Corinth Man Arrested for Armed Robbery.

A Corinth man has been arrested for armed robbery after he threatened two people at knifepoint. 

James Sheil, 35, of Corinth was arrested on Feb. 17 by the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office in the Town of Wilton. Sheil is charged with felony first degree robbery, felony fourth degree grand larceny, two counts of second-degree menacing, fourth degree criminal possession of a weapon and petit larceny. 

 According to the Sheriff’s Office, Shiel is alleged to have threatened two people with a knife in order to rob them. During the robbery, he struggled with one of the victims and cut their wallet out of their sweater pocket using a pair of scissors. The wallet contained a credit card and cash. 

Shiel was arraigned in the Wilton Town Court and placed in the Saratoga County Jail pending further proceedings.