The Findlay Police Department says two people were injured in a two-vehicle crash. It happened at the intersection of Tiffin Avenue and County Road 236 at around 2 o’clock Tuesday afternoon. Police say Kenneth Cohen, 80, of Findlay, was stopped at a four-way red blinking light northbound on County Road 236 at Tiffin Avenue. The
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He was terminated by the man who helped convict his birth father’s killer decades ago.
Coppola, a former officer with the Schenectady County Sheriff’s Department, was accused by Colonie police of driving under the influence of alcohol on April 26.
On May 3, the lawyer for the 26-year-old Coppola of Rotterdam pleaded not guilty on Coppola’s behalf in Colonie Town Court.
Authorities allege Coppola drove on a curb and nearly hit a utility pole with his car while more than twice the legal limit for drunkenness. His blood alcohol content was .2% well over the legal limit in New York state of .08%. He told police he was driving home after he had consumed a couple of beers at a bar in Albany.