Guilty Plea In Lola Saratoga 2024 Smash-And-Grab Burglary

BALLSTON SPA — Two Washington, D.C. residents pleaded guilty to felony burglary charges in connection with an August 2024 early-morning smash-and-grab burglary of Lola Saratoga in downtown Saratoga Springs. 

Saratoga County District Attorney Karen Heggen announced on Feb. 10 that 24-year-old Jowan A. Plummer and 22-year-old Mustafa Lewis-Hampton both pled guilty in Saratoga County Court before the Hon. James R. Davis to burglary in the third-degree. 

Heggen said the defendants gained entry by smashing the front window of the Saratoga Springs store, quickly stole thousands of dollars’ worth of merchandise and fled in a getaway vehicle. After eyewitnesses contacted law enforcement, police located the fleeing vehicle and pursued it at a high rate of speed, ultimately taking Plummer and Lewis-Hampton into custody in Clifton Park. 

It is anticipated that each defendant will receive two-to-six years in State Prison as well as pay full restitution to the owner of Lola Saratoga when they are sentenced on April 28, Heggen said. Both were also issued full Stay Away Orders of Protection from both the downtown business and its owner.  A third co-defendant remains incarcerated in a Washington D.C. jail in connection with similar charges and will be appearing in County Court later this week.