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At 7:31 a.m. on July 27, the Saratoga Springs Police Department received multiple calls for a large fight in front of 58 Kaydeross Ave. West after it appeared a gun was being displayed. When police responded to the scene, they were met by a person walking in the roadway who claimed he was at a party where a fight broke out and had a gun pointed at him. When officers visited the residence, they found an undetermined number of people inside and who would not acknowledge the police presence, according to authorities. After securing the perimeter and locating live and spent .22-cal. rifle rounds in the driveway, multiple attempts to have occupants emerge from the residence were unsuccessful. Additional officers were sent from the NYS Police and Saratoga County Sheriff’s Department. The SCSO Tactical team was dispatched to the location in the event that forced entry was required. The Saratoga Springs Fire Department also staged in the area to provide EMS response if needed and Kaydeross Ave West was closed down from Rte. 9 to Nelson Ave Ext. Over a two-and-a-half hour period, officers were able to get seven of the people in the residence to exit the home voluntarily. Ultimately the Tactical team made entry to the residence, and 4 more people were removed, as was a .22-cal. rifle. All participants allegedly involved in the original call have been identified and the case remains an open and active investigation, police said. 

Francisco J. Ortega-Hernandez, age 26, Jalisco, Mexico, was charged  July 25 with unlawful imprisonment – a felony, and the misdemeanors: criminal obstruction of breathing, and stalking.  The charges stem from a suspected assault that took place in the area of Phila Street and Nelson Avenue. The victim was a 35-year-old woman. Ortega-Hernandez is accused of observing and following the woman on Phila Street and once in the area of Nelson Avenue, grabbing her about the head and neck.  He was taken into custody after he had gone to Albany Airport, where he was slated to board a flight home to Mexico, police said. Ortega-Hernandez is a Mexican citizen who is in the U.S. legally on a H2B work visa. Ortega-Hernandez has been in the United States since June of this year and was properly credentialed to be upon NYRA property, police said. 

Joseph Minissale, 38, of Clifton Park, was charged in Saratoga Springs July 19 with felony assault. 

Cassandra Barden, 34, of Saratoga Springs, was charged July 19 with misdemeanor assault and the felonies: aggravated family offense, and aggravated criminal contempt: violating an order of protection. 

Devin Bryant, 23, of Glens Falls, was charged July 19 in Saratoga Springs with criminal mischief. 

Dominick Holmes, 23, of Saratoga Springs, was charged July 19 with misdemeanor assault, unlawful imprisonment, and criminal mischief. 

Elliot Sabatella, 18, of Saratoga Springs, was charged July 20 with felony burglary. 

Joseph Baker, 20, of Saratoga Springs, was charged July 20 with felony burglary.

Amy Watson, 32, of Saratoga Springs, was charged July 23 with misdemeanor DWI, and driving a motor vehicle across a sidewalk, after being involved in a property damage accident. 

Tiffany Albert, 42, of Saratoga Springs, was charged July 23 with felony grand larceny. 

Anastasia Reilly, 21, of Mechanicville, was charged July 16 in Saratoga Springs with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, unlawful possession of marijuana, and criminal use of drug paraphernalia. 

Garrett Williams, 27, of Hadley, was charged July 16 in Saratoga Springs with operating a motor vehicle impaired by drugs, criminal possession of a controlled substance, and failing to stop at a stop sign. 

Steven Maronic, 69, of Saratoga Springs, was charged July 16 with harassment. 

Tyler Mosher, 29, of Ballston Spa, was charged July 18 in Saratoga Springs with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. 

Wilbur Pratt, 86, of Ballston Spa, was charged July 18 in Saratoga Springs with criminal contempt, and violating an order of protection. 

Jacklyn Parker, 19, of Athol, was charged July 18 in Saratoga Springs with felony burglary, and felony grand larceny.   

COURT

Lawrence T. Williams, 33, of Accord, pleaded July 18 to attempted sexual abuse, a felony, in the town of Saratoga. Sentencing Sept. 26. 

Earl J. Pittman, 39, of Schenectady, pleaded July 18 to felony DWI, in Saratoga Springs. Sentencing Nov. 1. 

