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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. 

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Bed Bath & Gone: Fleeing Thief Hits LI Cop With Car, Rams Vehicle Before Crashing, Police Say Bed Bath & Gone: Fleeing Thief Hits LI Cop With Car, Rams Vehicle Before Crashing, Police Say
Bed Bath & Gone: Fleeing Thief Hits LI Cop With Car, Rams Vehicle Before Crashing, Police Say A 29-year-old woman is facing a host of charges after allegedly striking a Long Island police officer with her car during an escape attempt before crashing into a second vehicle while speeding. Nassau County Police were called at around 12:40 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 2, with reports of several personal property thefts that had occurred near a Bed Bath & Beyond store in Oceanside, located on Long Beach Road. A short time later, officers spotted a car that matched the suspect’s vehicle description traveling south on 5th Street near Mott Street and initiated a traffic stop, police said. As p…

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Police & Fire
Driver Busted Going Over 100 MPH On Yonkers Highway Had Loaded Guns In Car, Police Say Driver Busted Going Over 100 MPH On Yonkers Highway Had Loaded Guns In Car, Police Say
Driver Busted Going Over 100 MPH On Yonkers Highway Had Loaded Guns In Car, Police Say Four men are facing weapons charges after State Police allegedly busted a speeding driver on a Westchester County highway. Troopers first spotted the suspect’s vehicle at around 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 30, as it drove through Yonkers on the Sprain Brook Parkway. The BMW 440 was traveling in excess of 100 mph, according to police. Troopers followed the vehicle to Tuckahoe Road and initiated a traffic stop, where they found two loaded handguns in the car, a .380 Ruger LCP and a 9mm Smith & Wesson SD9 VE, police said. The 19-year-old driver, Jalen Irwin, of Valley Stream, was arrested fo…

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2 Charged In Separate Animal Cruelty Investigations, Including Dog's Death, In Capital Region 2 Charged In Separate Animal Cruelty Investigations, Including Dog's Death, In Capital Region
2 Charged In Separate Animal Cruelty Investigations, Including Dog's Death, In Capital Region Two people are facing charges following separate animal cruelty investigations in the region, including one involving a dog that died.  Albany resident Elisa Sumner, age 27, was arrested Tuesday, Nov. 1, after police looked into the death of her two-year-old German Shepherd at her Spring Street home in August 2022. Albany Police determined that Sumner had failed to provide the animal with enough food and medical care. The dog was found suffering from malnutrition and severe bite wounds to its head and ears, which, combined with a lack of care, ultimately led to the animal’s death, pol…

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Police & Fire
Southern State Collision In Hempstead Leads To Altercation, Robbery, Victim Being Hospitalized Southern State Collision In Hempstead Leads To Altercation, Robbery, Victim Being Hospitalized
Southern State Collision In Hempstead Leads To Altercation, Robbery, Victim Being Hospitalized Nearly a month after a driver was assaulted and robbed following a car accident on a Long Island highway, a suspect is behind bars. The crash happened at around 10:45 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 4 on the Southern State Parkway in the town of Hempstead, State Police said. After a minor collision between two cars near exit 13, both vehicles pulled over to the shoulder and the drivers got out to talk. During their conversation, one driver, identified by police as 32-year-old Edwin Smith, of the Bronx, allegedly struck the other driver multiple times. He then stole the victim’s wallet and took a b…

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Schools
Swastikas, Racial Slur Found Carved Into Tree At Long Island Middle School Swastikas, Racial Slur Found Carved Into Tree At Long Island Middle School
Swastikas, Racial Slur Found Carved Into Tree At Long Island Middle School An investigation is underway after antisemitic symbols and a racial slur were found carved into a tree at a Long Island middle school. The carvings were found Thursday, Nov. 3, in Lynbrook at South Lynbrook Middle School, according to Nassau County Police. Investigators were contacted by the school’s principal, who told police that someone carved at least four swastikas and a racial slur into a tree behind the school, located near Union and Prospect avenues. The swastikas measure approximately four inches by four inches, police said. Nassau County Police asked anyone with information to …

