Saratoga Springs Police

Sean Bass, 34, of Saratoga Springs, was charged with criminal possession of a weapon, menacing, and grand larceny in the fourth-degree firearms/rifles/shotguns. 

Brian McLucas, 38, of Greenwich, was charged with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, and failure to stop at a stop sign.

Brendan Desharnais, 27, of Brooklyn, was charged with harassment. 

Justin Degener, 25, of Saratoga Springs, was charged with DWI. 

Vander Hart, 22, of Amsterdam, was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance. 

Nathaniel Ketter, 22, of Albany, was charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, and escape – third-degree. 

Emerald Mentor, 22, of Schenectady, was charged with obstruct governmental administration. 

Cheyenne Goodsill, 20, Kenneth Cravotta, 39, and Ryan Dobson, 35 – all of Gloversville, were each charged with charged with one misdemeanor count petit larceny. 

Chastant Shontz, 21, of Saratoga Springs, was charged with criminal mischief. 

Michael Abraham, 33, of Halfmoon, was charged with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. 

Mitchum White, 36, of Ballston Spa, was charged with criminal possession of stolen property, and petit larceny. 

Joseph Murray, 48, of Saratoga Springs, was charged with harassment. 

Conor Ryle, 20, of Milton, was charged with criminal trespass. 

James Millington, 62, of Saratoga Springs, was charged with criminal trespass. 

Tracy Loucks, 53, of Voorheesville, was charged with resisting arrest, and criminal trespass. 

Edward Northrup, 42, of Saratoga Springs, was charged with criminal mischief, criminal contempt, and aggravated family offense. 

Brandin Marble, 33, of South Glens Falls, was charged with assault, resisting arrest, criminal impersonation, and criminal possession of a controlled substance. 

Jordan Jones, 32, of Saratoga Springs, was charged with was charged with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, and two driving violations. 

On Sunday, Sept. 3, Saratoga Springs Police were called to Ben and Jerry’s on Phila Street for a reported robbery, after a lone male suspect had entered the establishment and advised an employee that he was robbing the store. A weapon was implied but not displayed, police said. The suspect allegedly obtained cash from the register and left the scene. No one was injured during the incident. 

While SSPD was conducting its investigation, the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office was notified about a robbery that occurred at the Stewart’s Shop on Route 9 and Cherry Choke Road in Malta. An SSPD Officer was able to locate a suspect on Route 9 near Cherry Choke Road, who matched the description of the suspect of both robberies.

After subsequent on-scene investigation by SSPD and SCSO, 40-year-old Daniel P. McKay II, of Amsterdam, was located at a nearby motel, arrested and charged with felony robbery. McKay is additionally facing a second count of felony robbery in Saratoga Springs. He was sent to Saratoga County Jail in lieu of $50,000 cash or $100,000 bond. 

City Police commended the staff at Ben & Jerry’s for remaining calm during the incident and taking swift action that assisted the gathering of evidence.

Joseph Solevo, 35, of Ballston Spa, was charged with criminal contempt. 

Jordan Miklowitz, 34, of Round Lake, was charged with menacing, and criminal possession of a weapon. 

Salih Al-Hadi, 34, of Ballston Spa, was charged with criminal impersonation. Richard Daniels, 31, of Saratoga Springs, was charged with assault. 

Timothy Cardinale, 62, of Glens Falls, was charged with criminal trespass, and petit larceny. 

Royal Hamilton, 42, of Corinth, was charged with felony DWI, refusal to take breath test, and two driving violations. 

Adam Livingstone, 31, of Saratoga Springs, was charged with assault. 

Patrick Boyce, 47, of Saratoga Springs, was charged with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.

Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office

The Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office responded to a welfare check call on Huntridge Drive in the town of Clifton Park Sept. 7. Investigation into the complaint led to the arrest of 28-year-old Matthew D. Sand, of Clifton Park. Sand is accused of intentionally causing physical injury to another person and of applying pressure to that person’s throat or neck with the intention of impeding her normal breathing or blood circulation, thus causing her to lose consciousness, according to the sheriff’s office.  

Sand was charged with strangulation in the second-degree – a felony, and assault in the third-degree, a misdemeanor. He was arraigned in the Malta Town Court in the absence of Clifton Park justices and released to pre-trial services pending further action in the matter.

Saratoga Springs Police Department

Robert Deschaine, 63, of Gloversville, was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance, criminal possession of narcotic drug, and two driving violations. 

Ryan Cox, 19, of Ballston Spa, was charged with aggravated unlicensed operation, and speeding. 

Dustin Quirion, 39, of Saratoga Springs, was charged with aggravated unlicensed operation, and multiple driving-related violations.

Andrea Smith, 36, of Charlton, was charged with criminal mischief and petit larceny. 

Matthew Ragotskie, 32, of Saratoga Springs, was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance. 

Bruce Bidwell, 52, of Moreau, was charged with petit larceny. 

