Police say a 16-year-old girl fought free of a kidnapping, despite being hit in the face.

Police say the woman Franklin Hempstead attacked said she was thrown to the ground after he tried to argue with her.

BETHLEHEM — Police are investigating 15 reports of theft from unlocked vehicles in Delmar Wednesday night.

Mark S. Schmidt of Altamont was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison after being arrested in 2017 in an underage-sex sting.

The 23-year-old man whose friend, also 23, died when he crashed his motorcycle said he doesn’t recall the crash but accepts responsibility for it.

GUILDERLAND — A man wielding a handgun stole cash and cigarettes from the Mobil gas station at 3605 Carman Road on Friday, police say.

ALBANY COUNTY — Dennis Grant, who had five previous burglary-related convictions, pleaded guilty to another one on Friday. He had tried to break out of jail in 2009 after an earlier burglary arrest.

GUILDERLAND — Embezzlement can have far-reaching effects.

Recent cases in Guilderland illustrate this and can also serve as cautionary tales on how organizations might better protect themselves.

ALBANY COUNTY — A man who used a “MeetMe” app to lure a 14-year-old girl to the Days Inn in Guilderland was found guilty on Wednesday afternoon of second-degree rape and three counts of criminal sexual act — all felonies.

A 27-year-old Berne woman was hit, held down, and strangled by a Schoharie man and Tennessee woman at her home on Helderberg Trail on Friday, according to the Albany County Sheriff’s Office.