Jeremy J. Defibaugh, 26, of Ballston Spa, was sentenced July 22 to 4 years state prison, after pleading to two counts criminal possession of a controlled substance.

Tyvon M. Webb, 29, of Saratoga Springs, was sentenced July 22 to 2.5 years state prison, after pleading to criminal sale of a controlled substance.

John C. Rakstis, 42, of Ballston Spa, pleaded July 19 felony DWI. Sentencing Sept. 19. 

Fred F. Albright III, 37, of Saratoga Springs, pleaded July 16 to felony DWI. Sentencing Oct. 11. 

Francis X. Walling, 55, of Ballston Spa, was sentenced to 1 to 3 years in state prison, after pleading to possessing a sexual performance by a child. 

Paul R. Ashdown, Jr., 41, of Mechanicville, was sentenced July 12 to 1.5 to 3 years state prison, after pleading to attempted criminal possession of stolen property, in Malta. 

Erik A. Pagan, 45, of Saratoga Springs, pleaded July 12 to criminal purchase or disposal of a weapon, and attempted assault. All charges are felonies.  Sentencing Sept. 27. 

POLICE

Shane Wilbur, 25, of Wilton, was charged July 13 with criminal possession of stolen property in the fifth-degree, a misdemeanor, and possession of a forged instrument in the second-degree, a felony.   

Matthew S. Lawrence, 22, of Corinth, was charged July 14 with criminal mischief misdemeanor, and reckless endangerment felony. Lawrence is suspected of firing a rifle recklessly and striking a residence in Corinth, causing damage. 

Adelord M. Irish, 36, of Schuylerville, was charged July 15 with aggravated driving while intoxicated, as well as boating while intoxicated. Irish is accused of operating both a motor vehicle and a vessel while intoxicated. 

Michael Donato, 35, of Albany, was charged July 12 with misdemeanor DWI, operating a motor vehicle without inspection certificate, and following too closely. 

Sarah Flexon, 21, of Albany, was charged July 13 with misdemeanor DWI, and two driving violations.

Keith Owen, 41, of Saratoga Springs, was charged July 13 with criminal contempt, resisting arrest, aggravated family offense, and assault with intent to cause injury to officer. 

On July 13-14, the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office marine patrol unit along with marine patrols from the New York State Park Police and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Police participated in a boater safety initiative on Saratoga Lake.  The purpose of the initiative was to promote safe boating, target impaired boaters and target aggressive and reckless operation of vessels. As a result of the initiative, a total of 23 navigation citations were issued for a variety of safety, speed and equipment violations.  One person was also cited for misdemeanor reckless operation of a vessel.

Gabrielle Sullivan, 22, of Ballston Lake, was charged July 14 with disorderly conduct and assault with intent to cause injury to officer, related to an incident that occurred on Caroline Street. 

 Robert Faith, 34, of Greenfield Center, was charged July 15 with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, and speeding. 

Jeffrey Bishop, 27, of Saratoga Springs, was charged July 15 with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, speeding, operating an unregistered vehicle, criminal possession of a controlled substance, and unlawful possession of marijuana. 

SARATOGA SPRINGS - His color-filled storytelling murals cling to the walls of Gaffney’s and Siro’s and the Old Bryan Inn, 9 Maple Ave., the Tin & Lint and inside of Saratoga Springs City Hall.

Hud Armstrong’s creations include those happy faces and local scenes brought to life - a different one each year - emblazoned across the annual Chowderfest T-shirts for the past generation. Then there is a near 20-feet-long mural that runs across the lobby of the Mabee Building on Church Street, depicting more than 200 local people – many of whom you’d recognize - done up in the Victorian Era stylings of the 19th century. 

“The purpose is to give a feeling of the era and some of the characters that lived here,” says Armstrong.

His newest project – which he displays in a series of carefully detailed scrapbooks – is coordinating about 300 pages illustrations and accompanying texts he created from 1991 to 2004 for Poor Richard’s Journal into book form, and has begun the process of exploring ways to make such a publication a possible. 

