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SCHOHARIE — Nauman Hussain, the limousine operator convicted earlier this month of 20 counts of manslaughter for his role in the deadly Oct. 6, 2018 crash, was sentenced Wednesday to 5 to 15 years in state prison. Dozens of family and friends of those killed in the crash sat silently, packed into t

When Credibility Matters

When Credibility Matters

Anyone who thought Schoharie County District Attorney Susan Mallery would defy expectations and hold her own against Nauman Hussain’s high-powered defense team got their wake-up call the first day of the trial. That’s when Mallery’s scrambled preparation, which had already been called out earlier in

WEIGHING IN - Anyone who thought Schoharie County District Attorney Susan Mallery would defy expectations and hold her own against Nauman Hussain’s high-powered defense team got their wake-up call the first day of the trial.  That’s when Mallery’s scrambled preparation, which had already been cal

We know what happened on Oct. 6, 2018. We know 17 friends and family members out celebrating a 30th birthday died when the stretch limo they were inside lost control in Schoharie County and crashed, killing them, the driver and two people outside the Apple Barrel Country Store. But throughout openin

When Credibility Matters

When Credibility Matters

SCHOHARIE — The sole blame for the October 2018 limo crash in Schoharie County lays with Nauman Hussein, through Hussein's "willful, intentional and knowing" actions, Fred Rench told a Schoharie County Court jury in opening statements Monday.“This is a case about personal responsibility,” Rench, the

Defense attorney Lee Kindlon wants jurors who are like his mother. Kindlon represents Nauman Hussain, the 33-year-old limo company operator accused of 20 counts of criminally negligent homicide and 20 counts of second-degree manslaughter stemming from an October 2018 crash that killed 20. And the at