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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1976
Page
2
The FBI Uniform Crime Reports show Albany crime rising in all categories except murder in the first nine months of 1975 and 1976. Total crimes reported to Albany Police climbed from 2 026 to 3 358, with murders dropping from six to three.
William F. Yarosz 38 of Pompano Beach Florida was sentenced by Judge John J. Clyne in Albany County Court as a persistent offender for second degree kidnapping of a Watervliet woman. The case included a high speed chase and crash. He received life with a minimum 25 years.
Stillwater Town will close the Route 423 landfill on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. The Doughty Garbage Land Fill on Brickyard Road will be open Friday and December 31. District Attorney Sol Greenberg notes the Albany County stance on crimes against women. Yarosz, 28, charged in the case involving Suzanne Parot, 21, who was forced into a car on August 20 at 13th Street and Broadway, Watervliet, and injured after a pursuit ending in Waterford.
Robert Schmidt a Columbia High School student from 15 Paul Street East Greenbush died after collapsing at K Mart on Columbia Turnpike Tuesday evening. Police say autopsy is not complete but preliminary report cites natural causes with hemorrhaging around the heart as a contributing factor after he was taken to Albany Medical Center Hospital. He died about 8 30 p m with his parents present.
A 22 year old Rensselaer man Joseph A. Caracci was treated and released at Albany Medical Center Hospital after a three car crash at Third Street and Harrison Avenue. He was ticketed for unsafe tires and speeding. Cars owned by Fred H. Barron and Faye A. Whitford were parked on Third Street. no other injuries were reported.
In North Adams Massachusetts police and volunteers search Mt Williams area near Williamstown for missing Falmouth English teacher Carol Ann Todd believed murdered. No clues found as volunteers plan another trek. her body is not located amid linked regional killings.
The Albany County Legislature law committee withdrew a local law to raise County Attorney Robert Lyman salary from 16250 to 30000 saying Lyman did not want the raise. The move ends the effort to place the measure on a county wide referendum and avoids a public hearing.
The New York Court of Appeals unanimously upheld the Albany Professional Firefighters Association right to a binding arbitration award. Firefighters would gain about 2800 dollars each in back pay if no further lawsuits arise, as the 19 percent two year increase is confirmed.
Saratoga Springs reports Bishop W. Ralph Ward Jr. of the Troy Conference calls for a season of sharing in a Christmas message. He emphasizes hope for the oppressed and the hungry, urging simple acts of love to overcome evil and bring joy and peace.
Michael J. Reagan aged 19 of Latham received a prison term of up to six years after pleading guilty to second degree sodomy for an incident Aug 1 involving a six year old Colonie boy while acting as a babysitter. Judge John J. Clyne imposed the sentence in Albany County Court.
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