John Jarvis, 60, no address provided, was charged with burglary and petit larceny. 

Pamela Stevens, 41, of Greenwich, was charged with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, and speeding. 

Michael Fitzpatrick, 29, of Fort Plain, was charged with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. 

Jose Camejo, 45, of Folsom, Louisianna, was charged with DWI, driving in the wrong direction, and no or single license plate. 

Saratoga County Court

Shanita R. Flores, 20, of Milton, pleaded to criminal contempt in the first-degree. Sentencing Oct. 24. 

Danielle N. Pereira, 33, of Newburgh, pleaded to grand larceny in the fourth-degree, charged September 2022 in Clifton Park. Sentencing Oct. 24. 

Maurice Trichilo, 34, of Albany, was sentenced Aug. 22 to serve 4-1/2 years incarceration and 2 years post-release supervision, after pleading to criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third-degree. Trichilo was arrested as part of a drug investigation of activities taking place across multiple counties, resulting in his arrest for having nearly a quarter-kilo of cocaine – with a street value of more than $20,000, Saratoga County District Attorney Karen Heggen said in a statement. 

Richard S. Simmons, 49, of Greenfield, was sentenced Aug. 23 to 4 years incarceration/2 years post-release supervision, after pleading to attempted criminal sale of a controlled substance, charged December 2022 in Corinth. 

John J. Wolcott, 52, of Waterford, was sentenced to 2 to 4 years incarceration, after pleading to criminal contempt in the first-degree. 

Isaac R. Harris, 19, of Stillwater, was sentenced to 3.5 years incarceration/3 years post-release supervision after pleading to felony assault.

Tabitha R. Calise, 34, of Rexford, was sentenced to 1 year incarceration, after pleading to felony DWAI. 

Timothy D. Fabroskay, 34, of Providence, N.Y., was sentenced to 1 year incarceration after pleading to felony criminal mischief, charged in 2020 in Ballston and Charlton. 

Jeremy J. Scoville, 52, of Stillwater, pleaded to criminal contempt and strangulation – both felonies. Sentencing Oct. 27. 

Nancy J. McCowan, 42, of Lexington, Kentucky, was sentenced to 5 years’ probation/60 hours of Community Work service, after pleading to felony DWI, charged April 2023 in Clifton Park. 

Virgilio D. Smith, 27, of Schenectady, was sentenced to 4 years incarceration/5 years post-release supervision, after pleading to felony assault, charged May 2022 in Saratoga Springs. 

George Licata, 55, of Lake Luzerne, was sentenced to 6 months incarceration/5 years post-release supervision, after pleading to felony DWAI, charged May 2023 in Saratoga Springs. 

Stephen D. Gizzi, 39, of Ballston Spa, was sentenced to 1.5 to 3 years incarceration, after pleading to felony criminal contempt, charged September 2016 in Ballston Spa. 

Dominick J. Salustri, 56, of Mechanicville, pleaded to criminal contempt, and assault – both misdemeanors – charged March 2023 in Stillwater. Sentencing Nov. 6. 

NY State Police

On Aug. 29, State Police of Saratoga arrested David A. Fink, 27, of Ballston. Fink was charged with arson in the second degree, and reckless endangerment in the first-degree. Both charges are felonies. 

Troopers responded to an apartment complex on Dominic Drive in Ballston at approximately 2:20 a.m., following a report of a structure fire. The Ballston Spa Fire Department isolated and extinguished the fire, which they determined to be suspicious. The State Police Saratoga Bureau of Criminal Investigation, Fire Investigators from the Saratoga County Office of Emergency Management and New York State Fire Investigators responded to the scene to investigate. The joint investigation determined that the fire was intentionally started in Fink’s apartment. Additionally, it was determined that the fire suppression system and fire alarms in Fink’s apartment were disabled prior to the fire being ignited. Fink was located later in the day outside the apartment complex and arrested. 

Saratoga County Court

Jessica R. Bellon, 33, of Ballston Spa, was sentenced Aug. 18 to 1 to 3 years incarceration, after pleading to DWAI, charged June 2022 in the town of Ballston. 

Quazey N. Robinson, 23, of Clifton Park, pleaded to attempted burglary in the second-degree, a felony, charged April 2023. Sentencing Oct. 20. 

Angel M. Marrero, 51, of Saratoga Springs, was sentenced Aug. 21 to 6 months incarceration and 5 years probation, after pleading to felony criminal possession of a weapon, charged May 2023 in Saratoga Springs. 

Tyler J. Nash, 27, of Galway, pleaded to felony criminal possession of a weapon, charged March 2023 in Waterford, and criminal possession of stolen property, February 2023 in Wilton. Sentencing Oct. 16. 

Isaiah Whitehurst, 40, of Brooklyn, was sentenced Aug. 17 to 8 years incarceration in a state correctional facility, and 3 years post-release supervision. The sentencing is in connection with criminal possession of a controlled substance charges related to drug-dealing activities that took place Dec. 1 2022 in the town of Northumberland. 

