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In 2018, U2 will kick off their two-month North American tour in Oklahoma on May 2 and conclude with shows in New York City - at Madison Square Garden June 25, and New Jersey – at the Prudential Center on June 29. Other major artists slated to stage shows in the U.S. this year – although to date none have been scheduled to take place in the immediate Capital Region – include: Jeff Lynne’s ELO; Maroon 5; Foo Fighters; a Pixies and Weezer co-headlining tour; Taylor Swift; Kenny Chesney; Zac Brown Band; Shakira, Alice Cooper, Jethro Tull, and Jackson Browne – to name a few. Whether any of these shows will land locally remains to be seen.  

Concerts currently scheduled to take place in the region in 2018:

Mt. Joy, Jan. 15 @ Hart Theater, Empire State Plaza

Walk The Moon, Jan. 17 @ Upstate Concert Hall

Henry Rollins, Jan. 20 @ The Egg

James Taylor, Jan. 26 @ Times Union Center

Get The Led Out – American Led Zeppelin (tribute), Feb. 3 @Palace Theatre

G3: John Petrucci, Joe Satriani, Phil Collen, Feb. 10 @ Palace Theatre

Three Dog Night, Feb. 11 @ Hart Theatre

Celebrating David Bowie w/ Bernard Fowler, Adrian Belew, Carmine Rojas, Earl Slick and others, Feb. 12 @ The Egg

Next Women of Country w/Sara Evans, RaeLynn, Kalie Shorr, Feb. 15 @ Palace Theatre

Dropkick Murphys, Agnostic Front, Bim Skala Bim, Feb. 25 @ Capital Repertory Theatre

Montgomery Gentry, March 2, @Upstate Concert Hall

Wyclef Jean, March 2 @ Putnam Den.

Rain – A Tribute to the Beatles, March 2 @ Proctors

Shawn Colvin, Lyle Lovett, March 8 @Troy Savings Bank Music Hall

Five for Fighting, March 18, Swyer Theatre

Dixie Dregs, March 21 @ The Egg

Monster Energy Outbreak Tour w/ Jstjr, Kayzo, DJ Gammer, Dubloadz, March 28 @ Upstate Concert Hall

Robin Trower, March 28 @ Hart Theatre

Daughtry, April 7 @ Palace Theatre

They Might Be Giants, April 22 @ The Egg

Dweezil Zappa, April 24 @ The Egg

Alan Jackson, April 28, Times Union Center

Aztec Two-Step, April 28 @ Caffe Lena

Leo Kottke, April 29 @ Swyer Theatre

Yanni, May 13 @ Proctors

Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience, Foreigner, Whitesnake, June 16 @ SPAC

Saratoga Jazz Festival, June 23-24 @ SPAC

Charlie Puth, Hailee Steinfeld, July 22 @ SPAC

SARATOGA SPRINGS –  A new spy thriller which includes action scenes that take place at Riley’s Lake House, the United States Hotel and other Saratoga locations in 1940 will celebrate its book launch at Northshire this month.

Lawrence Dudley’s “New York Station” has been hailed by Publisher’s Weekly as a gritty spy thriller featuring “a multifaceted protagonist who’s a refreshing change from formulaic genre,” and by critic Angela Woltman for its “never-ending supply of action, new characters, and puzzling subplots.”

The book launch celebration for Dudley’s “New York Station” will take place 7 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 26.

Also this month at Northshire: poet, memoirist & philanthropist Eileen Rockefeller will read poems from her new collection, “Space Between: Selected Poems,” at 7 p.m. on Jan. 12, and Mary Cuffe Perez will share stories from her new book, “Barn Stories: Reflections from a Saratoga County Horse Farm,” at 7 p.m. on Jan. 27.

Events are free and open to the public and will take place at Northshire Bookstore Saratoga, 424 Broadway. For more information on these or other events, call 518-682-4200, or visit the Northshire Bookstore website at www.northshire.com.

Book Launch at Northshire for New Spy Thriller with Saratoga Connections 

SARATOGA SPRINGS – Madeleine Bokan grew up dancing at Saratoga City Ballet. Her college studies at Fordham University took her to New York City, and subsequently on to her current position as a sales manager for a start-up publisher. Her love of dancing remained strong. She searched for an outlet.  

