly announced the sentencing of Rashad Edwards, 36, of Troy, in the 2019 stabbing death of Brianna Haughton of Schodack.
Rensselaer County Court Judge Jennifer Sober sentenced Edwards to 23 years to life for the charge of felony second-degree murder, and 3 1/2 to seven years for felony third-degree criminal possession of a weapon. Since Edwards was a second time felony offender, Sober enforced the maximum sentences.
Edwards, who was released on parole in connection with a previous charge, was arrested following an investigation into the death of Haughton. Haughtonâs body was found on Jan. 14, 2019, at 491 Pawling Ave., Troy, after a welfare check by Troy police. An extensive probe revealed that Edwards had repeatedly stabbed Haughton in the presence of their infant child.
Appellate ruling keeps fatal Troy shooting case on track for trial
Judges rule evidence supports allegation officer would have known his actions unlawful
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ALBANY A federal appeals court has rejected an appeal by the city of Troy and the widow of a patrol sergeant who fatally shot an unarmed DWI suspect in 2016. The decision upholds a federal magistrate s prior ruling that found there were material questions of fact about the shooting that should be resolved by a jury trial.
The ruling by the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals also declined to grant qualified immunity to the deceased sergeant, Randall French, because eyewitness testimony called into question the officer s claim that the shooting was justified.
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TROY, N.Y. â Rensselaer County District Mary Pat Donnelly announced Wednesday that Rashad Edwards, 36, of Troy, pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree murder and one count of criminal possession of a weapon, admitting to the entire indictment in the January 2019 stabbing death of Brianna Haughton.
Edwards, who was released on parole in connection with a previous charge, was arrested following an investigation into the death of Haughton. Haughtonâs body was found on Jan. 14, 2019, at 491 Pawling Avenue, in Troy, after a welfare check by the Troy Police Department. An extensive probe revealed that Edwards had repeatedly stabbed Haughton in the presence of their infant child.