Tessa Bentulan

Saratoga Springs is cracking down on phony rideshare drivers. 13investigates first told you about this problem last year and it’s happening again.Now, the city is hoping to drive them out of town.“If you are not connected to them on the app, don’t get in a car,” Dillon Moran said, Saratoga Springs Commissioner of Accounts.These drivers […]

Schenectady couple finally receives cruise refund two years later Video Player is loading. This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Text Color Transparency Background Color Transparency Window Color Transparency Font Size Text Edge Style Font Family End of dialog window. A court ordered forced Royal Caribbean Cruises to reimburse nearly $1.3 million to customers. A refund two years in the making. Royal Caribbean Cruises court ordered to return more than $1.3 million to customers after two cruises never set sail during the pandemic. 13Investigates first told you about this problem at the beginning of last year when a Schenectady couple contacted the I-team saying they felt like they were being scammed. Pam and Kenny Dickenson finally got a $5,000 check in the mail last week. It's all thanks to a 10-page settlement that holds Royal Caribbean accountable. The Maryland District Attorney's Office investigated the matter after receiving over 50 complaints. The Capital Jazz SuperCruise was supposed to set sail on January 16, 2021, using Royal Caribbean ships but was canceled due to COVID-19. Customers were then offered a choice of a refund or tickets to the same cruise on January 14, 2022. Pam and Kenny Dickenson were supposed to be on the ship. However, the SuperCruise was canceled again because of the pandemic, and a surge of the Omicron variant. Capital Jazz is a charter client of Royal Caribbean. In the 10-page settlement just released, it states Capital Jazz issued refunds to some passengers but still owed refunds to others. Under federal maritime law, Royal Caribbean was financially responsible if the SuperCruises did not happen. The settlement states Royal Caribbean could have transferred this liability to Capital Jazz for the SuperCruises, but it did not do so. The Maryland District Attorney's Office said all customers who were owed refunds should have already received checks in the mail.

“He pushed me out of a car.”A former exotic dancer exclusively tells 13Investigates how she finally got out.We first told you the woman described her eleven months of employment working at Shenanigans Gentlemen’s Club in Colonie as disgusting and deplorable.Now, you’ll hear why she said she was pushed out of a car and what she […]

A close friend of Sky Lemmons-Dixon, a young woman killed after being shot last Christmas day, said last week’s guilty pleas of two people charged in her case did not bring any closure.“It was a little overwhelming that it was more than just one person involved. I think it brought more hurt than closure,” Julia […]

550,000 claimants have been filed under the Camp Lejeune Justice Act, passed in 2022. The Department of the Navy (DON) says a significant number of these claims are potentially duplicates.13Investigates is getting these numbers after airing a report on Camp LeJeune and a local veteran who lost his battles to several cancers. His wife, Michelle […]

13Investigates recently got a call from a Schoharie resident who was unsure about a letter she recently received and was wondering if it was a scam.It turns out, people across the country got that same letter regarding their health care.13Investigates did some digging and found out the letter is legit.

ONLY ON 13: five person crew returns to Capital Region after fighting fires in the Catskills Video Player is loading. This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Text Color Transparency Background Color Transparency Window Color Transparency Font Size Text Edge Style Font Family End of dialog window. The Coeymans Hollow Volunteer Fire Department left at 5am to get down to the Catskills for a 12-hour shift. The Coeymans Hollow Volunteer Fire Corp. was one of a small handful of fire stations in the Capital Region who went down to help battle the fires in the Catskills. So far, it's left more than 200 acres in ashes. Only on 13: NewsChannel 13's Tessa Bentulan spoke exclusively to the crew this evening, shortly after returning to Coeymans Hollow from a long day fighting fires.

Plans are brewing to transform College of Saint Rose campus one after it was sold Video Player is loading. This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Text Color Transparency Background Color Transparency Window Color Transparency Font Size Text Edge Style Font Family End of dialog window. Plans are already in the works. One day after the former College of Saint Rose's campus was sold for a whopping $35 million. The Albany County Land Authority won the bid for the shutdown college for $35 million. Dan McCoy, Albany County Executive, says you could see progess very soon. However, before any work starts, a judge needs to okay the sale. A court date is scheduled for next Thursday, Dec. 19. If the land authority gets the green light, McCoy said work should begin soon after we ring in the New Year. “It is one of the bigger projects I've taken on as County Executive.” McCoy said the ball is already rolling. Since the announcement of the sale, McCoy has been receiving calls non-stop. “The way we see this campus and the future of this campus can be a model.” Mccoy said the land authority is looking to transform the college campus into a mix-use space. Some ideas floating are affordable housing, wedding venues and restaurants. There has been some interest from colleges to use the campus for additional spaces, if needed. There are discussions of opening the school's gym to the community. The Albany County Sheriff's Office confirmed some deputies will soon be working out of the campus safety building. This space is meant to be for you. The goal is to have something everyone can enjoy. “This property will have ownership of the county which has pride in our county and city,” Rosly Jefferson said. Jefferson is the chair of the Saint Rose subcommittee within the Pine Hills neighborhood association. She said she was gutted when Saint Rose shut down and several shops in the area closed because the students brought business. To her, selling the campus to the land authority is the best possible outcome. “Let's have some retail space and different restaurants and things that we can go to right in our neighborhood.”

Dontie Mitchell remained calm and quiet during when the verdict said “not guilty” on attempted murder.“The jury got it right,” Mitchell said.During a one-on-one interview with NewsChannel 13’s Tessa Bentulan, Mitchell said he also should have been acquitted on both charges against him. However, he was found guilty of criminal possession of a weapon. He […]

Who would have thought a tree could change your life? “It's been amazing. Now that it's ending, it's sad because we've had non-stop people here since October,” Shawn Albert said.