Hernandez J. Hayes, 49, of Manhattan, was sentenced Aug. 17 to 15 years incarceration in a state correctional facility, and 5 years post-release supervision, in connection with criminal possession of a controlled substance charges regarding a March 2023 incident in Halfmoon. “Hayes was arrested as part of an investigation into drug dealing activities taking place across multiple counties after a search warrant was executed on his vehicle, which showed that he had more than 465 grams of cocaine and 16 ounces of fentanyl pills in his possession,” according to a press release issued by the Saratoga County District Attorney’s Office.   

Jordan Hensleigh, 32, of Ballston Spa, was sentenced to 2 to 4 years for attempted assault on a state Uniformed Officer in the village of Ballston Spa in September 2022, and 2 to 4 consecutive years for violating a March 2022 court order in Saratoga Springs. 

Nicole M. Nelson, 49, of Ballston Spa, pleaded to felony DWI charged May 2023 in Malta. Sentencing Oct. 13. 

Cymry J. Brooks, 39, of Rochester, pleaded to aggravated family offense, a felony, charged March 2023 in Clifton Park. Sentencing Sept. 28. 

Saratoga Springs Police Department

Raki Johnson, 25, of Schenectady, was charged Aug. 20 with criminal possession of a weapon in the second-degree, and criminal possession of stolen property in the fourth-degree. Both charges are felonies. The arrests stem from an incident that occurred at approximately midnight in the area of  Caroline Street when an officer on foot patrol allegedly encountered a man in a vehicle that was parked with an expired registration. Upon further investigation, the officer observed a black handgun in the rear passenger compartment in plain view, police said. The gun was secured from the vehicle and determined to be a loaded 9mm Taurus semi-automatic handgun with nine rounds of ammunition, which had been reported as stolen to the Catawba County Sheriff’s Office in North Carolina. Johnson was arraigned and sent to the custody of the Sheriff’s Office in lieu of $15,000 cash bail, $30,000 bond, or $150,000 partially secured bond. 

Dennis Walsh, 46, of Galway, was charged with criminal contempt, and aggravated harassment. 

Jacob Hayner, 37, of Saratoga Springs, was charged with false personation. 

Kenneth Rossen, 60, of Corinth, was charged with false personation, aggravated unlicensed operation, and multiple vehicle related violations. 

Ronald Owen, 58, of Saratoga Springs, was charged with criminal tampering, and criminal mischief. 

Allyson McKinney, 35, of Saratoga Springs, was charged with assault. 

Adam Hill, 38, of Saratoga Springs, was charged with assault. 

David Hynes, 64, of Cornelius, North Carolina, was charged with DWI, refusal to take breath test, and various driving related violations. 

Rachel Dodge, 35, of Granville, was charged with assault. 

Catharine Crete, 39, of Moreau, was charged with assault, and criminal mischief. 

Perry Dow, 59, of Lake Luzerne, was charged with criminal mischief, and petty larceny. 

Marcus Commissiong, 69, of Queens, N.Y., was charged with DWI, aggravated DWI, and failure to use designated lane. 

Joshua Spencer, 33, of Glens Falls, was charged with Drinking alcohol or using cannabis in a motor vehicle on highway, refusal to take a breath test, aggravated DWI, operating an unregistered vehicle, and acting in manner injure child less than 17.  

Saratoga Springs Police Department

Donald Errichetto, 45, of New Rochelle, was charged Aug. 11 with criminal possession of a weapon, and menacing. 

Jordan Jones, 32, of Saratoga Springs, was charged Aug. 10 with criminal possession of a controlled substance. 

Jennica Nash, 26, of Saratoga Springs, was charged Aug. 10 with criminal possession of a controlled substance. 

Andrea Smith, 36, of Wilton, was charged Aug. 8 with criminal mischief. 

Rebekah Scott, 20, of Wilton, was charged Aug. 8 with criminal possession of a controlled substance, and criminal sale of a controlled substance. 

Nicholas Ture, 34, was charged Sug. 8 with assault. 

Netasha Carleton, 29, of Milton, was charged Aug. 7 with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. 

Joseph Freshwater, 29, of Saratoga Springs, was charged Aug. 7 with sexual abuse in the first-degree: sexual contact with individual less than 11 years old. 

Bobby Spearman, 57, of Saratoga Springs, was charged Aug. 7 with assault, and strangulation. 

Joseph Castro-Serrano, 36, of Amsterdam, was charged Aug. 6 with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, operating without insurance, and failure to yield right of way. 

Agnes Nolan, 71, of Saratoga Springs, was charged Aug. 5 with DWI, and moving from lane unsafely. 

Austin Foley, 24, of Wilton, was charged Aug. 5 with robbery. 

Jennifer Moore, 42, of Ballston Spa, was charged Aug. 5 with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, and speeding. 