“The area where these take place is often Saratoga, but what’s happening is universal,” Armstrong explains, leafing through the pages of the catalogued works. 

Armstrong started drawing at the age of four while listening to the radio because he wanted to see what things looked like. Some of his earliest childhood memories growing up in South Glens Falls involve visits to Saratoga Springs and marveling at the vintage structures.

 “I remember when I was a kid, we would drive down Route 9 and into Saratoga. You’d take a left on North Broadway where the arterial is, come right into town and you’d see the mansions and the fire department and the theater.”

In the 1960s, he celebrated his 21st birthday by completing basic training, then going to see the company commander who would decide his next move.

“He looked over my file and saw I had a background in art. I don't know what it was about my dossier, but something in there made him think, 'Hey, this guy will be really good in amphibians!' So off I went for amphibian training and ended up being sent to Qui Nhon,” he remembered about his time on the Vietnam coast, south of Da Nang.

His works often straddle a timeline between future and past, offering a respectful nod to those who have come before, imagining what may lie up ahead, and in a few quick strokes of ink explaining the significance of what it all means to us today.   

One of the more playful sequences is a series of cartoons depicting vintage baseball fields - the Polo Grounds, Ebbets Field, the classic Yankee Stadium.

“What you’re looking at is centerfield,” he explains, gesturing to the latter. “On one side you’ve got Joe Torre and his group: Rivera and Jeter. On the other side you’ve got Casey Stengel and Mickey Mantle, Maris and Yogi, even Ruth and Gehrig. When you look further out into the field, from the centerfield flagpole is Yankee Stadium - the way that it was recently, and on the other side Yankee Stadium from the 1920s to the ‘70s.”  

Armstrong likes to keep simple the process of creating his cartoons. “You pretty much form an idea. From that idea you might have a punchline, you might not, but you work up to it, you play it back-and-forth,” he says. “When you get to the end sometimes the punchline will work. If it doesn’t? The best thing to do is flip the whole thing around, and then it becomes funny.”

COURT

Philip E. Griffith, Jr., 54, of Gansevoort, pleaded July 10 to felony DWI in Wilton. Sentencing scheduled Sept. 10. 

Arthur A. Gannon, Corinth. On July 11, Saratoga County District Attorney Karen Heggen announced the Appellate Division, Third Department, affirmed the conviction of Arthur A. Gannon regarding multiple sex crimes committed against two young girls in the town of Corinth. Gannon was convicted in Saratoga County Court by a jury following seven weeks of trial in 2016 for repeatedly abusing two young victims over a period of more than five years, Heggen said. He was sentenced to 25 years-to-life for each of five counts of predatory sexual assault felonies. 

Albert B. Mercer, 63, of Saratoga Springs, was sentenced on July 8 to 20 years in jail following a jury verdict which found Mercer guilty of first-degree manslaughter and tampering with physical evidence – both felonies.  According to the Saratoga County District Attorney’s Office, Mercer was involved in an altercation with his wife’s cousin, who Mercer stabbed with a knife causing his death. The trial lasted 10 days and involved more than 25 witnesses and 200 items of evidence.    

POLICE

Michael B. Tranka, 52, of Wilton, was charged July 8 with misdemeanor DWI and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. 

Christopher Sprague, 39, of Ballston Spa, was charged July 8 with misdemeanor petit larceny in Saratoga Springs. 

Andrew Gardner, 41, of Saratoga Springs, was charged July 9 with criminal tampering and resisting arrest – both misdemeanors. 

Kathryn Fasano, 45, of Saratoga Springs, was charged July 9 with third degree assault, criminal possession of a weapon, menacing, acting in a manner causing injury to a child, and aggravated criminal contempt – a felony in connection with violating an order of protection. 

Olivia Ciliento, 21, of Mechanicville, was charged July 10 with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, resisting arrest, and multiple vehicle related violations. 

Rebecca Kane, 52, of Saratoga Springs, was charged July 11 with criminal mischief, a misdemeanor. 

Matthew Carle, 35, of Ramona, California, was charged July 12 with criminal possession of a controlled substance, in Saratoga Springs. 