“You’ve had this really important thing, but if you’re not doing it professionally, it’s suddenly gone,” says Bokan, who began attending workshops for ex-dancers who still love to dance. “I was paired up with another member of the program who I quickly learned also had a full-time career outside of the dance world. She was there, like me, to fill that void for movement that all dancers-at-heart hold. Immediately I felt comfortable with these people… a creative space where I fit again.”

Inspired, Bokan re-connected with fellow Saratoga City Ballet dancing alum Erin Dooley who has continues her pursuit of a dancing career, dancing at Joffrey Ballet School and Alvin Ailey School. The duo co-founded Getaway Dance Collective and this month will launch their first retreat in their native Saratoga Springs.

It’s a way of expressing yourself and rehabilitating your body, Bokan explains, for dancers to see themselves as dancers again, by stepping out of their reality and rejuvenating with movement and choreography. “For me, it’s restorative.” 

The Getaway Dance Retreat will feature dance classes and workshops at the National Museum of Dance studios and include yoga, Pilates, a guided trail walk on the Avenue of Pines, and a group dinner in Downtown Saratoga Springs. Attendees will be housed for a two-night stay at Anne's Washington Inn - which has been in Bokan’s family for three generations - and takes place Jan. 19-21. Registration is $175, which also includes a Friday welcome happy hour and dinner; Saturday breakfast, lunch, dinner, and Sunday brunch.

 It’s about showing how movement can rehab the body and the mind in countless ways, Bokan says.  “A weekend of wellness, of immersing everyone in movement.”    

Registrations will be accepted through Sunday, Jan. 7, and be may be made at: https://getaway-dance.squarespace.com/retreat/. 

POLICE

Anthony M. Smith, age 23, Saratoga Springs, was charged Dec. 18 with criminal possession of a controlled substance. 

Mary B. Murphy, age 50, Ballston Spa, was charged Dec. 17 with aggravated unlicensed operation after being involved in a property damage accident. 

Ryan D. Eggleston, age 24, Glens Falls, was charged Dec. 17 with failure to obey traffic control device, misdemeanor DWI.

Michael P. Ondreicka, age 34, Deer Park, was charged Dec. 17 with criminal mischief, criminal tampering. 

Hannah E. Davidson, age 27, Saratoga Springs, was charged was charged Dec. 17 with obstructing an intersection, misdemeanor DWI, misdemeanor aggravated misdemeanor DWI. 

Kurt J. Bergfjord, age 28, Cooperstown, was charged Dec. 16 with failure to keep right, speeding - posted zone, misdemeanor DWI, misdemeanor aggravated DWI.

Kelsey O. Johnson, age 24, Albany, was charged Dec. 16 with unlawful possession of marijuana, two counts criminal possession of a controlled substance.

Kristopher W. Jackson, age 27, Clifton Park, was charged Dec. 15 with misdemeanor DWI, speeding - posted zone, unsafe lane change, misdemeanor aggravated DWI. 

Amanda Pagan, age 35, Queensbury, was charged Dec. 15 with misdemeanor DWI, two counts failed to stop at stop sign.

Gary P. Mottau, age 58, Saratoga Springs, was charged Dec. 15 with criminal mischief misdemeanor.

Cory M. Nowak, age 27, Ballston Spa, was charged Dec. 15 with operating a motor vehicle impaired by drugs 1st offense- a misdemeanor, two counts failure to keep right, speeding - posted zone.

Kathryn A Price, age 57, of Saratoga Springs, was charged Dec. 21 with felony grand larceny.  A bookkeeper at the Saratoga Convention and Tourism Bureau, she is suspected of stealing more than $220,000 by forging nearly 200 bureau checks dating back to 2015. She was arraigned and released on $5,000 cash bail. City police said they received a complaint in late October alleging the theft of funds from Bureau bank accounts. Initial investigative efforts show the thefts are believed to involve numerous bank accounts held by the Bureau. 

Lloyd Holness, 59, of Schenectady, was charged Dec. 20 with criminal possession of a forged instrument, on the suspicion that he possessed and cashed a forged check at a bank in the town of Malta. 

Taylor E. Pierre, 18, of Clifton Park, was charged Dec. 20 with two felony counts of promoting a sexual performance by a child. It is alleged he contacted two underage females via social media and requested and directed them to take sexually explicit photos and videos, and send them to him.

Jeffrey D. Place, Jr., 23, of Milton, was sentenced Dec. 14 to five years of probation, after pleading to felony reckless endangerment. 

