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Michael Mashburn

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mmashburn@dailyvoice.com

Michael joined the Daily Voice team in April 2022 covering news throughout New York, including the Capital Region, Hudson Valley, and Long Island. He previously worked as a reporter for ABC Radio affiliates KTAR in Phoenix and KOMO in Seattle. Michael graduated from Arizona State University with a BA in journalism in May 2014. 

Michael Mashburn's Contributions

Police & Fire
Former Firefighter Critically Injured In Nyack Blaze That Destroyed His Home Former Firefighter Critically Injured In Nyack Blaze That Destroyed His Home
Former Firefighter Critically Injured In Nyack Blaze That Destroyed His Home A former New York firefighter is fighting for his life after being pulled unconscious from a burning home. The fire broke out around 3:15 a.m. Sunday, July 27, at a residence on Summit Street in the Village of Nyack, as Daily Voice previously reported. Responding officers found flames engulfing the home and heard voices coming from inside. A man and an elderly woman were rescued from the first floor. But a third resident—later identified as Richard Apostle, a former firefighter for the Village of Nyack—was still trapped upstairs, Orangetown Police said. Two officers crawled through heavy …

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Albany Child Predator Used Parents' Friendship To Gain Trust Before Sexually Abusing Kids Albany Child Predator Used Parents' Friendship To Gain Trust Before Sexually Abusing Kids
Albany Child Predator Used Parents' Friendship To Gain Trust Before Sexually Abusing Kids An Albany man formally confessed to gaining his friends’ trust in order to sexually abuse their children for more than a year. Denzell Ritzie pleaded guilty to sexual abuse and related charges in Albany County Court on Friday, Aug. 1. Ritzie admitted to sexually abusing three children whose parents he had occasionally lived with for more than a year, from August 2022 to March 2024, according to the Schenectady County District Attorney’s Office. One of the victims was 9 years old at the time and two older victims were 13. Prosecutors painted a picture of a man who relied on his relations…

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Rotterdam Man Who Murdered Mom, Stepdad On 4th Of July Sentenced To Life Without Parole Rotterdam Man Who Murdered Mom, Stepdad On 4th Of July Sentenced To Life Without Parole
Rotterdam Man Who Murdered Mom, Stepdad On 4th Of July Sentenced To Life Without Parole A New York man who stabbed his mother and stepfather to death on Independence Day 2023 will spend the rest of his life behind bars. Anthony Lewis Jr., 33, of Rotterdam, was sentenced Wednesday, July 30, in Schenectady County Court to life without parole, followed by an additional 3½ to 7 years for related charges. A jury convicted Lewis in May of murdering his mother, Cathy Ayala-Guillaume, and his stepfather, Robert Guillaume, at their Fern Avenue home in Rotterdam on July 4, 2023. He then lingered in the house for more than a day before fleeing in his stepfather’s car, prosecutors said. …

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Man's Body Found Behind Market 32 In Saratoga Springs; ID Released Hours Later Man's Body Found Behind Market 32 In Saratoga Springs; ID Released Hours Later
Man's Body Found Behind Market 32 In Saratoga Springs; ID Released Hours Later Police are investigating the death of a 45-year-old man whose body was discovered in a wooded area behind a Saratoga Springs shopping plaza. The body of Michael Friday, of Gansevoort, was found around 6:40 a.m. Wednesday, July 30, in a wooded area behind the Market 32 plaza on Ballston Avenue, according to the Saratoga Springs Police Department. An individual alerted police after coming across the body near the rear of the shopping center. Friday was pronounced dead at the scene. His cause and manner of death remain under investigation pending autopsy results from the Coroner’s Office, pol…

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Man Steals $50K From Church In Hyde Park, Police Say Man Steals $50K From Church In Hyde Park, Police Say
Man Steals $50K From Church In Hyde Park, Police Say A Westchester man is facing felony charges after stealing more than $50,000 from a Dutchess County church, police said. Fatjon Sulaj, 35, of Yonkers, was arrested on Tuesday, July 29, following a month-long grand larceny investigation, according to the Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office. Sulaj was hired to create artwork for a church in the Town of Hyde Park but failed to complete any work after receiving a large payment, police said. The church reported the incident to the Sheriff’s Detective Bureau, launching an inquiry that led to Sulaj’s arrest. He is now charged with second-degree grand…