Augustus Balsamo, 35, of Saratoga Springs, was charged July 12 with criminal trespass in the third-degree, a misdemeanor. 

The Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office and the Saratoga Springs Police Department conducted a joint operation targeting the suspected possession and sales of illicit drugs in the Saratoga Springs area on July 2-3. In total, 14 drug related arrests were made including a fugitive from justice out of the state of Virginia.  Over the course of the two-day operation there were 146 traffic stops, 51 traffic tickets issued, 7 felony charges, 13 misdemeanor charges, 3 violation charges and 1 fugitive from justice charge.  The people charged include:
Robert Schumann, 39, of Richmondville, V.A., charged with one count of Fugitive from Justice, two counts of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Third Degree and False Personation. 

Michael Epperson, 42, of Anderson, ID., charged with one count of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree. 

Ross Locke, 35, of North Attleborough, MA, charged with one count of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree. 

Aaron Bedard, 27, of North Attleborough, MA, charged with one count of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree and one count of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fourth degree. 

Kyle Sarzin, 30, of North Attleborough, MA, charged with one count of unlawful possession of marijuana. 

Marshall Branch, 32, of Albany, charged with one count of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree. 

Sean Halper, 30, of Oxford, MA, charged with one count of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, one count of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fourth degree and one count of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the fifth degree. 

Jonathan Theriault, 33, of Worcester, MA, charged with one count of criminal sale of a controlled substance on the fifth degree. 

COURT

Nathan W. Preston, 37, of Johnson City, was sentenced July 3 to 1 year in jail, after pleading to felony DWI in Saratoga Springs. 

Elizabeth A. Stanley, 22, of Schenectady, was sentenced July 1 to 1 year in jail, after pleading to criminal sale of a controlled substance, in Malta. 

Sheila E. Wray, 62, of Saratoga Springs, was sentenced July 1 to 1.5-to-5.5 years in state prison, after pleading to felony DWI. 

Steven Welch, no address provided, was sentenced July 2 to 1.5-to-3 years state prison, after pleading to criminal contempt in the first-degree, in Saratoga Springs.   

Jonathan Reyes, 33, of Lakeland, Florida, pleaded July 2 to criminal possession of a controlled substance, a felony, in Malta. Sentencing Sept. 9. 

POLICE

Travis Marris, 30, of Saratoga Springs, was charged July 1 with criminal mischief, and endangering the welfare of a child. Both charges are misdemeanors. 

Dawson Nigro, 20, of Saratoga Springs, was charged July 2 with misdemeanor DWI and aggravated DWI, leaving the scene of an accident, refusing to take a breath test, and multiple vehicle violations, following a property damage accident on Spring Street. 

Jeremy McClary, 41, of Mayfield, was charged July 2 with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and circumventing an interlock system.

Kurt Cederholm, 36, of Brooklyn, was charged July 3 with criminal possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor.

Joshua Rotenberg, 34, of Arvada, Colorado, was charged July 3 with criminal possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor, and unlawful possession of marijuana. 

Jacqueline Palmer, 29, of Scio, Oregon, was charged July 3 with criminal possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor, and unlawful possession of marijuana. 

Stacey Zbar, 62, of Queens, was charged July 3 with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. 

Thomas Bruni, 46, of Schenectady, was charged July 4 with criminal mischief, a misdemeanor. 

Joseph Macik, 28, of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, was charged July 3 with criminal possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor. 

Kara Montville, 28, of Saratoga Springs, was charged July 4 with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, a misdemeanor, after being involved in a property damage accident on Ballston Avenue. 

Drew McCarthy, 35, of Halfmoon, was charged July 7 in Malta with criminal possession of a controlled substance, a felony, and DWAI, a misdemeanor. McCarthy is suspected of operating a vehicle while under the influence of a drug, and of possessing in excess of 500 milligrams of cocaine. 

Sara M. Savoca, 34, of Waterford, was charged July 8 with second degree vehicular assault – a felony, operating a vessel while having a blood-alcohol concentration of .08% or greater, and reckless operation of a vessel. Savoca is accused of operating a vessel while intoxicated on Saratoga Lake and striking another vessel, an occupant of which suffered a serious hand injury, according to the Saratoga County Sheriff’s office.    

