According to state police, the mayor of the village of Stillwater in Upstate New York is facing charges of child pornography. Police obtained a search warrant and arrested Rick W. Nelson, age 62, at his home. The investigation began when members of the State Police Computer Crimes Unit discovered that an IP address in Stillwater…

Three high-level executives at a mortgage lender based in New York were arrested for embezzlement of nearly $9 million. Edward E. Bohm, Edward J. Sypher Jr. and Matthew T. Boss, all of whom are senior executives at Vanguard Funds, face charges of conspiracy to commit wire and bank fraud. According to prosecutors, the executives acquired…

A teacher who was previously employed by the city, and who voiced his objections to a “gender bender” day at a public high school in Brooklyn, has found himself unemployed. A social studies teacher named Richard Severin disagreed with a “spirit day” event at Urban Action Academy in Canarsie in April 2016 in which students…

An attorney for a veteran state Senator faced arrest on Monday, September 11 on charges of felony domestic violence. Robert Nickol, who is counsel to Republican Senator William Larkin, was arrested by the Albany Police Department. According to an arrest summary report, he is confronting charges of felony assault with intent to cause injury, and…