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Women indicted in attack
BY JUSTIN MASON Gazette Reporter

   Two Schenectady women have been indicted, accused of brutally beating an 88-year-old Rotterdam woman at her apartment complex and then using her credit cards to go on a $450 shopping spree at a nearby store,
   The indictments against Tiffany Tolliver and Dominique Lucas, both 21, were made Wednesday afternoon.
   Details about the charges won’t be made public until sometime next week, according to Bill Sanderson, grand jury bureau chief for the county District Attorney’s office.
   “The case is still on an investigative state, meaning it takes a while to hand up the indictments,” he said Thursday.
   Investigators said Lucas and Tolliver watched the elderly woman while she shopped at the Ocean State Job Lot in Crosstown Plaza Saturday evening, then tracked her back to Victoria Court Apartments off Fort Hunter Road, where they jumped her from behind and beat her, making off with her purse.
   Police said Tolliver’s 2-weekold child was in the car during the attack and her 17-month-old child was left alone in her Albany Street residence. Lucas is eight months pregnant.
   Tolliver pleaded innocent to the misdemeanor charge of endangering the welfare of a child in City Court Thursday afternoon.
   After her arrest on the robbery charges, Tolliver allegedly told police she was unsure if anyone was watching her child. City police forced their way into the apartment and found the boy alone
   Both women are being held in Schenectady County Jail on $50,000 bail.  

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Obviously Mr. Farley was pandering to the news of the day.....You would think as a legislator he would know that there was already a law on the books that addresses this problem.  But since we live in a slogan society, Mr. Farley needs to look like he's doing something about this problem, so he will introduce yet another layer of useless legislations coined "Granny's law".  Maybe he can snag a few hundred more senior votes in the next election.

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CIVIL SERVICE EXAMS
   SCHENECTADY — The Schenectady County Civil Service Commission has announced that open competitive examinations will be conducted on Saturday, Nov. 17, for police officer positions in the city of Schenectady, village of Scotia and towns of Niskayuna, Rotterdam and Glenville and also for Schenectady County Sheriff’s Department patrol officers.
   Candidate applications will be taken through Tuesday, Oct. 9.
   For a description of minimum qualifications or other details, call Civil Service Commission at 388-4233.

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ROTTERDAM POLICE DEPARTMENT
George Jimerson, 19, of Brower Street, Schenectady, was charged August 14 fifth-degree criminal possession of stolen property. Yusef Alloush, 17, of Carmen Road, Schenectady, was charged August 15 with petty larceny. Ryan Ruback, 30, of Clizbe Avenue, Amsterdam, was charged August 15 with petty larceny. Lisa Waterson, 33, of Trinity Avenue, was charged August 15 with fourth-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance.
   Kenneth Wolford, 40, of Jerome Avenue, Schenectady, was charged August 16 with petty larceny.
   Nicholas Snow, 20, of Eastern Avenue, Schenectady, was charged August 16 with three counts of criminal mischief.
   Monique Washington, 30, of Wurtz Street, Kingston, was charged August 16 with issuing a bad check.
   Lisa Waterson, 33, of Trinity Avenue, was charged August 16 with second-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance.
   Aron Malloy, 25, of Broadway, was charged August 16 with thirddegree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.
   Tammy Zimmerman, 39, of Woodbridge Avenue, was charged August 17 with driving while intoxicated.
   Alexander Ducos, 20, of Baldwin Road, Scotia, was charged August 17 with fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon and disorderly conduct.
   Rahim Yousuf, 26, of Glenwood Boulevard, Schenectady, was charged August 17 with third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.
   Namen Scott, 31, of Delamont Avenue, Schenectady, was charged August 17 with third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.
   Hamid Husai, 17, of Duane Avenue, Schenectady, was charged August 18 with petty larceny.
   Allison Ahl, 17, of Grenoside Avenue, Schenectady, was charged August 18 with petty larceny.
   Chase Gideon, 17, of Aleda Drive, Glenville, was charged August 18 with petty larceny.
   Rashaun Brewer, 17, of South Allen Street, Albany, was charged August 19 with false personation.
   Thomas Gangell, 16, of Pennsylvania Avenue, Schenectady, was charged August 20 with thirddegree burglary and third-degree criminal mischief.
   Christopher Polomie, 16, of Glenwood Boulevard, Schenectady, was charged August 20 with third-degree burglary and third-degree criminal mischief.
   Cindy Bodah, 38, of Hayner Heights Drive, Clifton Park, was charged August 20 with petty larceny.
   Dawn Vandenburgh, 43, of Main Street, Cohoes, was charged August 20 with fourth-degree criminal possession of stolen property and petty larceny.
   Lindsey Kendle, 17, of Hamburg Street, was charged August 21 with endangering the welfare of a child.
   Aurelio Bidinost, 41, of Princetown Road, was charged August 21 with second-degree assault.
   Jesse Roberts, 16, of Melrose Street, was charged August 21 with petty larceny.
   Derek Legere, 21, of Bruce Lane, was charged August 22 with driving while intoxicated.
   Melissa Alolafi, 22, of Larabee Road, Scotia, was charged August 22 with petty larceny.
   Dustin Askew, 28, of Brown Place, Fort Hunter, was charged August 22 with petty larceny.
   Zachary Foley, 21, of River Road, Rotterdam Junction, was charged August 22 with third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.
   Connie Cooley, 46, of Third Street, Albany, was charged August 23 with petty larceny.
   Michael Mackey, 37, of University Place, Schenectady, was charged August 23 with issuing a bad check.
   Lars Petersen, 30, of Lake Road, Duanesburg, was charged August 23 with third-degree burglary.
   Nicholas Snow, 20, of Eastern Avenue, Schenectady, was charged August 23 with third-degree criminal mischief.
   Jason Wicks, 34, of Evelyn Drive, Schenectady, was charged August 23 with third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.
   Luisa Stafford, 16, of Broadway, was charged August 24 with petty larceny.
   Elizabeth Waterbury, 16, of Jerry Avenue, was charged August 24 with petty larceny.
   Kevin Krohn, 19, of Youngs Corners Road, Amsterdam, was charged August 24 with petty larceny.
   Jeremy Murray, 19, of Frantzke Avenue, Schenectady, was charged August 24 with third-degree assault.
   Shawn Dominy, 17, of Trinity Avenue, Schenectady, was charged August 25 with unlawful possession of alcohol and third-degree assault.

