Author: Saratoga TODAY

Saratoga Springs Police

Kenneth Rossen, 60, of Charlton, was charged July 5 with petit larceny. 

Keenjole Suggs, 31, of Saratoga Springs, was charged July 5 with assault. 

Brian Smith, 31, of Saratoga Springs, was charged July 5 with DWI and additional motor vehicle violations.

Benjamin Fedd, 18, of Saratoga Springs, was charged July 4 with robbery and obstructing governmental administration. 

William Crain, 42, of Saratoga Springs, was charged July 4 with DWI, and driving without an inspection certificate. 

David MacIsaac, 38, of Saratoga Springs, was charged July 3 with criminal trespass. 

Cameron Folts, 38, of Saratoga Springs, was charged July 3 with DWI, and aggravated DWI. 

Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office 

The Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Unit and Saratoga Springs Police Department SIU arrested Riley J. Older and Travis L. Smith, both of Greenfield, during a search warrant execution following a lengthy investigation of drug trafficking in Saratoga County. The arrests, which occurred June 16, were announced by the Sheriff’s Office on July 7.  

The search warrant conducted in the town of Greenfield yielded in locating quantities of powder fentanyl, pressed fentanyl pills, crack/cocaine and an AR-15 assault rifle with (4) thirty round ammunition feeding devices, police said. Smith and Older are accused of distributing and possessing crack/cocaine, powdered fentanyl, pressed fentanyl pills and possessing an AR-15 assault rifle with 30 round capacity feeding devices. 

Riley J. Older, 26, was charged with three counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third-degree, one count of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third-degree, and five counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the third-degree.

Travis L. Smith, 23, was charged with three counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third-degree, one count criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth-degree, one count of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third-degree, and five counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the third-degree. Both Older and Smith were arraigned and sent to the Saratoga County Jail pending further action in the matter, according to the sheriff’s office.

On July 4, the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office Marine Patrol and New York State Park Police conducted a joint boating enforcement detail on several bodies of water within Saratoga County. During the course of the detail, over two dozen vessels were found to be in violation of one or more navigation laws or local ordinances. While conducting safety inspections and advisements to the operators, four operators were found to be operating a vessel while impaired by alcohol. The NYS Park Police and the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office observed and arrested four vessel operators for Boating While Intoxicated. The two people charged by the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office Marine Patrol are: Sara Santos, 23, of Halfmoon; Fernando Monteiro, 42, of North Attleboro, Massachusetts. The two people charged by New York State Park Police were not identified by name.    

Saratoga County Court

Matthew R. Merrill, 29, of Albany, pleaded to felony burglary, first charged November 2022 in Waterford. Sentencing Aug. 16. 

Nathan A. Lynn, 29, of Middle Grove, was sentenced July 6 to 5 days incarceration and five years’ probation, after pleading to felony DWI, first charged in Saratoga Springs. 

Timothy P. Murdick, Jr., 32, of West Sand Lake, was sentenced July 7 to 5 years’ probation, after pleading to felony DWI, charged November 2022 in Clifton Park. 

Nancy J. McCowan, 42, of Lexington, Kentucky, pleaded to felony DWI, charged April 2023 in Clifton Park. Sentencing Aug. 25. 

James B. Foster, 60, of Northumberland, pleaded to felony criminal contempt, charged May 2023 in Corinth. Sentencing Sept. 15. 

William C. Maguire, 28, of Vorheesville, pleaded to attempted rape in the first-degree, and attempted criminal act in the first-degree – both felonies, charged January 2023 in Providence. Sentencing Sept. 22.

NYS Police 

On July 6, State Police of Latham charged Jeffrey R. Bishop, 31, of Saratoga Springs, with four counts of possession of a forged instrument, four counts of grand larceny, and four counts of scheme to defraud. State Police previously received information about numerous fraudulent checks cashed throughout the Capital Region. The investigation determined in May 2023 Bishop allegedly possessed multiple fraudulent checks named to him and cashed them at financial institutions in Colonie, Guilderland, and Bethlehem. These crimes resulted in the theft of over $8,000, police said.