Upstate New York

Ten corrections officers face criminal charges — including murder — in the beating death of a young man from Harlem named Messiah Nantwi at Mid-State Correctional Facility in March. It comes after ten other officers were accused in a separate deadly assault caught on video at nearby Marcy Correctional Facility in December. NBC New York’s Sarah Wallace reports.

Ten New York prison guards have been charged in connection with the fatal beating of a 22-year-old prison inmate, including two charged with murder. Wednesday’s charges are the second time this year that correctional officers in the state were indicted for a death behind bars. A grand jury indictment accuses several guards of severely beating Messiah Nantwi, a prisoner at...

Family members of a prison inmate are speaking for the first time as a homicide investigation now ramps up into the possible beating death of Messiah Nantwi at Midstate Correctional Facility earlier in March. Fifteen correction employees are on administrative leave as a special prosecutor decides whether to bring criminal charges. NBC New York’s Sarah Wallace reports. 

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced an agreement late Thursday to end a wildcat strike that has roiled the state’s prison system for more than a week.

Talks are happening to try and put an end to a correction officer strike across New York. The strike has created safety concerns as it stretches into its second week. NBC New York’s Sarah Wallace reports. 

A 61-year-old inmate died over the weekend at one of the New York prisons where National Guard troops were deployed to replace corrections officers who walked off the job in an illegal strike.

A group of corrections officers faces charges in the beating death of inmate Robert Brooks at an upstate New York prison, in a violent incident that was caught on camera. The officers pleaded not guilty to the charges, which include second-degree murder for some. NBC New York’s Charles Watson reports.

Former Queens Council Member Ruben Wills said he suffered “extreme anxiety attacks” after watching shocking bodycam video of multiple New York state correction officers mercilessly beating a defenseless inmate before his death in December.

Melissa Russo with the exclusive report for News 4’s I-Team. 

Newly released body-camera footage shows that a man fatally beaten in a New York prison this month was repeatedly pummeled by correctional officers while in handcuffs.

An 85-year-old former doctor from Arizona charged for his role in the suicide of a woman in an upstate New York motel room pleaded guilty to manslaughter Tuesday under an agreement that spares him from prison.

Police in upstate New York tackled and then shot a 13-year-old boy to death after he pointed what turned out to be a BB gun at officers during a foot chase. Here’s what you need to know.

Police in Utica have released body camera footage showing what happened just before an officer shot and killed a 13-year-old boy.

A young boy is among three people dead after an Amtrak train hit a pickup truck in upstate New York. The Friday accident happened in North Tonawanda, a small town along the Niagara River between Niagara Falls and Buffalo. Police say the 6-year-old boy was one of three people in the pickup who died in the crash. The other victims...

A man was sentenced Wednesday to 47 years to life in prison for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl who went missing from a state park in upstate New York last year. Craig N. Ross Jr. pleaded guilty in February to taking the girl in September from a campground at Moreau Lake State Park, a rural area about 35 miles north…

The owner of an 34-year-old alligator seized by conservation officers near Buffalo, New York, is fighting for its return.

A human body was found Tuesday in an Upstate New York reservoir that supplies drinking water to parts of Rochester, prompting city officials to advise residents to boil their water before consuming.

An ailing alligator was seized from an upstate New York home where it was being kept illegally, state officials said.

A man accused of kidnapping a 9-year-old girl from a state park in upstate New York pleaded guilty to two felony counts and faces 47 years to life in prison.

Police said they believe a shooting at a northern New York hospital may have narrowly been avoided after a disgruntled former employee was pulled over with a loaded semi-automatic shotgun blocks away from the facility.