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Savage, senseless attacks on the increase

   It is with great sadness and disbelief that our society is filled with people who prey on one of the most vulnerable in our society — the elderly. Attacks like the one that took place on Sept. 8 on an 88-yearold female apparently by 20-something females, after being stalked to her home from a local shopping mall, are all too prevalent today.
   We, as a society, should not take these crimes lightly. The last generation or so has seen a spike in unbelievably violent, senseless crime. Many from this generation show no respect for others or property. It is this mind-set that helps to breed children without responsible parents. The alleged attackers are mothers themselves, with one who had her two-week-old infant in the getaway car, and the other eight months pregnant!
   Whether it is a lack of love, financial resources, family or social network on the part of the attackers, their crime defi es explanation.
   GERALD PLANTE
   Schenectady  

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Where did I put that belt and paddle.....oh, I'm in time out.....if neither of these tactics work/worked....what all important ingredient is missing here?????

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4 charged in drug-running scheme
Men accused of bringing cocaine up from New York City
BY STEVEN COOK Gazette Reporter

   Three Schenectady County men and a fourth from Albany are facing federal charges, accused of taking part in a drugdistribution scheme that brought repeated shipments of cocaine into the area over the past year, authorities said.
   The men were arrested in four separate police raids last week. The raids were conducted as part of a six-month investigation that included surveillance and eavesdropping. One of those arrested allegedly admitted to bringing between 800 and 900 grams of cocaine from New York City on each of eight to 10 trips this past year. That amount cumulatively would have been almost 20 pounds. One police estimate from earlier this year would place the street value of that at more than $37,000 per trip. Charged were: Timothy Knight, 40, of 162 Putnam Road, Rotterdam. Maurice Perrin, 40, of Washington Avenue, Albany. Gary O’Neal, 55, of Amsterdam Road, Glenville. Anthony Ferrara, 44, of Rotterdam. They are each charged with conspiring to distribute cocaine, punishable by more than 10 years in federal prison if convicted. The arrests were part of a multi-agency investigation including officers from the federal Drug Enforcement Administration, New York State Police, New York State Organized Crime Task Force and the Schenectady Police Department.
   The investigation included surveillance and tape recordings of intercepted conversations.
   Knight and Perrin were arrested Friday in a planned traffic stop on the Thruway in Albany County, according to papers.
   The vehicle was registered to Perrin. He was driving and Knight was a passenger. In the glove compartment, officers said they found 200 grams of cocaine, just more than seven ounces, according to papers filed in the case.
   Knight allegedly told investigators he had picked up the cocaine in New York City and had made similar trips between eight and 10 times in the previous year.
   On each trip, he estimated, he picked up between 800 and 900 grams of cocaine. A raid of Knight’s home recovered 72 grams of cocaine and 3 grams of crack cocaine, according to papers.
   Police also raided O’Neal’s home in Glenville and Ferrara’s in Rotterdam.
   In O’Neal’s home, investigators said they found a small amount of cocaine and drug paraphernalia. He had $1,800 on his person. O’Neal allegedly told investigators that Knight supplied him with cocaine and he, in turn, supplied Ferrara, according to papers.
   A scale, packaging materials and cocaine residue were recovered from Ferrara’s residence, police said. He allegedly told investigators that O’Neal supplied him with two ounces of cocaine each week “for years.”
   Ferrara, O’Neal and Knight have been ordered held without bail. Bail was set at $25,000 for Perrin.