Lindsay Griffith, 37, of Los Angeles, California, was charged July 6 with criminal possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor. 

Theresa Dimillo, 38, of Arvada, Colorado, was charged July 6 with criminal possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor. 

Joyce Epps, 30, of Mayfield, was charged July 6 with criminal possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor. 

Richard Tooley, 33, of Ballston Spa, was charged July 7 with assault in the third-degree. 

Michael Manning, 52, of Ballston Spa, was charged July 7 with misdemeanor DWI, and a speeding violation, on Union Avenue. 

Trevor Keniry-Thompson, 20, of Saratoga Springs, was charged July 7 with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, and failure to stop at a stop sign.

Anthony Damiano, 49, of Saratoga Springs, was charged July 7 with misdemeanor DWI, and speeding. 

Kathleen Brown, 26, of Saratoga Springs, was charged July 8 with petit larceny, and making a falsely written statement. Both charges are misdemeanors. 

Brandon Welfinger, 23, of Malta, was charged with rape in the third-degree, a felony.  The Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office charged Welfinger in connection with an alleged sexual relationship he had with a female under the age of 17. 

BALLSTON SPA – Patty Morrison, an elected Saratoga Springs School District Board Trustee, defeated sitting City Council member Michele Madigan in the city’s Democratic Primary race, which was decided this week.

Primary Elections were held June 25 but resulted in a too-close-to-call verdict, with Morrison holding a slight lead. The counting of absentee ballots at the Saratoga County Board of Elections on July 2 resulted in a 59-47 margin in favor of Morrison, and an overall lead of 765-733, unofficially.

“I’m honored and humbled to reach this point in the process,” Morrison said, in a statement released Tuesday, thanking supporters and volunteers. “This was a huge grassroots effort with my team knocking on over 3,300 doors and spending a small fraction of what my opponent did.”

The race between Morrison and Madigan is for the position of Saratoga Springs Commissioner of Finance – one of five City Council seats. All five council seats, as well as both City Supervisor positions, will be up for vote in November. 

Madigan issued a statement Tuesday and said she was “saddened and disappointed to have lost the Democratic primary for Commissioner of Finance, due to low voter turn-out.  I wish to thank my many friends and supporters for their hard work in the face of a very difficult and at times an ugly primary campaign.”

Total voter turnout for the Primary Election represents approximately 22 percent of all registered Democrats in Saratoga Springs.  

Prior to the Primary Election, Madigan received the endorsement of the Saratoga Springs City Democratic Committee, as well as the backing of the the Independence Party and Working Families Party lines. Despite the loss in the Primary, Madigan – who is a registered Democrat – appears poised to run for re-election under those lines in the November General Election.   

“I hope to serve another term and would be grateful for the support of all city voters, regardless of political persuasion, come November 5th,” Madigan said.

Given the city Democratic Committee’s endorsement of Madigan in the Primary, Morrison’s victory among Democrat voters nudges the Committee into unchartered territory: The candidate they had endorsed, and who is a registered Democrat, will potentially be running for re-election on a different party line in a race against the candidate chosen by city Democrat voters.

“We’ll be having an executive (meeting) to figure this out, because this is a unique position,” said Saratoga Springs Democratic Committee Chairwoman Courtney DeLeonardis. While the full Democratic Committee is not scheduled to meet until September, DeLeonardis said the seven-member executive committee may meet as soon as early next week to decide how to proceed moving forward.

Candidate statements, in their entirety, may be viewed below.  

Patty Morrison: I’m honored and humbled to reach this point in the process.  I want to thank all my supporters and volunteers.  This was a huge grassroots effort with my team knocking on over 3,300 doors and spending a small fraction of what my opponent did.

Our goal now is to listen and represent all voters in this city, despite their political affiliation.  I look forward to working with the City Democratic Committee to advance our Democratic principles such as quality of life issues for the residents of Saratoga Springs.  Issues such as open government, implementing transparent, ethical processes and exercising balanced development that aligns with the fragile historic character we all cherish.

