Here's your local news at a glance for Tuesday, the 8th of July.
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🏘️ Community
On July 7, Girl Scouts of Northeastern New York donated 17,719 boxes of cookies to local nonprofits and active service members in the Capital Region.
The Gift of Caring program let customers buy cookies (with groups like St. Luke’s Food Pantry, Schenectady City Mission benefiting) and Operation Adopt a Soldier shipped 5,000 boxes to military members overseas.
🚨 Crime
Leonardo Guzman, a 35-year-old from Schenectady, pleaded guilty before Judge Roger McDonough on Monday in connection with the January 30 shooting death of 30-year-old DeWitt Miller on Central Avenue in Albany—he will face a 20-year state prison term with five years of supervision and a sentencing hearing set for September 12.
Schenectady Police are searching for 89-year-old Alphonso Hilton, who has been reported missing as a vulnerable adult.
Police are searching for 89-year-old Alphonso Hilton, a vulnerable man (5’11”, 173 lbs, missing one eye and with hearing and mobility issues) who was last seen on Manchester Road just after 8:35 a.m. on Monday wearing a black ballcap, navy blue jacket, dark jeans, and black shoes (he may have boarded an eastbound CDTA bus near State Street).
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