Funny how the selective memory works. Don't like pot? Well blame murders on it. Ignore the fact that the perps were all looped on cocaine and had a propensity for smoking crack.
Quote: "Umber said he Johnson and O'Connor were smoking crack cocaine in Johnson's Mumford Street home two days before the killing. When the crack ran out, talk turned to ways the three broke men could get money for more."
Buck, of course you are right about the state of that area, but the old guy did say "going to" and I'm sure from his perspective the downward trajectory is shocking. I know one guy in the Eastern area who is very concerned about the creeping blight, he has a beautiful home, but in his opinion it isn't there yet. Of course, that was before this latest event.
Isn't the dear departed woman's apartment within walking distance of the place on Brandywine that harbored the 15 year old murderer from NYC? As far as I know, none of those places ever stopped taking in youthful criminals from NYC as a result of that fuss.
A member of my household just visited Brooklyn a few weeks ago. That area is benefitting from the policy of the last 30 years or so of dumping all theundesirables in Schenectady. The hipsters are moving in. Young, trendy types with jobs who prefer an urban environment to live in do exist here, but they look at houses in Schenectady, look at the ridiculous taxes, and move to someplace like Burnt Hills. Sad. I've been wondering lately if this refusal to do anything about the taxes, and to even raise them again, isn't a deliberate strategy to keep the citizens who support this whole mess here.
Camden. I see a lot of parallels between Camden and Schenectady. Schenectady is certainly headed that way. Camden had a head start, that's all. Just exactly what is going to KEEP Schenectady from getting there? Helpful hint: new shiny buildings 'downtown' at taxpayer expense is a tried and failed solution which was a stupid idea from the get-go. "Iatrogenic" is a medical term for illness caused by doctors. There must be a word for destruction of a hundreds of years old city exacerbated by government. I think the word will end up being "Schenectady".
was too young to remember it but one of the victims was my grandmothers cousin. HH, as was much of schenectady, used to be a lined with tight knit group of italian families. that area is doomed, its spreading like wildfire, and there's no stopping it
Schenectady Police are asking for help to find answers about the suspicious death of a retired nun.
On Friday, authorities released a description of a man shoveling snow near 1402 Stanford Street around the time Mary Greco, 82, may have died inside. The man is not a suspect or a person of interest, but police would like to speak to him.
He is described as a black male, aged in his twenties to forties. He stands between five feet, nine inches tall, and six feet, two inches tall, with a slim build. The man was dressed in dark clothing with a dark parka and hooded sweatshirt. Police said the man was shoveling snow Thursday, December 27, and Saturday, December 29.
They said the autopsy results indicate that Greco's death was a homicide; however, police will not release a cause of death, or any information about the state in which Greco's body was found.
Greco was found dead inside her home on Tuesday. There were no signs of forced entry into the home, but her car was found in a church parking lot about a mile away, and police have not released any information about how it may have gotten there.
Anyone with information should call Schenectady Police at (51 788-6566.
When it's legal you'll have the same amount of stoners, we just won't have to pay billions of dollars chasing around and jailing people for the victimless crime of consuming marijuana.
Alcohol prohibition really cut down on alcoholism and the crime caused by alcoholism.
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Not a person of interest, but police are INTERESTED in talking to this PERSON. I see. Ordinarily, I would say that the guy would be crazy to speak to police without an attorney, but this is Schenectady. Nobody will try to pin the crime on the wrong person, because we don't even try to pin crimes on the guilty.
visitor, I did think before I posted. I thought that ordinarily I would say that the guy would be crazy to talk to the cops without a lawyer. I also thought that here in Schenectady it wouldn't matter because we don't pin crimes on the guilty. That is my thinking. Remember the mother who set a fire endangering her disabled grandfather and small children? Guilty as hell - plea deal! The two miscreants who beat up the elderly woman they saw shopping at Ocean State? Guilty as hell - plea deal! Whoever murdered the elderly woman, the DA is probably getting a plea deal ready for him to plead to parking on the sidewalk or some such thing. Wehave a prosecution problem here in Schenectady, you see. That is what I was referring to with my comment. Maybe you should've thought about what Isaid before you posted.
There are a lot of people, not just Guyanese, in that neighborhood doing their best to keep it nice. There were a lot of people trying to keep Mont Pleasant, Van Vranken Avenue, Parkwood and Glenwood, etc. nice too. Some of the streets people think are still "good" like in Central Park North are going to hell around the edges also. My neighborhood, there's a house that couldn't be sold so it is now being rented. A crack dealer visits the home regularly. Recently some of the neighbors were alarmed when some merchandise, new windows and doors still in the packaging, was displayed "for sale" on the lawn. In December. Signs of doom. I noticed a lot more For Sale signs right after those morons raised taxes again.
Just heard somone in custody in regards to this case.
Tommy there was an obit in a few days ago
Mary Stella Greco SchenectadyMary Stella Greco, 82, died Tuesday, January 1st at her home in Schenectady. Born and educated in Schenectady, Mary Stella was the daughter of the late Saverio and Immaculata (Peronaci) Greco and had attended SCCC. In 1956, Mary Stella entered the missionary community of the Daughters of Mary, Health of the Sick. She missioned to the Guatemalan Highlands among the Mayan people and later did a few short term trips with Marykoll's Call Response Program. In 1972, after the community disbanded, Mary Stella returned to Schenectady and went to work for New York State in various civil service offices for over 26 years. She retired in June of 1996. A communicant of St. Luke's, St. Paul's and St. John the Evangelist Churches. She was predeceased by her brother, Albert Greco; sister, Ada Cater; and brothers-in-law, Darwin Cater, Frank Hayostek and Ronald Ciescones. Mary Stella is survived by her brother, Alfonso Greco (Ruth) of Rotterdam; sisters, Christina Hayostek of Niskayuna, Rita Shaperjahn (Harold) of Connecticut, Carmela Diehsner (Thomas) of Schenectady and Theresa Ciescones of Connecticut; sister-in-law, Elizabeth Greco of Schenectady; as well as many nieces and nephews. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Saturday morning, January 5th at 10 a.m. at St. Luke's Church, State St., Schenectady, NY. Interment in St. Cyril's Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in her memory to Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers, PO Box 306, Maryknoll, New York 10545. Online condolences at http://www.bondfuneralhome.com
A parolee has been indicted by a Schenectady County grand jury on a charge of first-degree murder in connection with the killing of an 82-year-old retired nun.
Michael Briggs, 37, who was jailed in January on a charge of violating parole, had emerged early as a suspect in the slaying of Mary Greco, authorities said.
She was found dead in her Stanford Street home on New Year's Day.
If convicted, Briggs could face life without possibility of parole on the murder charge.
The indictment was unsealed in visiting County Judge Richard Giardino's courtroom. He was also charged with robbery, grand larceny, possession of stolen property and other charges.
He pleaded not guilty and was sent back to the county jail where he was being held
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