I pledge to bring long term, prudent fiscal planning as your next Commissioner of Finance and look forward to meeting thousands more residents to discuss their thoughts and concerns.

I’m focused on running a positive and inclusive campaign.  

Michele Madigan: I am saddened and disappointed to have lost the Democratic primary for Commissioner of Finance, due to low voter turn-out.  I wish to thank my many friends and supporters for their hard work in the face of a very difficult and at times an ugly primary campaign.

 I am still on the general ballot in November on the Independence Party and Working Families Party lines, and while I would very much like to continue to serve all city voters - of all political parties - for another term, at this time the budget needs of the city are my priority.

 I must present the 2020 budget by the end of the summer, and get it adopted in November. Additionally, the city has several multi-million dollar matters I must continue to plan for: repairing and reopening city hall, the Loughberry Dam upgrade mandates, Fire/EMS needs of the Eastern Plateau, finding a permanent solution to code-blue and our homeless issues, cybersecurity threats that plague cities daily - for starters.  I owe it to the taxpayers to focus on this city business.

 I hope to serve another term and would be grateful for the support of all city voters, regardless of political persuasion, come November 5th. This election is not about partisan politics or any particular issue; it is about prudently managing our city’s finances through challenging times.

COURT

Nestor L. Baez, 32, of Cohoes, pleaded June 28 to criminal possession of a controlled substance in Saratoga Springs, a felony. Sentencing Aug. 9. 

POLICE

Matthew Grosky, 19, of Gansevoort, was charged June 28 with rape in the third-degree. 

Flenteno Best, 32, of Albany, was charged June 29 with criminal possession of marijuana, a misdemeanor, and two driving violations. 

Katelyn Babson, 20, of Saratoga Springs, was charged June 30 with misdemeanor DWI and three driving violations. 

Tory Cameron, 43, of Saratoga Springs, was charged June 30 with misdemeanor DWI, misdemeanor aggravated DWI, and three driving violations. 

Victor Maffetone, 33, of Saratoga Springs, was charged June 30 with felony robbery – causes physical injury. 

Corey Grassi, 36, of Syracuse, was charged June 30 with criminal mischief, a misdemeanor. 

Timothy D. Febbie, age 50, of Ballston Spa, was charged June 28 with assault, menacing, obstructing governmental administration, and criminal tampering – all misdemeanors, and aggravated family offense - a felony. Febbie is alleged to have assaulted and menaced another during the course of a domestic dispute, according to the Saratoga County Sheriff’s office. He also has previous family offense convictions within five years. 

Jonathan R. Higley, age 32, of Saratoga Springs, was charged with driving while intoxicated – a felony as per two prior DWI convictions, felony aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, and the following misdemeanors: circumventing an ignition interlock device; using a loaned or leased vehicle in violation of an ignition interlock restriction; leaving the scene of a motor vehicle crash. Higley is suspected of being involved in a hit-and-run motor vehicle crash on June 29 involving multiple unoccupied parked vehicles on Plank Road in the Town of Greenfield, according to the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office. He was found to have a blood alcohol concentration of .22% according to authorities. He was sent to Saratoga County Jail in lieu of $1,500 cash, or $3,000 bond.   

Sean Phillips, 34, of Saratoga Springs, was charged June 20 with aggravated harassment in the second-degree. 

D’Jontay Bennifield, 20, of Greenfield Center, was charged June 20 with criminal possession of a controlled substance, and criminal possession of marijuana. Both charges are misdemeanors. 

Michael Cherry, 29, of North Babylon, was charged June 21 with criminal mischief and unlawful possession of marijuana. 

Raymond Conniff, 25, of Saratoga Springs, was charged June 21 with aggravated harassment. 

Gurjot Grewal, 25, of Saratoga Springs, was charged June 21 with criminal mischief. 

Charles Lowell, 66, of Queensbury, was charged June 21 with criminal mischief. 

Matthew Berthiaume, 26, of Saratoga Springs, was charged June 22 with criminal contempt. 

Salah Aladwar, 20, Mohamed Saleh, 21, of Schenectady, were each charged June 22 with criminal sexual act in the third-degree – a felony, and forcible touching, a misdemeanor. 