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Police & Fire
K-9 Attacks Bystander At Funeral For Slain NYPD Detective K-9 Attacks Bystander At Funeral For Slain NYPD Detective
K-9 Attacks Bystander At Funeral For Slain Nypd Detective A Suffolk County police K-9 broke free from its handler and bit a bystander during a packed funeral service for fallen NYPD officer Didarul Islam, Daily Voice has learned. The incident happened Thursday, July 31, during services for Islam, who was among four people shot and killed earlier this week inside a Manhattan highrise on Park Avenue. A Suffolk County Police spokesperson told Daily Voice the door of a police vehicle became ajar during the funeral, allowing the department’s K-9 to escape. The dog bit a bystander before officers were able to intervene and restrain it. “The dog's handl…

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14-Year-Old Girl From Mount Vernon Has Been Missing For 4 Days 14-Year-Old Girl From Mount Vernon Has Been Missing For 4 Days
14-Year-Old Girl From Mount Vernon Has Been Missing For 4 Days Authorities are asking for help in locating a missing 14-year-old girl from Westchester. Brianna Baugh, of Mount Vernon, was last seen on Monday, July 28, according to the New York State Missing Persons Clearinghouse. Baugh was last seen wearing a pink top, black jeans, and pink and blue sneakers. She may have traveled to the Bronx. Anyone with information is asked to call 1-800-346-3543. Share this story by clicking the Facebook icon below.

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Obituaries
NY Legislator Killed In Plane Crash 'Passed Doing What He Loved,' Colleague Says NY Legislator Killed In Plane Crash 'Passed Doing What He Loved,' Colleague Says
NY Legislator Killed In Plane Crash 'Passed Doing What He Loved,' Colleague Says Tributes are flooding in for a New York county legislator who was killed in a small plane crash in Rhode Island that injured two others. Montgomery County Legislator Dan Wilson, 77, died Wednesday, July 30, when the single-engine Piper Cherokee Archer went down during a failed landing attempt at Block Island State Airport, colleagues and police confirmed. Two other passengers—an 87-year-old pilot from Mechanicville and a 77-year-old woman from Clifton Park—survived and were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, North Shoreham Police said. The plane, owned by the Condair Flyers F…

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Robber Who Killed Bystander, Held Up Nassau Businesses Gets Life In Prison Robber Who Killed Bystander, Held Up Nassau Businesses Gets Life In Prison
Robber Who Killed Bystander, Held Up Nassau Businesses Gets Life In Prison A 28-year-old Hempstead man will spend the rest of his life behind bars after killing a good Samaritan during an armed robbery and carrying out a string of violent holdups across Nassau County. Deshawn Martin was sentenced to life in prison without parole, plus 152 consecutive years, in Nassau County Court on Thursday, July 31. It followed his conviction for a January 2022 murder and six armed robberies. Martin shot and killed 49-year-old Santos Valeriano Argueta during an attempted robbery at Antojitos Express in Hempstead, prosecutors said. Argueta had tried to intervene after Martin pist…

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VIDEO: Masked Vandal Targets Synagogue In Woodmere In Possible Hate Crime VIDEO: Masked Vandal Targets Synagogue In Woodmere In Possible Hate Crime
Video: Masked Vandal Targets Synagogue In Woodmere In Possible Hate Crime A camera was rolling when a masked vandal targeted a Long Island synagogue in what police described as a “bias incident.” It happened at the Young Israel of Woodmere, an Orthodox synagogue on Peninsula Boulevard, at around 11:15 p.m. Wednesday, July 23, according to Nassau County Police. Surveillance footage shows a man wearing all black and donning a white face mask spray paint the words “house of bullies” in Hebrew on the parking lot, police said. Nassau County Crime Stoppers is offering a cash reward for information leading to an arrest. Anyone with information is asked to contact Na…

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