Glenn Corbett, 61, of Lowell, Massachusetts, was charged Aug. 4 with petit larceny. 

Craig Kindel, 38, of Saratoga Springs, was charged Aug. 3 with criminal contempt. 

Dana Amazon, 71, of Saratoga Springs, was charged Aug. 2 with assault. 

Chad Lang, 49, of Saratoga Springs, was charged Aug. 2 with harassment.

Noah Bamberry, 22, of Greenfield, was charged Aug. 2 with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, and a number of vehicle equipment and registration violations. 

Marisa Gomes, 28, of Schenectady, was charged Aug. 1 with criminal mischief. 

Kristianna Olson, 38, of Saratoga Springs, was charged Aug. 1 with identity theft, and criminal possession of stolen property. 

Through July and August, members of the Saratoga Springs Police Department’s Special Investigations Unit had made numerous arrests stemming from investigations into the sale of illegal narcotics. Those arrested are:

Shayne M. Richardson, age 30, of Saratoga Springs, charged with Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 3rd (fentanyl) – Class B Felony.

Katie F. Hayden, age 23, of Saratoga Springs, charged with Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 7th (fentanyl) – Class A Misdemeanor.

John T.R. Patterson, age 39, of Galway, charged with Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 3rd (fentanyl) – Class B Felony and Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance 3rd (fentanyl) – a Class B Felony.

Vasilea Vazanellis, age 48, of Saratoga Springs, charged with Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 3rd (crack cocaine) – Class B Felony and Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance 3rd (crack cocaine) – a Class B Felony.

Jordan A. Jones, age 32, of Saratoga Spring, charged with Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 5th (crack cocaine) – a Class D Felony, and Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 7th (fentanyl) – a Class A Misdemeanor.

Jennica S. Nash, age 26, of Saratoga Springs, charged with Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 5th (crack cocaine) – a Class D Felony, Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 3rd (fentanyl) – a Class B Felony, and Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 7th (fentanyl) – a Class A Misdemeanor.

Saratoga County Court

Jose A. Colon, 53, pleaded to robbery in the second-degree, in connection with a May 2023 robbery on Caroline Street in Saratoga Springs. Colon admitted to punching a man and forcibly stealing his wallet following the late-night attack, according to a statement released by the Saratoga County District Attorney’s Office. The victim was treated for a concussion and several facial lacerations at Saratoga Hospital. Colon is scheduled to be sentenced to 10 years in state prison, followed by 2-1/2 years of post-release supervision when he is sentenced Oct. 16, according to the statement issued by the county. 

Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office

Alicia L. Marcotte, 34, of Hadley was charged Aug. 16 with DWAI, and criminal possession of a controlled substance. Both charges are felonies. Marcotte is accused of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of a drug on Hack Road in the town of Corinth on July 18, 2023

Saratoga Springs Police Department

Dennis Walsh, 46, of Galway, was charged July 31 with criminal contempt. 

Nicholas Sarchioto, 32, of Renssalaer, was charged July 30 with criminal mischief. 

Jordan Jones, 32, of Saratoga Springs, was charged July 29 with assault. 

Bradford Bayer, 36, of Greenfield Center, was charged July 28 with criminal contempt, and aggravated family offense. 

Daevon Gaillard, 19, of Saratoga Springs, was charged July 28 with robbery.

Alex Gilmour, 43, of Saratoga Springs, was charged July 28 with petit larceny, and criminal impersonation.

Timothy Feldman, 22, of Summit, NY, was charged on Caroline Street with criminal possession of a weapon -2: loaded firearm. 

Ronald Owen, 58, of Greenfield, was charged July 27 with petit larceny, and criminal tampering. 

Billy Hayes, 58, of Omaha, NE, was charged July 27 with DWI, and a vehicle equipment violation. 

Kevin Cavanagh, 56, no address given, was charged July 26 with petit larceny. 

Jeffrey Morgan, 52, of Saratoga Springs, was charged July 26 with DWAI, criminal possession of a controlled substance, refusal to take a breath test, operating an unregistered vehicle, and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. 

Elijah Marks, 24, of North Little Rock, AR, was charged July 24 with criminal mischief. 

Luis Tapara Quispe, 26, of Beford Heights, OH, was charged July 24 with DWI, vehicle equipment violation, and moving from lane unsafely.    

Saratoga County Court

Kyle Trimboli, 29, of Albany, was sentenced to 60 days in local jail and 10 years probation after pleading to sexual abuse in the first-degree, charged November 2022 in Saratoga. 

Luis A. Vazquez, 53, of Schenectady, was sentenced to 5 days in local jail and 5 years probation, after pleading to DWAI, charged December 2022 in Clifton Park. 

Matthew Schlegel, 37, of Petersburg, NY, was sentenced to 1-1/3 to 4 years incarceration, after pleading to felony grand larceny. 

Eric B. Sahm, 46, of Liverpool, NY, was sentenced to 2 to 4 years incarceration, after pleading to felony grand larceny, charged April 2023 in Wilton. 

