An Amber Alert notifying the public on Sunday morning about Halo Branton s disappearance was delayed due to a technical glitch in the state s alert system.
Persia Nelson, 24, was originally charged with second-degree manslaughter in Halo Branton s death. But that charge was being upgraded to second-degree murder, depraved indifference to human life, Schenectady County District Attorney Robert Carney said in an afternoon press conference.
The Schenectady Police Department introduced nine new police recruits on Thursday, with the crop of hires set to bolster the agency’s current crop of 162 sworn officers.