Schenectady County Court Judge gives maximum, 25 years, for sexual abuse of 10-year-old boy | The Daily Gazette
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Kevin Fessette, 29, was convicted in April of one count of first-degree criminal sexual act. The jury returned the guilty verdict then after approximately 30 minutes of deliberations
The trial, which began Monday and concluded Thursday, marked the first in Schenectady County since November and only the second since March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The state recently allowed trials to resume again.
Judge Matthew Sypniewski then imposed the maximum term Thursday.
Fessette was originally arrested in 2019, after the child first disclosed the sexual assault.
A private tree service was hired after emergency services in Schenectady, New York said they would not help the cat that had been stuck high up a tree for at least a week.
Schenectady PD warns of scammers pretending to have affiliation with agency | The Daily Gazette
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DailyGazette.com/SubscribeA message posted to the Schenectady Police Department’s Facebook page Thursday alerted the community to the ongoing phone and email scams.
The caller asks for personal information and use “deceptive, high-pressure fear tactics to get the victim to submit payment or face criminal penalties.”
Police were made aware of the local scam the past several days, the social media post read.
During the call that mentioned the police chief, the victim was threatened with arrest because of a purported issue about three residents’ social security numbers.
I ll never forget when I was maybe 12 or 13-years-old, I witnessed the look of sheer panic, grief and terror as tears rolled down the faces of my father and mother. What s going on, I asked. Your sister is missing, my father said as he frantically paced back and forth in between phone calls to the police station. My sister had gone out with a friend of hers the night before to the Altamont Fair. She didn t come home.
For hours we were living a nightmare. To this day, I can honesty say that I have never seen my mom and dad completely torn apart like they were on that summer day. When something like this happens, you immediately think the worst. I remember my mother saying out loud that she thought Sherri was dead. This was 35 years ago, and I remember it like it was yesterday.
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While some large retailers dropped mask requirements for fully vaccinated customers and employees, others say not so fast.
So how will these different policies be enforced?
Some local police departments say they are not going to get involved unless they have to.
Sergeant Matthew Dearing from the Schenectady Police Department says local businesses can make their own decisions regarding mask wearing, so it s up to the businesses to enforce.
He says as long as it isn t criminal in nature, they won t get involved. They will only respond if a law is broken. If police are called, they will conduct a preliminary investigation just to determine whether or not it is criminal.