Charles M. Starke, 55, of Mechanicville, pleaded to felony criminal contempt, charged May 2023 in Malta. Sentencing Sept. 25. 

Jose A. Colon, 53, of Saratoga Springs, pleaded to felony robbery, charged May 15, 2023 in Saratoga Springs. Sentencing Oct. 16. 

Khalee J. Gooden, 30, of Glens Falls, pleaded to strangulation in the second-degree, charged December 2022 in South Glens Falls. Sentencing Oct. 11. 

Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office 

On July 27, the Sheriff’s Office charged Jeremy D. Smith, 30, of Malta with failure to register a change of address within 10 days as a sex offender. He was sent to Saratoga County Jail in lieu of bail or bond.  

NEW YORK State Police

On Aug. 9, State Police of Clifton Park charged Edward F. Storms, 30, of Halfmoon, with two counts of Reckless Endangerment in the second-degree and Endangering the Welfare of a Child. At about 10:20 p.m. on Aug. 9, Troopers responded to the area of Ocean Spray Boulevard in Halfmoon, for reports of a vehicle intentionally trying to strike children. The investigation determined Storms was reported to have recklessly operated his vehicle, nearly hitting two juveniles walking in the area after a verbal altercation with them. 

On Aug. 4, at about 11:15 p.m. State Police of Saratoga stopped a vehicle on State Route 9 in Saratoga Springs, for multiple Vehicle and Traffic Law violations. The driver was identified as Niladri Ghoshal, 42, of Saratoga Springs.  Ghoshal was arrested for Driving While Intoxicated and other Vehicle and Traffic Law violations. He was transported to SP Saratoga for processing, where he recorded a 0.19% BAC.  

On Aug. 7, at about 7 p.m. State Police of Wilton stopped a vehicle on Butler Road in Moreau, for multiple Vehicle and Traffic Law violations. The driver was identified as Jay A. Sherman, 44, of Moreau.  Sherman was arrested for Driving While Intoxicated and other Vehicle and Traffic Law violations. He was transported to SP Wilton for processing, where he recorded a 0.14% BAC. Further investigation discovered Sherman has had multiple DWI convictions in the last 10 years. He was arraigned at the Moreau Town Court and remanded to the Saratoga County Correctional Facility without bail.  

Saratoga Police

Kevin Cavanagh, 56, was charged with petit larceny. 

Luis Tapara Quispe, 26, of Bedford Heights, Ohio, was charged with DWI, moving from lane unsafely, and no/insufficient tail lamps. 

Cleiton Fragance Da Silva, 26, of Troy, was charged with DWI, and no motor vehicle license. 

Joseph Gardner, 24, was charged with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and driving wrong direction.

Nicholas Lochiatto, 38, of Saratoga Springs, was charged with two counts disorderly conduct and one count resisting arrest. 

John Patterson, 38, of Galway, was charged with criminal contempt, criminal possession of a controlled substance, and aggravated family offense. 

Joseph Sasso, 31, of Stoneham, Massachusetts, was charged with disorderly conduct/violent behavior. 

Tomesh Singh, 34, of Jamaica, N.Y., was charged with DWI, aggravated DWI and moved from lane unsafely. 

Shawn Johnson, 41, of Saratoga Springs, was charged with disorderly conduct/obstructing traffic. 

Eric Petel, 36, of Charlton, was charged with aggravated unlicensed operation, circumvent interlock, and three vehicle violations. 

Shayne Richardson, 30, of Saratoga Springs, was charged with criminal sale of a controlled substance and criminal possession of a controlled substance. 

Katie Hayden, 23, of Hadley, was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance.

Bailee Miller, 23, of Castleton, was charged with criminal mischief. 

Saratoga County Court

Brendan J. Ryder, 29, of Cohoes, was sentenced to 6 years incarceration, after pleading to making a terroristic threat, charged March 2023 in Clifton Park. 

Michael D. Rosebrook, 38, of Saratoga Springs, pleaded to felony criminal contempt, first charged April 2023. Sentencing Sept. 27. 

Adam D. Tebest, 43, of Saratoga Springs, was sentenced to 1-1/3 to 4 years’ incarceration, after pleading to possessing a sexual performance by a child. 

Ryan W. Suprenant, 35, of Middle Grove, pleaded to possessing a sexual performance by a child, charged April 2022 in Greenfield. 

Nicole L. Politsch, 33, of Gloversville, was sentenced to 6 months incarceration and 5 years’ probation after pleading to aggravated DWI with child, charged November 2022 in Malta. 

Michael A. Fox, 38, of Troy, was sentenced to 1 year incarceration, after pleading to burglary, charged February 2023 in Malta. 

Cole D. Vincent, 54, of Troy, pleaded to felony grand larceny, charged June 2023 in Clifton Park. Sentencing Sept. 18. 

