Rite Aid is closing over 100 stores nationwide, including 24 in New York, as part of its ongoing bankruptcy restructuring. Customers are advised to check where their prescriptions will be transferred and prepare for store shutdowns affecting communities across the state.
A masked man filled up a "sack" of goods at a popular Middletown, New York sporting goods store and allegedly walked out the door leaving store employees frustrated with its "No Chase" policy.
An arrest has been made where people have been trying to pass counterfeit money in the Capital Region, thanks to an alert clerk. But Police warn that the fake bills could be all over our area.
**UPDATE**
Schenectady Police have arrested and charged 39 year old Victor Mattson of Schenectady in a string of robberies. He has been charged with armed robbery, one count of first-degree robbery with display of a firearm, a felony, and resisting arrest, a misdemeanor, related to one of the robberies. He will most likely be charged in all four of the holdups.
Mattson was arrested yesterday after