%PDF-1.5 This story has been shared 144,036 times. During this 2-hour training session, we provide your employees with vital information about what to expect during an incident, what to expect from law enforcement, and how to respond to law enforcement. However after exploring this opportunity Im drawn back to the goal I have always set for myself and my kids which is find a job you love, and you will never work a day in your life, Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple said in a Facebook post Wednesday. Beginning as a Correction Officer, he became a Deputy Sheriff in 1989, an Investigator in 1991, a Sergeant in 1993 and a Lieutenant in 1995 when he supervised the Criminal Investigations Unit. That raises some sticky questions: (1) Whats Apple doing with Kerry Thompson now? endstream They also suggest the sheriff had coordinated the timing of the complaint with the state attorney general, Letitia James, who announced her candidacy for governor a day after the charge became public. Sheriff Apple serves on the executive board of both the United Way and the Albany Boys and Girls Club. It almost felt like Edison was in the room.. Advertisement. ALBANY, NY (WRGB) Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple addressed concerns about how a criminal charge of forcible touching against former Governor Andrew Cuomo was filed after reports. Copyright & Fair UseUPDATED! Now we have a radically and extremist pro-teacher, pro-administrator board of education with their own agendas: promoting their friends and relatives careers! Craig Apple became Sheriff of Albany County in 2011. Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple speaks during a news conference at the Albany County Sheriff office after a criminal complaint was filed charging former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. But I wouldnt say that I boxed him in. Now the Coeymans police have taken on the responsibility of security in the RCS CSD schools, since they have entered into a mutual benefit agreement for placing (an unqualified) officer, Danielle Crosier, in the high-school, so they would be also technically liable in any claims. Albany County Sheriff campaign most flush in state, A contrasting tale of two county sheriffs, Cigar anyone? Albany County Sheriff's Office Offers Course in Civilian Response to an Active Shooter. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Its the double-standard that is the question in the Kerry Thompson case. Everybody took that picture. . But Sheriff Apple now finds himself under far more scrutiny. This is a carousel. The filing took prosecutors and the accuser's attorney by surprise when Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple filed the complaint with a local court on Thursday. Canada, United States. When Frommer stopped by to tune it for Friedman, he stood over the piano and he looked down and said, Those are Edisons bite marks, Friedman said. But the attention paid to that controversy pales in comparison to the scrutiny that Sheriff Apple has received since charging Mr. Cuomo with forcible touching, a misdemeanor sex crime that is punishable by up to a year in prison but often results in much shorter sentences. Albany County Sheriff Craig D. Apple speaks during a news conference concerning new complaint allegations against New York Gov. AP Cuomo was spotted working by the pool with his secretary at the Executive . The sheriff described their confusion, filthy belongings and tears. Animated with FutureSplash Animator/Macromedia Flash; mixed with live-action. In 1997, he was promoted to Patrol Commander and had oversight of a Patrol Division that covered approximately 375 square miles. Its WRONG and we dont give a damn whos doing it, its WRONG, and we advocate throwing the book at anyone who is involved. Since August, when the sheriff disclosed he was investigating an accusation that Mr. Cuomo groped an aides breast in the Executive Mansion, the sheriffs office had received anonymous threats and hate mail targeting him and his family, which the sheriff presumes come from Cuomo supporters. The answers are right under our noses! The Albany County, New York, sheriff said Saturday that he is in the early stages of investigating a criminal complaint filed by Gov. He holds certifications from the New York State Law Enforcement Institute at John Jay Criminal College, the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, the United States Department of Justice FBI National Academy, and the New York State Corrections Academy. We say apparent because it might be the only way to get Thompson under control without excessive embarassment to the Sheriffs Department. The complaint against Cuomo was based on the account of Brittany Commisso, a former executive assistant to Cuomo. Sheriff Craig Apple Albany County Sherriff Craig Apple says his office will not end its partnership with Albany City Police until the department has enough officers to successfully combat. He said he paid just under $45,000 far more than if its past