Karl Warnow, 61, of Gansevoort, pleaded to course of sexual conduct against a child, charged in Wilton and Saratoga Springs. Sentencing Oct. 26. 

Jerry W. Falconio, 58, of Wilton, was sentenced to 5 years’ probation, after pleading to felony criminal nuisance. 

James M. Brush, 48, of Malta, was sentenced to 2-4 years’ incarceration, after pleading to felony grand larceny, charged March 2023 in Saratoga Springs. 

Donald W. Clark, 36, of Saratoga, was sentenced to 2-4 years’ incarceration, after pleading to felony grand larceny, charged April 2022 in Wilton. 

Todd M. Baker, 39, of Barnwell, SC, was sentenced to 26 to 52 months’ incarceration, after pleading to criminal contempt in the first-degree, charged February 2023 in Mechanicville. 

Kylie W. Chambers, 36, of Schenectady, pleaded to felony grand larceny, charged July 2022 in Halfmoon. Sentencing Sept. 28. 

Dana M. Goosens, 32, of Clifton Park, was sentenced to 18 months’ incarceration and 1 to 2 years’ post-release supervision, after pleading to attempted criminal sale of a controlled substance, charged December 2022 in Saratoga Springs. 

Jennifer J. Havalchak, 37, of Clifton Park, was sentenced to 5 years’ probation, after pleading to aggravated DWI with child, charged January 2023 in Halfmoon. 

Cody Cook, 30, of Malta, was sentenced to 1-1/3 to 3 years’ incarceration after pleading to attempted burglary in Malta, and 1-1/3 to 3 years’ incarceration after pleading to felony grand larceny in Waterford. Sentences to run concurrently. 

Jamie M. Guerrera, 46, of Schenectady, pleaded to felony DWI, charged December 2022 in Clifton Park. Sentencing Oct. 23. 

Dennis M. Phillips, 32, of Cobleskill, was sentenced to 30 days’ community service and 5 years’ probation, after pleading to felony DWI, charged April 2022 in Saratoga. 

Kenon J. Johnson, 26, of Schenectady, was sentenced to 5 years’ probation, after pleading to felony grand larceny, charged May 2022 in halfmoon. 

Tiffany Santiago, 38, of Clifton Park, was sentenced to 3 months’ incarceration and 5 years’ probation after pleading to felony criminal possession of a firearm, charged October 2021 in Clifton Park. 

Saratoga Springs Police

Kapone Brown, 26, of Woodbury, NJ, was charged with DWI, speeding, criminal possession of a firearm, and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. 

Bridgete Parisi, 53, of Hudson Falls, was charged with criminal trespass. 

Craig Brown, 48, of Westerlo, was charged with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, and unsafe backing. 

Ian Osgood, 25, of Saratoga Springs, was charged with criminal mischief, and obstructing governmental administration. 

Jacob Hayner, 37, of Mechanicville, was charged with petit larceny. 

Deborah Hart, 67, of the Bronx, was charged with grand larceny, and identity theft. 

Tasean Booth, 31, of Schenectady, was charged with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. 

Patricia Wheeler, 69, of Milton, was charged with DWI, and failure to keep right. 

Lucas Henderson, 18, of Saratoga Springs, was charged with arson, criminal mischief, and criminal trespass. 

Cassandra Felice, 31, of Greenfield, was charged with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, and three driving-related violations. 

Ursula Mangir, 34, of Argyle, was charged with criminal contempt. 

Ronald Harris, 65, of Saratoga Springs, was charged with operating a motor vehicle impaired by drugs, moving from lane unsafely, and drinking alcohol or using cannabis in a motor vehicle on highway. 

Michael West, 37, of Greenfield, was charged with four felony counts and two misdemeanor counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance. 

Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office 

The Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Unit charged John A. Donaldson, 68, of Lackawanna, NY with sexual abuse in the first-degree, a felony. Donaldson is accused of having sexual contact with a child less than 11 years old. He was sent to Saratoga County Correctional Facility in lieu of $2,500 cash bail, $5,000 secure bond, or $25,000 partially secure bond. The Sheriff’s Office was assisted by the Lackawanna Police Department with the arrest. 

Caylee M. Ringer, 26, of Salem, was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance, and promoting prison contraband – both felonies. Wyatt Carpenter, 28, of Moreau, was also arrested, following an investigation, and charged with attempted promoting prison contraband, a felony. Carpenter is accused of attempting to have contraband brought into the Saratoga County Correctional Facility. 

On July 20, members of the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Unit and Special Operations Team executed a search warrant at Woodcrest Mobile Home Park, 377 Angel Road Lot 26 in the Town of Corinth following a lengthy investigation of drug trafficking within Saratoga County. As a result of the investigation and search warrant execution, Derrick J. Compton, 52, Jessica L. Westervelt, 38, and Jennifer L. Westervelt, 38, were each charged with multiple criminal possession and criminal sale of a controlled substance charges. As a result of the investigation and search warrant, scales, packaging material, quantities of crack/cocaine, suboxone, and hydrocodone were seized, according to police. 