Marcus A. Jackson, age 21, Saratoga Springs, was charged Dec. 15 with two counts criminal sale of marijuana. 

Scott F. Parillo, age 44, Saratoga Springs, was charged Dec. 15 with felony criminal mischief, and felony criminal contempt. 

Jacob W. Perkins, age 27, Fort Edward, was charged Dec. 15 with aggravated unlicensed operation, equipment (rear license plate light). 

Erin L. Canning, age 40, Saratoga Springs, was charged Dec. 14 with attempted coercion 1st degree/violate duty public serv. – a felony, and aggravated harassment in the second degree second – a misdemeanor. 

Pablo Garcia-Soria, age 30, Veldhoven, was charged Dec. 14 with speeding - posted zone, failed to stop at stop sign, unlawful possession of marijuana, misdemeanor aggravated DWI. 

Brandon R. Little, age 32, Ballston Spa, was charged Dec. 13 with felony DWI - 2nd offense, speeding - posted zone. 

Bryan G. Czajkowski, age 29, Apollo Beach, Florida, was charged Dec. 13 with misdemeanor DWI, speeding - posted zone, refuse pre-screen test. 

Nicole M. Poirier, age 22, Saratoga Springs, was charged Dec. 13 with criminal possession of a weapon, menacing second degree – both misdemeanors.

Michael J. Vittengl, age 61, Lake George, was charged Dec. 13 with theft of services/refusal pay for service – a misdemeanor.

COURT

Nicholina J. Sarro, 25, of Ballston Spa, was sentenced Dec. 13 to five years of probation, after pleading to felony grand larceny. 

Brian B. Wade, 37, of Corinth, pleaded Dec. 13 to felony attempted assault. Sentencing scheduled for Feb. 7. 

Adam J. Rouse, 32, of Hudson Falls, was sentenced Dec. 13 to six months in jail, after pleading to failure to report address change within 10 days, in Saratoga Springs. 

Rakell L. Dutcher, 32, of Galway, pleaded Dec. 11 to aggravated DWI with a child, a felony. Sentencing scheduled for Jan. 3, 2018. 

Marshall G. Gaudet, 31, of Malta, was sentenced Dec. 13 to 25-years-to-life imprisonment, after pleading to rape, predatory sexual assault against a child, and two counts of possessing a sexual performance of a child – all felonies. According to the Saratoga County District Attorney’s office, Gaudet created and possessed multiple items of child pornography and committed ongoing acts of sexual assault between 2013 and 2016.     

Gerard R. King, Jr., 53, of Glens Falls, was sentenced Dec. 11 to 13 years in state prison, after pleading to burglary in the second-degree, a Class C Violent Felony, in connection with an incident that occurred in Saratoga Springs. 

Donald P. Gilbert, Jr., 32, of Milton, pleaded Dec. 8 to attempted strangulation, in connection with an incident that occurred in Milton. Sentencing scheduled Feb. 2. 

Norman E. Rose,III, 38, of Milton, pleaded Dec. 8 to felony criminal contempt, in connection with an incident that occurred in Milton. Sentencing scheduled Feb. 26. 

Robert S. Loomis, 30, of Schuylerville, pleaded Dec. 8 to felony sexual abuse, in connection with an incident that occurred in the town of Saratoga. Sentencing scheduled Feb. 9. 

POLICE 

Michael J. Lewis, age 37, Greenfield Center, was charged on Dec. 11 with felony criminal mischief. 

Calvin W. Gong, age 59, Saratoga Springs, was charged on Dec. 11 with criminal trespass.

Connor J. Pressley, age 18, Saratoga Springs, was charged on Dec. 10 with criminal possession of marijuana. 

Francisco T. Florian, age 19, Saratoga Springs, was charged on Dec. 10 with unlawful possession of marijuana. 

Jaloreal J. Bullock, age 26, Albany, was charged on Dec. 10 with misdemeanor DWI, refusing a pre-screen test, use of portable electronic devices, fail to keep right, passed a red traffic signal light. 

Albert R. Johnson, age 34, Saratoga Springs, was charged on Dec. 10 with aggravated harassment, a misdemeanor. 

Jeffrey C. Bowen, age 47, Ballston Spa, was charged on Dec. 10 with criminal possession of a controlled substance, and criminally using drug paraphernalia. 

Courtney W. Aesch, age 20, Gloversville, was charged on Dec. 9 with operating motor vehicle while impaired by drugs - a misdemeanor, and unlawful possession of marijuana. 

