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Aide To NY State Senator Faces Domestic Violence Charges

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Dave Lucas
Published February 8, 2018 at 2:39 PM EST

An aide to a New York state senator faces felony assault charges after a grand jury indicted him for allegedly hitting a woman with a television cord.

The Times Union of Albany reports that Robert Nickol is scheduled to be arraigned Friday in connection with the September domestic violence incident.

Nickol is an aide to Sen. William Larkin, a Republican.

An Albany County grand jury indicted Nickol on Tuesday on charges of assault and strangulation.

Neither Larkin's office not Nickol's attorney, James Knox, immediately returned calls seeking comment.

(C) 2018 AP
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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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