Albany County Attorney

Tony Lopez will not get the chance to serve as Albany County Attorney, but he does have a chance to get elected. Lopez died unexpectedly last month, but his name remains on the ballot.

The race for Albany County Attorney took a turn a couple of weeks ago, but incumbent Peggy Trent is forging ahead with her reelection campaign.

If Dennis Leroy Menefee, Jr., is convicted of raping a person under 13, he could be sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.

A District Court judge denied a motion to acquit former Albany County Attorney Richard Bohling of convictions on five charges. Judge John R. Perry of Gillette filed his decision early Tuesday, denying the request by Bohling’s attorneys to throw out four felony convictions of obtaining property by false pretenses and one misdemeanor count of official misconduct...