Clifton Park judge ticket fixing letters revealed
The Times Record found six letters from judges asking Judge Lips to fix speeding tickets for relatives and friends. Cases include Murphy and Bloodgood in Malta and East Greenbush, Litz in Schenectady, Reilly in Wappingers Falls, Waldron in Durham, and Schultz in New Scotland, some reducing tickets to non moving violations.
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Times Record
Judge Lips
Robert Murphy
Voorheesville
Murphy
Robert C. Butler
John St
Rensselaer
C. J. Barr
Northway
Schultz
Judges press for ticket reductions across multiple courts
A Times Record review uncovers repeated cases where Clifton Park and other area judges, often via court stationery, requested reducing speeding or related charges. Letters from State Police investigators and several judges show favors granted to defendants or informants, with some charges later reduced to nonmoving violations or parking.
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Pickett
State Commission On Judicial Conduct
Extradition Ordered for Troy Man Over Robbery Case
Albany state appeals court ruled James Warner must be extradited to Massachusetts on an armed robbery charge. Warner testified a contract on his death was placed after he testified in a 1973 murder trial. He remains jailed on a local 1973 robbery charge in Rensselaer County.
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Roland Widmer
Troy
Donald Kazi
Northway
Troy PD
Albert) Prezio
Lips
Reed
Tillman
Albany
James Warner
Boston
Massachusetts
Rensselaer County
Don G. Cholakis
Cholakis
Warner
Rhode Island
Lawrence C. Conners
Court of Appeals
Conners
Sidewalk repair scam ends with $3000 theft in Colonie
A Colonie woman was swindled after three men claimed to fix her sidewalk. After demanding payment, she was shorted $3000 when the suspects fled. a note left on a door preceded a ransacked bedroom. Another victim, a Latham resident, was robbed in a Price Shopper lot. a separate larceny involved a .44 revolver and briefcase from a car at the A Frame Restaurant.
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Route 7
Albany Memorial Hospital
David J. Carnevale
Campus View Drive
Route 5
Northway
Explanations for Speeding Offenders Swipe Clifton Park Court
Clifton Park Town Justice Richard Lips reads a flood of letters from drivers defending speeding arrests. Some claim physics or vision obstructions explain excess speed, others offer humorous or far fetched motives. One letter from a Canadian doctor was dismissed as absurd while several offenders cite family or military excuses.
Times Record probes speeding ticket favors in Clifton Park
Reporter Nancy Albaugh investigates alleged ticket reduction favors by Town Justice Richard Lips. She reviews Lips files in his home with approvals from public access officials and audits from the Bureau of Audit and Control. Lips declines comment as the state commission’s inquiry is released.
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Clifton Park
Richard Lips
Times Record
Nancy Albaugh
Lips
Albaugh
State Committee On Public Access To Records
Appellate Division
The
State Supreme Court
Justice Lips
Kathleen Powers
State Bureau of Audit and Control
Justice
Bureau of Audit and Control
State Commission
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