had not included Edison, he said and sent it to a piano technician in Yonkers, N.Y., to re-regulate the hammers, to get it playing nicer.. Seems like its an impossibility from where were sitting. Mr. Soares requested and was granted a delay in Mr. Cuomos arraignment, which has been pushed to January. Apple wouldn't dismiss the possibility of one day running for a different office, but said he has no intention of leaving his sheriff's post anytime soon. As a result over 6500 bags of heroin and fentanyl were located and removed from the streets. Oh, we also have submitted a completely BLANK state drug report. The Facility has a maximum of 1043 beds, providing custody for local, state and federal prisoners. Every person who reads this blog has to talk about it. May 8, 2012 at 5:55pm he runs a check and prints it. Luis Ferr-Sadurn contributed reporting. Mr. Cuomo and his associates have accused the sheriff of harboring old grudges against Mr. Cuomo, dismissing the law enforcement official as a cowboy sheriff. They have resurfaced the old recording as a way to try to impugn Sheriff Apples integrity and cast doubt on his decision to charge the former governor. Raised in Bethlehem, a town just south of Albany,. The case is a very solid case, the sheriff said shortly after Mr. Cuomo was charged. Shame on him. Please refer to Identity Dispute at Heart of Case, Albany Times Union. The New York Post reports on Doordashs latest venture into the 15-minute delivery world with the opening of a delivery-only grocery store in Chelsea. APD needs to find this schmuck D and arrest him for criminal impersonation. JFIF C Apple detailed the next steps, which he said would include. Descent and respectable police officers do their job with honor every day. @p &'d:cQf Mr. Cuomo has also sought to discredit the sheriffs investigation by trying to link it to Ms. James. 6 0 obj 3 0 obj (Were not providing legal advice because were not attorneys but that would be a reasonable conclusion.) That was a bad move by the Coeymans town board and appears even worse now that the Coeymans police department has really come under fire for its mismanagement, its violations of civil rights, its botched up raids, the many scandals surrounding its employment of law enforcement dregs like Ryan Johnson, Gerald Deluca, Danielle Crosier, the botched up investigations and claims of obstruction of justice, and the list goes on and on and on. In 1999 he was promoted to Chief Deputy Field Commander. Please add my name to the lawsuit.My name is Tina Brooks and Im the one who wrote to you about my grandson being bullied and attacked by 2 other students a couple weeks ago at the Middle School while aides NEVER came to rescue!! Please enable JavaScript in your browser for a better user experience. Send what you have to rcs.confidential@gmail.com and well have a look and publish the facts (your best bet is to have the docs scanned to pdf format and send the pdfs. And where are the parents who think they can buy their way out of their guilt and shame, their incapacity to be parents? CLARKSVILLE, N.Y. ( NEWS10) - An employee who worked for the Albany County Sheriff's Office for 10 years has been arrested, accused of stealing over $68,000 in checks from the agency. The average daily population has exceeded 600 inmates over the past year. 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The County has a population of 304,204 as reported in the United States Census Bureau's most recent report. Apple says he's not the most prolific fundraiser among New York state sheriffs. Tyson Ruecker simply signed his name on two forms that he tested drugs and we have a sealed indictment. Zacarese was the Republican candidate who faced now Suffolk County Sheriff Democrat Errol Toulon. groups and leaders in dozens of hate-filled letters sent over the course of eight years. ", "I've been in the sheriff's office for 33 years of my life," he said. Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple said . Hey there! The sheriffs department handled six. Craig Apple has been working as a Sheriff at Albany County for 1 year. But Ms. Commissos lawyer went to the sheriff to file the complaint because of concerns that the Albany Police Department would not want to handle a politically explosive investigation into Mr. Cuomo, according to a person familiar with the case. And speaking of conflicts of interest: Word on the street isthat alleged Thompson squeeze, Daniele Crosier, was placed in her new FT position with the Coeymans police departmenton the conditioin that she pass an physical agility test (required by civil service). Theyve put him in protective custody at taxpayer expense; rewarding another criminal. Still trying to talk my daughter into filing a pain and suffering lawsuite being that my grandson doesnt want to attend RCSMS anymore for fear of these students attacking him again and the supervisory adults ignoring it!! Are we the only ones who smell the stink? You guessed it! "We. No evidence of coordination has emerged. Just like that moron