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19-Year-Old Student Stabbed By Boyfriend At College In Capital Region, Police Say 19-Year-Old Student Stabbed By Boyfriend At College In Capital Region, Police Say
19-Year-Old Student Stabbed By Boyfriend At College In Capital Region, Police Say This story has been updated. A 19-year-old student is recovering after she was allegedly stabbed by her boyfriend on the campus of a Capital Region college Thursday, Nov. 3. Emergency crews in Rensselaer County were called to Hudson Valley Community College (HVCC) in Troy shortly after noon after several people called 911 reporting that a female student had been stabbed in a campus parking lot, Troy Police Assistant Chief Steven Barker said. Multiple agencies responded to the scene, including Troy Police, Hudson Valley Public Safety, North Greenbush Police, and New York State Police. Th…

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Police & Fire
ID Released For 73-Year-Old Struck, Killed Crossing Long Island Street ID Released For 73-Year-Old Struck, Killed Crossing Long Island Street
ID Released For 73-Year-Old Struck, Killed Crossing Long Island Street Authorities have identified the 73-year-old man who died after being hit by a car while crossing a Long Island street. Daniel McCarthy, whose hometown was not given, was struck at around 8:15 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 30, on Hempstead Turnpike in Farmingdale, Nassau County Police said. Earlier Report: 73-Year-Old Struck, Killed Crossing Long Island Street Investigators said he was crossing the street just east of West Gate when he was hit by a 2014 Ford pickup truck. McCarthy was taken to a local hospital, where he was later pronounced dead. The 57-year-old driver remained at the scene and …

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Business
'Grinches Beware, Mariah’s On-Air': Albany Radio Station Switches To All Christmas Music 'Grinches Beware, Mariah’s On-Air': Albany Radio Station Switches To All Christmas Music
'Grinches Beware, Mariah’s On-Air': Albany Radio Station Switches To All Christmas Music The jack-o’-lanterns had barely cooled before holiday music began emanating across Capital Region airwaves. At precisely 9 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 1, Albany radio station WPBZ (103.9 The Breeze) officially made the switch to non-stop Christmas music to the jubilation - and annoyance - of many. “Grinches beware, Mariah’s on-air,” the station said on its website, referencing Mariah Carey’s 1994 megahit, All I Want for Christmas Is You. “We’re proud to be the first station in the Capital Region to go all-Christmas. There’s no such thing as ‘too-soon’ for the most wonderful time of the year,” sa…

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News
Man Accused Of Fatally Shooting Father On His 21st Birthday In Capital Region Caught Man Accused Of Fatally Shooting Father On His 21st Birthday In Capital Region Caught
Man Accused Of Fatally Shooting Father On His 21st Birthday In Capital Region Caught The man believed to have fatally shot a father on his 21st birthday in the region has been captured by police months after the killing. Anthony Romero, age 24, was arrested without incident by the US Marshals Task Force in Albany on Monday, Oct. 31, in connection with the May 2022 murder of New York City resident Treavine Tate in Schenectady, police said. Earlier Report: Suspect Sought After Man Fatally Shot In Schenectady On 21st Birthday On the night of Tate’s death, Schenectady Police were called at around 11:30 p.m. on Monday, May 30, with reports of shots fired near State and Hulett…

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Politics
New Polls Show How Hochul-Zeldin Race Looks Days Before NY Gubernatorial Election New Polls Show How Hochul-Zeldin Race Looks Days Before NY Gubernatorial Election
New Polls Show How Hochul-Zeldin Race Looks Days Before NY Gubernatorial Election With less than a week to go until Election Day, the race to be New York’s next governor remains close, according to new polling. Incumbent Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul has a 4.8 percent lead over her Republican challenger, Rep. Lee Zeldin, 49.8 to 45 percent, according to a Real Clear Politics (RCP) average of polls released Wednesday, Nov. 2. Hochul’s lead has shrunk dramatically since August 2022, when a RCP average of polls showed her leading Zeldin by 18 percentage points, 53 to 35 percent. Yet another poll, conducted by the Trafalgar Group with likely voters between Oct. 27 and 31, a…

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