Week of September 13 – September 19, 2024
Saratoga County Court
Adam Pipino, 29, of Mechanicville, pleaded to criminal contempt in the first-degree, and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. Sentencing Oct. 3.
Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office
The Sheriff’s Office arrested Nicholas J. Murtlow (age 35) Galway, on an arrest warrant issued by the Providence Town Court charging him with criminal mischief in the 3rd degree, aggravated family offense, criminal contempt in the 1st degree (class E felonies), and criminal mischief in the 4th degree (class A misdemeanor). Murtlow is accused of violating an order of protection by failing to stay away from the protected person on July 26, 2024, and of committing a specified offense under the statute having previously been convicted of a specified offense within the preceding 5 years. The criminal contempt charge was upgraded to a felony due to a previous conviction within the preceding 5 years as well. He is also accused of damaging property belonging to another person in an amount exceeding $250 and of intentionally attempting to prevent a person from calling 911 by disabling their communication sending equipment. Murtlow was arraigned in the Charlton Town Court and remanded to the Saratoga County Jail pending further action in the matter.
The Sheriff’s Office arrested Sandra M. McGeough (age 51) Clifton Park on an arrest warrant issued by the Clifton Park Town Court charging her with criminal contempt in the 1st degree (class E felony) and harassment in the 2nd degree (violation). McGeough is accused of violating an order of protection by threatening the protected person in an incident that reportedly occurred on August 6, 2024. She was arraigned in the Clifton Park Town Court and remanded to the Saratoga County Jail pending further action in the matter.
James E. Lewis, Jr. (age 18) Schenectady, was arrested on an arrest warrant issued out of the Milton Town Court charging him with burglary in the 3rd degree (class D felony) from an incident that reportedly occurred on July 23, 2024. Lewis is accused of entering and remaining unlawfully within a building on Emigh Road in the town of Milton with the intent to commit a crime therein. He was released on an appearance ticket at the direction of the Honorable John Cromie of the Milton Town Court pending further proceedings in the matter.
The Sheriff’s Office responded to a call of an intoxicated male causing a disturbance in the Sunoco gas station on Plank Road in the town of Clifton Park. Prior to deputies arriving on scene, the male reportedly left the establishment in a motor vehicle. Deputies quickly located the vehicle and attempted to stop it resulting in a vehicle pursuit that culminated in the arrest of Philip R. Reiter (age 38) Clifton Park. Reiter was charged with DWI (class D felony), aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the 1st degree (class E felony), using a vehicle without a mandatory ignition interlock device, criminal contempt in the 2nd degree (class A misdemeanors), aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the 2nd degree (unclassified misdemeanor), failure to obey a police officer, unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, and failure to use headlights with windshield wipers (infractions): NY Mr. Reiter is accused of operating a motor vehicle in an intoxicated condition. The charge was upgraded to a class D felony due to 2 previous convictions within the preceding 10 years. He is also accused of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated with a revoked driver’s license and of failing to have a mandatory ignition interlock device. He was arraigned in the Clifton Park Town Court and remanded to the Saratoga County Jail pending further action in the matter.