Raphaella M. Saunders, age 24, Gansevoort, was charged on Dec. 9 with aggravated unlicensed operation – a misdemeanor, and passed a red traffic signal light. 

Roberto M. Ciavarella, age 40, Saratoga Springs, was charged on Dec. 9 with misdemeanor DWI, aggravated DWI, and failing to signal a turn.   

Kenneth W. Cruger, 45, of Greenfield, was charged Dec. 7 with criminal contempt, and assault following a domestic incident in the town of Greenfield. It is alleged Cruger punched a female victim in the face and the victim had an order of protection against him.  Cruger was arraigned and sent to the Saratoga County Correctional Facility in lieu of $2,500 cash, or $5,000 bond. 

Nico J. Rivera, 18, of Ballston Spa, was charged with disseminating indecent material to minors – a felony, and sexual misconduct – a misdemeanor.  It is alleged that Rivera had sexual intercourse with a 15-year-old female victim and sent inappropriate photos of himself to her.  Rivera was arraigned and released on his own recognizance and will answer further to the respective charges in the Ballston Town Court at a later, undisclosed date. 

Jesse R. Harris, 31, of Corinth, was charged Dec. 7 with felony grand larceny, stemming from an incident that occurred in the town of Wilton in September. Harris is suspected of stealing items, cash, and equipment belonging to his employer in the town of Wilton worth a total value amount
of $2902.29.

Dillon J. McIntyre, 18, Robert N. Rouse, 30, and Gary J. Roberts, Jr., 40, all of Hadley, were each charged with felony burglary following an investigation by the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office. The complaint alleges the defendants unlawfully entered a dwelling on Miner Road in the town of Greenfield on Dec. 6 and stole a flat-screen television.

SARATOGA SPRINGS - A 39-year-old man, suspected of being involved in Wednesday's alleged robbery at the main branch of the Adirondack Trust Company, has been charged with felony robbery and felony grand larceny, according to Saratoga Springs Police.

The man, Anthony J. Paradise, of Ballston Spa, was taken in to custody at approximately 9 p.m. Wednesday. The robbery occurred shortly after noon, earlier that same day. Paradise is suspected of forcibly stealing in excess of $3,000 from the bank.  

Police said a search warrant was executed at the Ballston Spa residence where Paradise had been staying short term, and that items were secured with potential ties to the robbery. Paradise is believed to have acted alone.

SARATOGA SPRINGS – A robbery allegedly occurred Wednesday afternoon at the main branch of the Adirondack Trust Company bank.

Authorities were notified at about 12:20 p.m. that a white male passed a note to a teller demanding money and subsequently left the bank with an undisclosed amount of cash. No weapon was displayed.

Police describe the man as being “over 6 feet tall and having a bigger frame.”  His jacket was emblazoned across the back with the “Petraccione Plumbing and Heating” company logo.

Police ask anyone with information regarding the incident to contact the Saratoga Springs Police Department at 518-584-1800 or, to remain anonymous, call 518-584-TIPS.

Two previous robbery attempts - in 2007 and in 2010 - occurred at the Broadway branch of the bank, which is located at 473 Broadway, one block from the city police station.  

In July 2007, Moreau man Rick Massey handed a teller a threatening note, escaped with nearly $7,000 cash, and fled to Nashville, Tenn., where he turned himself in to police, six days after the incident.

In October 2010, a 57-year-old city man who proclaimed himself to be "a non-violent bank robber" walked into the branch and handed a note to a teller that read, "Give me all your money and God will love you." After the teller gave him nearly $7,000, he put the money back on the counter, made several incoherent statements to bank employees, and exited the bank without any money in hand. He fled on a bicycle, headed west on Church Street and was apprehended by police three blocks later.

The scene outside the Adirondack Trust Co. bank Wednesday afternoon:  

SARATOGA SPRINGS – Rochmon Record Club continues its successful monthly run at Caffe Lena on Tuesday, Dec. 19, this time with a focus on the music and career of Tom Petty.  

Some fading notebook scribbles related to live appearances witnessed by this reporter, to get you in the mood:

Saratoga Performing Arts Center, August 2006 --- In the end, Tom Petty finished where he began, completing the circle of a 30-year career with a final stroke on his jangling guitar to the tune of “'American Girl.”

