New York State Police

A missing golden retriever named Lilah, discovered deep inside a culvert pipe in upstate New York, could not be lured out by her owner with peanut butter dog treats or cheese. In the end, State Trooper Jimmy Rasaphone decided to crawl about 15 feet (5 meters) into the pipe under a rural road in Conklin to rescue Lilah, despite the…

The New York State Police is warning the public about a phone scam where callers are apparently claiming to be state troopers — urging the public not to share personal information if they receive a similar call. According to police, during these calls, the scammers say that they are a member of the state police and that there is a…

The school bus driver involved in a deadly crash with a New York State Police vehicle in Dutchess County earlier this week allegedly failed to stop at a stop sign while entering a highway, triggering the collision, state police said Friday. It was the first update on the investigation since Wednesday when NYSP said it couldn’t share additional details...

The New York attorney general’s office has launched an investigation into the Dutchess County school bus crash that claimed the life of a bus monitor a day ago, authorities said Wednesday. The bus, with Arlington School District, collided with a New York State Police vehicle just after 3 p.m. on Route 55 and South Cross Road. The aide was pronounced…

A bus aide was killed after a New York State police vehicle and a school bus were involved in a crash Tuesday afternoon, according to police.

The New York State Police is the 2nd largest police force in the state, but also the least diverse. In this week’s Positively Black, Today in New York’s Myles Miller shares the force’s goal of hiring troopers with more diverse backgrounds.

A New York state trooper is free on bail in his murder case after a police pursuit on the Thruway last year ended in the death of an 11-year-old girl. Christopher Baldner was denied bail during his Nov. 4 arraignment. But during a hearing Friday, a state Supreme Court justice agreed to set bail after Baldner’s attorney argued that the...

Christopher Baldner was remanded following Thursday’s court appearance, meaning he will stay behind bars until his trial starts, where he faces second-degree murder charges for causing the death of Monica Goods in Dec. 2020.

The trooper has been charged with murder after ramming a seeding SUV, causing it to flip and kill an 11-year-old Brooklyn girl who was a passenger inside. NBC New York’s Marc Santia reports.

The trooper is accused of deliberately running a driver off the road, killing the driver’s 11-year-old daughter — who was in the car — in the process. NBC New York’s Jessica Cunnington reports.

A New York State Police trooper is facing second-degree murder charges for allegedly ramming a family during a Dec. 2020 pursuit, flipping their car and killing an 11-year-old Brooklyn girl. Attorney General Letitia James announced the indictment of trooper Christopher Baldner by an Ulster County grand jury on Wednesday. Baldner also faces manslaughter and multiple reckless endangerment charges. The union…

New York State Police seizures of marijuana plants have plunged this year

New York State Police have identified the pilot who died in a helicopter crash in Orange County over the weekend as a 73-year-old man from Long Island. Arthur Charych, of Setauket, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash near Storm King Mountain in Cornwall Sunday afternoon, officials said Monday. No passengers were aboard the 2007 Robinson R44 Rotocraft…

Authorities are investigating what caused a helicopter to crash in Orange County around 2:30 p.m. Sunday.

A Connecticut firefighter fell to his death while rock climbing in New York on Monday, New York State police said. Stephen M. Buda III, 56, nearly reached the 200-foot mark of his climb at the Trapps Trailhead of the Mohonk Mountain Preserve in Gardiner when he fell, the Connecticut Post reported. Authorities said Buda was not wearing any climbing or safety…

New York state police are investigating a motorcycle accident that left a New Jersey man dead

Authorities continue to investigate a bus crash that left 57 people injured, as first responders describe a chaotic scene as they rushed to pull people from the wreck

A tour bus bound for Niagara Falls ran off the New York State Thruway and rolled over in central New York; it’s unclear why.

A tour bus bound for Niagara Falls ran off the New York State Thruway and rolled over in central New York, sending more than 50 people to hospitals, state police and a hospital said. The bus landed on its side in the grass around 12:40 p.m. along the highway’s westbound side near Weedsport, a village about 25 miles (40 kilometers)…

An upstate New York traffic stop led to a Bronx woman’s arrest on charges she hid more than a pound of cocaine in her baby’s diaper bag. New York State Police said they stopped Shante Pleasant, 33, on Tuesday on I-87 in Coxsackie for a traffic violation. She had two daughters with her in the car — a 13-year-old and…