Robert Lanza, 56, of Amsterdam, was charged June 23 with petit larceny, in connection with an alleged incident on Ballston Avenue. 

Conan Brown, 24, of Saratoga Springs, was charged June 25 with endangering the welfare of a child, obstructing governmental administration, criminal mischief, and strangulation in the second-degree, a felony, in connection with an alleged incident on Ballston Avenue. 

Jerald Stephen, 42, of Saratoga Springs, was charged June 26 with act in a manner injure a child less than 17, a misdemeanor. 

Brandon Paul, 21, of Milton, was charged June 28 with misdemeanor DWI, aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the second-degree – a felony, unlawful possession of marijuana, and not wearing a seat belt. 

COURT

William H. Galusha, 54, of Glens Falls, pleaded June 21 to misdemeanor DWI and felony unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, in Moreau. Sentencing Aug. 14. 

George P. Manuel, 56, of Wilton, pleaded June 21 to aggravated DWI, a felony. Sentencing Aug. 20. 

Gary G. Hayes, 49, of Schuylerville, pleaded June 21 to attempted menacing of a police officer. Sentencing Aug. 23. 

Ivan M. Erchak, 45, of Saratoga Springs, pleaded June 21 to criminal possession of stolen property, a felony, in Saratoga Springs. Sentencing July 26. 

David J. Lais, 46, of Ballston Spa, pleaded June 21 to felony grand larceny. Sentencing Aug. 23. 

Aaron M. Current, 27, of Saratoga Springs, pleaded June 21 to felony attempted grand larceny. Sentencing Aug. 23. 

Stephen T. Ouimet, 44, of Middle Grove, was sentenced June 19 to five months of probation, following the initial charge of reckless endangerment in the first-degree. 

Robert Loya, Jr., 31, of Saratoga Springs, pleaded June 19 to felony forgery. Sentencing scheduled Aug. 19. 

POLICE

Christian T. Orologio, 31, of Galway, was charged June 23 with boating while intoxicated, reckless operation of a vehicle, and unreasonable speed, in connection with a single vessel crash on Sacandaga Lake in the town of Day June 22. 

Matthew Snowball, 42, of Saratoga Springs, was charged June 17 with harassment in the second-degree. 

Jeffrey Morgan, 48, of Saratoga Springs, was charged June 17 with felony burglary and violating an order of protection, and the misdemeanors: petit larceny, criminal contempt, and acting in a manner to injure a child. 

Tyler Lumia, 20, of Ballston Spa, was charged June 17 with third degree assault. 

Erin Young, 22, of Durham, was charged June 17 with criminal trespass, a misdemeanor. 

Chelsea Adams, 26, of Bayport, was charged June 18 with two counts of stalking. 

Caroline Hall, 35, of Saratoga Springs, was charged June 17 with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.

Justin Ware, 27, of Troy, was charged June 18 with criminal contempt.

Kory Collins, 24, of Oswego, was charged June 19 with criminal mischief, and aggravated family offense. 

Kayla Potvin, 21, of North Granville, was charged June 15 with misdemeanor DWI, a license violation, and driving the wrong direction on a one-way street, on Putnam Street. 

David W. Taylor, 63, of Clifton Park, was charged June 17 with criminal contempt in the first-degree, a felony. Taylor is accused of being in violation of an order of protection. 

James Woolford, 33, of Saratoga Springs, was charged June 16 with endangering the welfare of a child. 

Lisa Spadafora, 53, of Milton, was charged June 10 with misdemeanor criminal trespass. 

Susan Home-Parrillo, 49, of Wilton, was charged June 12 with two counts misdemeanor petit larceny.

Philip Pratico, 34, of Mechanicville, was charged June 12 with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, and driving with a suspended registration, on Lincoln Avenue. 

Darren Home, 51, of Wilton, was charged June 12 with misdemeanor criminal trespass, petit larceny, and felony tampering with physical evidence. 

Michael Belcher, 20, of Ballston Spa, was charged June 13 with misdemeanor DWI, and unlawful possession of alcohol person under 21. 

