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Green Island Official Arrested

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Dave Lucas
Published March 8, 2015 at 12:59 PM EDT

A Green Island town justice was arrested Saturday, charged with choking his wife.

Jeffrey Dorrance was charged with criminal obstruction of breathing, a misdemeanor. The Times Union, quoting a law enforcement official, says He was arraigned early Sunday in Watervliet City Court, and released on his own recognizance.

According to that official, Dorrance's wife went to the Green Island police department to report she had been assaulted. She had bruising on her neck and appeared to have been "roughed up."

Dorrance lives on Hudson Avenue in Green Island and is listed as a vice president at TD Bank. He has been a town justice since 2003.

Green Island police, citing a potential conflict in handling the case, referred the investigation to the Albany County Sheriff's Department.
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Dave Lucas
Dave Lucas is WAMC’s Capital Region Bureau Chief. Born and raised in Albany, he’s been involved in nearly every aspect of local radio since 1981. Before joining WAMC, Dave was a reporter and anchor at WGY in Schenectady. Prior to that he hosted talk shows on WYJB and WROW, including the 1999 series of overnight radio broadcasts tracking the JonBenet Ramsey murder case with a cast of callers and characters from all over the world via the internet. In 2012, Dave received a Communicator Award of Distinction for his WAMC news story "Fail: The NYS Flood Panel," which explores whether the damage from Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee could have been prevented or at least curbed. Dave began his radio career as a “morning personality” at WABY in Albany.
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