Saratoga County Court

Jamal Young, 32, of Albany, pleaded to grand larceny in the third-degree, charged November 2021 in Mechanicville. Sentencing Sept. 26. 

Casey Mohan, 36, of Clifton Park, pleaded to grand larceny in the fourth-degree, charged February 2023 in Greenfield, and burglary in the second-degree, charged in Providence. Sentencing Sept. 20. 

Robert E. Brown, 44, of Wildwood, NJ, was sentenced July 21 to 1-1/3 to 4 years incarceration, after pleading to felony burglary, charged June 2021 and October 2022 in Malta.  

NYS Police

On July 15, State Police of Saratoga responded to the report of an erratic vehicle in the area of Cramer Road in Malta. Troopers patrolled the area, located a vehicle matching the caller’s description, and stopped it on State Route 9. The driver was identified as John T. Buchanan Jr, 47, of Round Lake. Buchanan Jr. was charged with DWI and other Vehicle and Traffic Law violations. He was transported to SP Saratoga for processing, where he recorded a 0.21% BAC.  

On July 15, State Police of Saratoga stopped a vehicle on State Route 9 in Malta, NY, for multiple Vehicle and Traffic Law violations. The driver was identified as Gregory J. Perreault, 68, of Malta.  Perreault was charged with DWI and other Vehicle and Traffic Law violations. He was transported to SP Saratoga for processing, where he recorded 0.20% BAC.  

Saratoga Police

Antonio Trujillo Mena, 27, of Saratoga Springs, was charged July 17 with criminal mischief, criminal obstruction of breathing, and assault. 

Kevin Cavanagh, 56, was charged July 16 with criminal trespass. 

Paul Gunya, 33, of Northum-berland, was charged July 16 with criminal mischief. 

Theresa Sheffer, 44, of Saratoga Springs, was charged July 16 with DWI, and operating a motor vehicle without inspection certificate. 

Ann Matrazzo, 62, of Lynn, Massachusetts, was charged July 15 with criminal possession of stolen property. 

Robert Seward, 54, of Utica, was charged July 15 with DWI, and two driving violations. 

Lauren Baran, 36, of Ballston Spa, was charged July 15 with DWI. 

Brandon Camaj, 21, of Saratoga Springs, was charged July 14 with assault. 

Christopher Cormier, 52, was charged July 13 with petit larceny. 

Aaron Godlewski, 31, of Altamont, was charged July 13 with grand larceny. 

Jordan Jones, 32, of Saratoga Springs, was charged July 13 with aggravated unlicensed operation, circumvent interlock, and three driving-related violations. 

Stephen Gullotti, 39, of Malta, was charged July 12 with petit larceny. 

Michael West, 37, of Greenfield, was charged July 12 with four counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance, and one count criminal sale of a controlled substance. 

James Yawn, 42, of Schenectady, was charged July 12 with criminal possession of a controlled substance. 

Amanda Ashline, 36, of Saratoga Springs, was charged July 12 with aggravated unlicensed operation, and failure to stop at a stop sign.   

On July 6, members the Saratoga Springs Police Department Special Investigations Unit, in conjunction with the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office, executed a search warrant on a residence located on the east side of the city. The several-months-long investigation began with complaints from concerned neighbors about possible illegal drug activity involving a resident of the home. Tiffany M. Salak, 35, was charged with three felonies – criminal possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell, criminal possession of a controlled substance, and criminal nuisance, and the misdemeanor – criminal possession of a controlled substance. 

Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office 

Korey J. West, Jason O. Allen, Bradley L. Allen, and Diane E. Allen were arrested following a lengthy investigation of drug trafficking in Saratoga County. Members of the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Unit / Special Operations Team and the Saratoga Springs Police Department SIU executed a search warrant at 223 Bockes Road in the Town of Greenfield. As a result of the investigation and search warrant, scales, packaging material, quantities of fentanyl, crack/cocaine, and suboxone were seized. Korey J. West, 25, was charged with four counts each of criminal possession of a controlled substance, and two counts criminal sale of a controlled substance. All charges are felonies.  Bradley L. Allen, 67, Diane E. Allen, 62, and Jason O. Allen, 43, were each charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh-degree. Jason Allen was additionally charged with criminal nuisance in the first-degree.  

On June 8, the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office charged 19-year-old Riley A. MacLeod, of Wilton, with felony assault, and criminal possession of a weapon – a misdemeanors. MacLeod is accused of attacking a family member with a knife while at their home in the town of Wilton. The family member suffered a non-life-threatening, stab wound to the arm, was treated at Saratoga Hospital and released after treatment. 