Kenneth Rossen, 56, of Ballston Spa, was charged June 13 with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, on Union Avenue. 

Jamie Parra, 34, of Saratoga Springs, was charged June 13 with misdemeanor criminal trespass, on Union Avenue. 

COURT

Michael E. Hammond, 48, of Saratoga Springs, pleaded June 17 to criminal possession of stolen property in the fourth-degree, in Ballston.  Sentencing adjourned to Aug. 12. 

Samuel Heroux, 22, of Ballston Lake, pleaded June 18 to criminally negligent homicide, in connection with charges dating to August 2017, in Clifton Park. Sentencing Aug. 8. 

Christopher W. Crumble, 23, of Saratoga Springs, pleaded June 17 to second degree felony assault and criminal possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor. Sentencing Sept. 9.    

Joel M. Burgess, 39, of Ballston Spa, pleaded June 14 to criminal contempt in the first-degree, a felony, in Milton. Sentencing Aug. 15. 

Joe L. Still, 28, of Saratoga Springs, pleaded June 14 to two felony counts of criminal contempt and two misdemeanor counts of tampering with a witness related to incidents that occurred between December 2018 and March 2019 in Saratoga Springs and Milton. Sentencing Aug. 15. 

Patricia A. Washco, 63, of Albany, pleaded June 12 to felony DWI, in Saratoga Springs. Sentencing Aug. 14.   

John E. Gutierrez, Jr., 21, of Crown Point, was sentenced June 10 to one year in state prison and one year post-release supervision, after pleading to criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fourth-degree,
in Wilton. 

Peter D. Hockford, 50, of Schuylerville, was sentenced June 14 to 10 years in prison and 5 years of post-release supervision, after pleading to criminal possession of a controlled substance in the first-degree. Hockford admitted to having more than four ounces of cocaine – an estimated street value of more than $10,000 - at his home when arrested, according to the Saratoga County District Attorney’s office. 

Robert N. Lakus, 36, of Minerva, pleaded June 13 to felony DWI, in Ballston Spa. Sentencing July 26. 

POLICE

Maria Sprague, 34, of Halfmoon, was charged June 6 on a warrant on the charge of misdemeanor stalking. 

Christina Kasper, 28, of Saratoga Springs, was charged June 6 with misdemeanor DWI, reckless driving, failure to keep right, criminal tampering and refusal to take breath test, regarding an incident on High Rock Avenue. 

Daniel Guynup, 21, of Saratoga Springs, was charged June 7 with third degree assault, disabling equipment to prevent emergency calls, and menacing – all misdemeanors, plus the felonies: criminal possession of a weapon, aggravated sexual abuse, strangulation/ obstruct breathing.

Tanya L. Thompson, 42, of Greenfield, was charged with menacing, a misdemeanor, and criminal mischief, a felony. She is accused of threatening a person with a hammer, and damaging a glass door valued in excess of $250, in connection with an alleged incident in Milton. 

Taron T. Stokes, 39, of Derby, Connecticut, and Edward A. Cavallaro, 56, of North Haven, Connecticut, were charged on the suspicion of traveling from Connecticut to New York to distribute narcotic drugs, according to the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office. Stokes was charged with three felony counts and four misdemeanor counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance; Cavallaro was charged with one felony count of conspiracy and one misdemeanor count of criminal possession of a controlled substance. According to authorities, the drugs involved include: heroin/fentanyl, crack cocaine, cocaine and MDMA. 

Michael Partlow, 48, of Wilton, was charged June 7 with criminal contempt. 

Eric Madigan, 45, of Broadalbin, was charged June 7 with public lewdness misdemeanor. 

Julia Noakes, 27, of Troy, was charged June 7 with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, after being involved in a property damage accident on South Broadway. 

Erica Leathem, 35, of Troy, was charged June 8 with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, and operating a vehicle while using a portable electronic device.   

Kiandre Lacy, 22, of Saratoga Springs, was charged June 9 with third degree assault. 

Samantha Decelle, 25, of Mechanicville, was charged June 8 with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, after being involved in a property damage accident on Hamilton Street.