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  2. Murder of Bianca Devins - Wikipedia

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    Bianca Michelle Devins (October 2, 2001 – July 14, 2019) was an American teenager from Utica, New York, who was murdered by a male acquaintance, Brandon Andrew Clark, on July 14, 2019. Following a botched suicide attempt, Clark was charged with second-degree murder. He subsequently pleaded guilty to the murder and was sentenced to 25 years to ...

  3. Rufus Elefante - Wikipedia

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    Occupation. Political boss, trucker. Rufus Pasquale "Rufie" Elefante (April 11, 1903 – November 15, 1994) was an American political boss from Utica, New York. [1] Originally a Republican, who worked as a trucker, Elefante rose to power during the late 1920s. Though he never held public office, [2] he came to control the Democratic political ...

  4. Murder of Shanda Sharer - Wikipedia

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    20 years in prison (paroled after 9 years) Shanda Renée Sharer (June 6, 1979 – January 11, 1992) was an American girl who was tortured and burned to death in Madison, Indiana, by four teenage girls. She was 12 years old at the time of her death. The crime attracted international attention due to both its brutality and the young age of the ...

  5. Genovese crime family - Wikipedia

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    The Genovese crime family ( pronounced [dʒenoˈveːze, -eːse] ), also sometimes referred to as the Westside, is an Italian-American Mafia crime family and one of the "Five Families" that dominate organized crime activities in New York City and New Jersey as part of the American Mafia. They have generally maintained a varying degree of ...

  6. Utica, New York - Wikipedia

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    0968324 [8] Website. cityofutica.com. Utica ( / ˈjuːtɪkə / ⓘ) is a city in the Mohawk Valley and the county seat of Oneida County, New York, United States. The tenth-most-populous city in New York State, its population was 65,283 in the 2020 U.S. Census. [9] Located on the Mohawk River at the foot of the Adirondack Mountains, it is ...

  7. Crime in New York City - Wikipedia

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    April 12, 2022 – 2022 New York City Subway attack: The accused Frank Robert James, a black nationalist, opened fire and shot 10 people on a northbound N train on the New York City Subway in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, and had also threw a smoke grenade. While no one was killed, a few were left with serious injuries.

  8. Attica Prison riot - Wikipedia

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    1 state trooper wounded [h] The Attica Prison Riot, also known as the Attica Prison Rebellion, the Attica Uprising, or the Attica Prison Massacre, took place at the state prison in Attica, New York; it started on September 9, 1971, and ended on September 13 with the highest number of fatalities in the history of United States prison uprisings.

  9. Attica Correctional Facility - Wikipedia

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    Warden. Julie Wolcott (2022) Attica Correctional Facility is a maximum security campus New York State prison in the town of Attica, New York, [2] [3] operated by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. It was constructed in the 1930s in response to earlier riots within the New York state prisons.