On July 17, the Sheriff’s Office charged Michael D. Hepp, 34, of Troy, with felony robbery, in connection with a suspected robbery at Hayner’s Ice Cream and Country Store. It is alleged Hepp forcibly stole money and threatened the use of a firearm. The victim was not injured during the incident and the investigation is ongoing. Hepp was arraigned and sent to the Saratoga County Jail in lieu of $30,000 cash bail, $60,000 bond, and a $300,000 partially secured bond.

Saratoga County Court

George R. Licata, 55, of Saratoga Springs, pleaded to DWAI, charged May 28 in Saratoga Springs. Sentencing Aug. 25. 

William S. Davis, 41, of Fultonville, pleaded to failure to register as a sex offender, charged April 18 in Malta. Sentencing Sept. 29. 

Jesus A. Perez, 22, of Schuylerville, pleaded to rape in the third-degree, charged March 2022 in Saratoga. Sentencing Sept. 22. 

Douglas J. Murray, 29, of Waterford, pleaded to felony DWI, charged May 14. Sentencing Sept. 19. 

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.

Saratoga Police

James Ballestro, Jr., 66, of Saratoga Springs, was charged July 2 with menacing, and criminal possession of a weapon. 

Steven Byrd, 27, of South Carolina, was charged June 30 with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. 

Aidan Rosettie, 18, of Gansevoort, was charged June 30 with arson, criminal mischief, and criminal trespass.

Timothy Sims, 33, of Saratoga Springs, was charged June 28 with menacing, resisting arrest, criminal possession of a weapon, and obstructing governmental administration. 

Mazie McCormick, 31, of Saratoga Springs, was charged June 27 with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. 

Michael Scensny, 33, of Saratoga Springs, was charged June 25 with criminal mischief. 

Bekeim McCall, 39, of Troy, was charged June 25 with motor vehicle registration suspended, operating without an inspection certificate, and inadequate lights – vehicle equipment violation.

Tony Green, 24, of South Glens Falls, was charged June 25 with obstructing governmental administration. 

Jeremy Green, 36, of Glens Falls was charged June 25 with disorderly conduct: fight/violent behavior. 

Kenneth Hunter, 33, of Saratoga Springs, was charged June 24 with criminal contempt, and aggravated family offense. 

Sam Horan, 33, of Connecticut, was charged June 24 with DWI, aggravated DWI, speeding, and criminal possession of a controlled substance. 

Timothy Sims, 33, no address given, was charged June 24 with obstructing governmental administration, and assault. 

Robert Loya, Jr., 35, of Saratoga Springs, was charged June 24 with criminal mischief. 

Jamaine Myers, 45, of Troy, was charged June 24 with obstructing governmental administration, criminal contempt, and aggravated family offense. 

Carly Marcucci, 38, of Albany, was charged June 24 with DWI, aggravated DWI, and driving the wrong way down a one-way street.

Chad Lang, 49, of Saratoga Springs, was charged June 24 with criminal possession of stolen property, and June 23 with criminal trespass, and criminal possession of a controlled substance. 

James Greco, 47, of Wynantskill, was charged June 23 with criminal possession of a narcotic, criminal use drug paraphernalia, operating a motor vehicle without inspection certificate, vehicle equipment violation, and two counts criminal possession of a controlled substance. 

Erik Shepard, 32, of Fort Ann, was charged June 20 with petit larceny. 

County Court

Nicholas Hendricks, 29, of Brooklyn, was sentenced July 5 to 2 to 4 years’ incarceration, after pleading to criminal possession of a forged instrument in the second-degree, charged October 2022 in Wilton. 

Jeremy Allen, 35, of Mechanicville, was sentenced to 1 to 3 years’ incarceration, after pleading to failure to register as a sex offender. 

NYS Police

On July 4, State Police of Wilton charged Peter W. Winslow II, 40, of Corinth, with burglary in the second-degree, criminal mischief in the third-degree, criminal obstruction of breathing, and harassment in the second-degree, after troopers responded to a home in Corinth, for the reports of a burglary in progress. Winslow is accused of forcibly entering the home, causing damage, and becoming engaged in a physical altercation with the resident inside. 

State Police of Wilton charged Alexa M. Scott, 29, of Fort Ann, with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree, bail jumping in the second degree, criminally using drug paraphernalia in the second-degree, two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh-degree, resisting arrest, and false personation. Additionally, Christopher S. Wern, 39, of Queensbury, was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh-degree and two counts of criminally using drug paraphernalia in the second-degree. The arrests occurred after troopers stopped a vehicle on Spier Falls Road in Moreau, for a suspected Vehicle and Traffic Law violation. The driver allegedly was identified as Wern, and the investigation determined he did not have a valid driver’s license. The passenger was uncooperative and provided false identifying information but was later identified as Scott, according to police. It was determined Scott had an outstanding warrant for her arrest issued by the Moreau Town Court.
Drug paraphernalia was in plain sight within the vehicle, and both were arrested, at which time Scott resisted, police said. Both were allegedly found to possess controlled substances, and Scott to have concealed felony-weight narcotics.