P. David Soares seems to manage to screw up everything he gets his idiotic hands on. He is also a sheriff who continually places himself in the limelight from deciding to stop boarding people detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, to promoting his programs that assist opiate addicts housed at the county jail. A Little History Lesson: Scott Giroux was a Albany County Sheriffs Department captain at the same time Craig Apple was a lieutenant. Almost 160,000 readers (a couple less when you consider the fact that the Albany Police Department, the Coeymans Police Department, the Albany County Sheriffs Department, THE ALBANY COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY, the NYS Unified Court System, the NYS Senate, the NYS Assembly, the FBI, and a handful of other government entities are regulars) are behind you! But Apple is second in fundraising bringing in almost $590,000 since 2015 and has been able to hold on to his contributions by not spending on mailers and advertising that would be necessary if he faced any challengers. Ask yourself the question: Why are teacher evaluations going up while test scores are going down and school violence in our own community is increasing? Its very important to us that we dont fall into the same category as those whom this blog is intended to expose. Law Enforcement Request for Information (DSS). He received the American Legion Police Officer of the Year Award and the Blanchard American Legion Post Fireman of the Year award. Any candidate who amasses a sizable war chest also raises questions about if they have higher political aspirations. Andrew Cuomo was charged with forcible touching, a misdemeanor sex crime. Sheriff Apple shrugged off the threats. Matthew J. Miller, a Democratic county legislator and high school biology teacher in Selkirk, not far from where Sheriff Apple grew up, recalled how the sheriff responded to the 2014 strangulation death of 5-year-old Kenneth White by a teenage cousin in their home in Knox, N.Y., part of the Hilltowns community in rural northwestern Albany County. Or is he just plain sick? Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple is a local boy, from the RCS area, and rumor is that there is no love lost between him and the Coeymans police department. dozens of hate-filled letters sent over the course of eight years. Change). If the Coeymans town supervisor and town board continue to pay Thompson to be Do-Do cop Gregory Darlingtons office-boy-toy, then the entire Coeymans town board should be tarred, feathered, and shipped downriver on a leaky barge! Not gonna happen. Maybe hes been spending too much time around the likes of Albany County District Attorney P. David Soares. The sheriff spent more than $15,000 between 2017 and 2018 at Habana Premium on Central Avenue. 60-year-old. In 2018, for instance, the Albany Police Department made 17 arrests with a sex crime as the top charge. Brittany Commisso, left, has accused Mr. Cuomo of groping her breast in the Executive Mansion. Special Notice: We make every effort to be truthful, complete, fair, and balanced on this blog; therefore, if you see anything that you know to be false or incorrect, or if you have additional information to clarify any issue, please let us know by e-mailing your information or by leaving a comment. Apple has the most healthy campaign coffer of any sheriff in New York state holding $483,599 in cash on hand as of July, according to the state's most recent filings. Weve reported on his one sons recent reckless driving on Route 143 and destruction of a mailbox and damage to another care and how that was all kept quiet by Thompson (His kids a police dispatcher now in the Coeymans police department!). << /Pages 31 0 R /Type /Catalog >> No excuses. Since its inception, the Agency has consistently grown to its current strength of over 700 employees. These services include; Uniform Patrol, Criminal Investigations Unit, Fire Investigation Unit, Scuba Unit, Crime and Accident Investigation Unit, Snowmobile Unit, Marine Patrol, Emergency Response Team (S.W.A.T.) stream Following Albany Sheriff's Press Conference NEW YORK - Today, the Office of New York Attorney General Letitia James released the following statement attributable to Fabien Levy, press secretary and senior advisor, after Albany Sheriff Craig Apple held a news conference to discuss Executive Assistant #1 coming forward with her allegations of . Your baby is too warm and overheated, she said. endobj It is happening in Coeymans and its even worse in New Baltimore. Whatever it is, Apple has probably made the worst decision of his career by giving Kerry Thompson any semblance of credibility. See you tomorrow. We've received your submission. The sheriff showed up quickly, organized a vigil, and befriended the boys two surviving sisters, who were placed in the care of Child Protective Services. Has anyone noticed how much weight Thompson has lost in the past couple of months? Dont you think we taxpayers and public should some answers tothese questions?