In January, a Glens Falls man was arrested and charged with Aggravated Assault on a Child less than 11 years old, after an investigation into a 6 year old reporting that his father punched him in the face, knocking his tooth out. The man was on probation at the time of his arrest for a previous assault on the same child. Also in January, a narcotics investigation resulted in the arrest of ten defendants on state and federal charges for Conspiracy to Possess with intent to Distribute Cocaine and various other related state charges stemming from a three month investigation into the sale of Crack Cocaine in the Glens Falls/Hudson Falls region. This investigation was conducted by the Glens Falls Police, Hudson Falls Police, Warren County Sheriff's Department, the New York State Police, The US Drug Enforcement Administration, New York State Parole and the New York City Police Department.

In February, a Glens Falls woman was charged with Endangering the Welfare of an Elderly Person and Assault after an investigation into the assault on the woman's 83 year old mother and 83 year old father. The mother suffered bruising after she was jumped on and the father suffered from burns to his groin, after having hot water poured on his lap.

In March, we assisted Hudson Falls Police, New York State Police and the Drug Enforcement Administration in an investigation of a local man who was obtaining large quantities of Pseudoephedrine and forwarding it to a New Jersey man, who in turn was sending it to a methamphetamine lab in California. As a result of this investigation our share of seized currency was more than $16,000.

In April, we assisted the Drug Enforcement Administration in the investigation and arrest of an Albany man for his participation in distributing crack cocaine in this area. More than an ounce of crack cocaine was seized. Also, a Glens Falls man was arrested for Rape First degree, after an acquaintance of his reported that he forcibly raped her. After his arrest, two additional woman came forward also claiming that he raped them. The suspect pled guilty to a felony and was put on probation. He was arrested again in January 2001 after another acquaintance reported that he forcibly raped her. He is currently in jail. We also arrested a 56 year old man, after an investigation that he had been supplying cigarettes to the children in his neighborhood, as young as 11 years old.

In May two men were arrested after an investigation alleging they were supplying marihuana to junior high school students. Both were charged with felony Criminal Sale of Marihuana. Also in May a Texas man was arrested for being a Fugitive from Justice from that state for the theft of a firearm. He was also charged with Felony Assault on the 3 year old daughter of his girlfriend in Glens Falls. The mother was charged with Hindering Prosecution for attempting to warn him that the Police were after him. The woman was also charged with Felony Assault of her own daughter after she confessed to assaulting her daughter. A Ticonderoga man was arrested for Grand Larceny, after an investigation into a strong arm robbery of a woman's purse on Glen Street. Also, a Hudson Falls man was arrested for selling his mother's prescription drugs. He was advising his customers that they were buying ecstacy. We assisted Hudson Falls Police in a drug related drive-by shooting and arrest of the New York City resident responsible. Also in May a 36 year old upstate man was arrested and charged with Attempted Coercion, after a 12 year old city youth reported that a stranger attempted to abduct him on Maple Street.

In June, after an investigation into the larceny of $8,000 from a local bank, we arrested a teller at that bank. Also, a clerk in a local convenience store was charged with Sexual Abuse in the First Degree, after an investigation into a report of a child being molested by the clerk while the child was in the store with her mother. We also arrested a local man after investigations into the sale of crack cocaine and marihuana in Glens Falls, Queensbury and Hudson Falls.

In July, three city residents were charged with various counts of Endangering the Welfare of a Child and Criminal Sale of Marihuana, after reports that they had been supplying youths with marihuana on repeated occasions. In an unrelated matter, we arrested three local men, who are admitted gang members, after separate investigations into a beating and two slashings. All of the men have since pled guilty and were sentenced to prison. A local former attorney was arrested and charged with Attempted Murder, after a report of a serious assault in the Elm Street parking lot. The victim reported that the defendant cut his throat with a knife after a dispute in a local bar.

In August we assisted Albany County Sheriff's Investigators and our local drug task force in an investigation into crack cocaine being transported to our area via Greyhound Bus. Four ounces of crack cocaine were seized in Albany, an ounce of crack and several ounces of marihuana were seized locally. We also arrested another New York City man for selling crack in Glens Falls, believed to be an associate of the Albany defendant.

In September a Glens Falls man was arrested for Sodomy, after an investigation into a report that he had been sexually abusing his girlfriends son, for years. Also, a Queensbury man was arrested for Driving While his Ability was impaired by Drugs, after he drove through one of our continuing GFPD/NYSP roadchecks. And a former Philadelphia man was arrested for his participation in a burglary to a Glens Falls Bed and Breakfast. The man had been in jail for a previous gang assault arrest, when a fingerprint obtained at the scene of the crime was matched to the defendant.

In October of 2000, a city man was arrested after an investigation into a fatal fire at 50 Lawrence Street. Two residents of the apartment house died as a result of the fire. The defendant was charged with two counts of Murder and several counts of Arson. He is currently in jail awaiting trial. Two weeks later a city woman was arrested for an unrelated arson, for setting her apartment on fire while there were other tenant's in the building. She is also in jail awaiting trial.

In November, six Warren County residents were charged after an investigation by the Drug Task Force into the sale of crack, marihuana and heroin in Glens Falls and northern Warren County. Also in November, after an investigation a South Glens Falls man and a Hadlock Pond man were charged with Conspiracy to Possess with intent to Distribute Marihuana.

In December, we developed information on an international fraud scheme with ties to Glens Falls. With the assistance of the New York State Police, the United States Secret Service, the United States Customs Service, the United States Postal Inspection Service, the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, we identified a suspect who has allegedly been stealing the identity of several Albany area doctors and obtaining credit cards in their names. The suspect was arrested in January 2001, in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, and he will be transported back to Glens Falls by the United States Marshal's Service to face charges in city court.