Thirty years ago, the youthful face of the singer stared back from his debut album, donning a black leather motorcycle jacket beneath the logo of a guitar shooting through a heart like a broken arrow. Sunday night, Petty returned as the musical maestro of the timeless verse, adorned in crushed velvet with glitter speckles and caught in the reflection of the floodlights that sprayed the crowd in crimson and lavender neon.

With the word out that this summer's tour may be the band's last large cross-country journey, there was a touch of finality in the air at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, where a sell-out crowd of 25,000 cheered Petty and his band of Heartbreakers through a 19-song set celebrating their decades of musical service.

Saratoga Performing Arts Center, August 2005 --- Wearing a schoolboy smile and a multi-colored ascot that invoked the mod Carnaby Street pop-isms of his teenage years, Tom Petty clutched the neck of his white tear-shaped guitar and led his band of Heartbreakers through a rousing two-hour set at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center Saturday night.

Petty's onstage exuberance was reciprocated by a joyous gathering of nearly 25,000 fans, while breathing new life into 1970s material “Breakdown,” “Listen To Her Heart,” and “Refugee,” revisiting drive-time radio hits “'I Won't Back Down,” and “Free Fallin,'” and ratcheting up the sonic intensity beneath the lighted effects of the white-hot strobes with a hit parade that included “Learning To Fly,” “Mary Jane's Last Dance,” and “Don't Come Around Here No More.”

Saratoga Performing Arts Center, July 2002 --- For a quarter of a century, Petty has weaved the poetic language of the common man with a sonically jangled surrealism, along the way acquiring star-power leverage to do battle with record labels, concert promoters and music publishers, and championing the rights of fans and fellow musicians.

His name has been engraved on a five-point star on Hollywood Boulevard, and he was recently inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Not bad for an insurance salesman's son who grew up in Gainesville, Florida who left high school to pursue his vision of the American dream.

Friday night, performing on the fifth date of a summerlong tour, Petty tore through the set opener ''Runnin' Down A Dream,'' flashing his pearly whites at the mic. “'It was a beautiful day, the sun beat down,'' he sang, amid the arsenal of guitar riffs behind him, ''I felt so good, like anything was possible.''

With the backdrop projecting images of falling snow, Petty sang, ''Please shed some light on the road less traveled,'' in a piece titled ''Lost Children,'' as the stage resembled a scene inside a tumbling Christmas snow globe. Haunting melodies oozed from within during his tune ''It's Good To Be King,” and Petty donned a Rickenbacker guitar for the show-closing ''American Girl,'' giving birth to a jangling resonance which hung in the dense air long enough to inspire one last primal dance from the faithful. Eventually, they filed out to rejoin the rest of the world, taking the vibration of its memory far as they could with them into the night.

Palladium, New York City, July 1978 --- “Breakdown” is a nice song. Moody, like Mink DeVille. “I Need To Know,” from the new album, kicks it well enough for a boy from the sticks, ‘tho not as kicking as, say, The Ramones. A slew of obligatory ‘60s covers dotted the night and the highlight was, of course, “American Girl,” which sounds like a tune Petty lifted from Roger McGuinn’s mojo.

Rick Derringer opened the show. He was fine, though not nearly as entertaining as when he played with Edgar Winter Group a few years back. Ted Nugent came on to play a song or two, which signaled most everyone it was a good time for a bathroom break. Ran into David Johansen in the art-deco bathroom downstairs. His new solo album is great and he’s playing the Bottom Line next weekend with Sylvain.  Somebody said Warhol is here, up in the front somewhere.  

Tuesday’s event begins at 7 p.m., although if last month’s sold out celebration of Rod Stewart’s “Every Picture Tells A Story” is any indication, you want to get there early, or you’re likely to get shut out.  Doors open at 6:30. Admission: $5 donation, which goes to the restoration funds of Caffe Lena and Universal Preservation Hall.  

SARATOGA SPRINGS - Congress Park and the Saratoga Battlefield. Ulysses S. Grant and Solomon Northup. Yaddo, the Canfield Casino and Saratoga Race Course.

Millions of viewers across the country will have the opportunity to learn about the lore and allure Saratoga has offered its locals for centuries with the premiere broadcast of a special Saratoga Springs segment airing on C-SPAN II and C-SPAN III this weekend.

The show was filmed during a multi-day visit by a C-SPAN Cities Tour crew in late September, and is presented by the cable and satellite television network as an exploration of the American Story.

The episode includes a visit to the mineral springs, a driving tour through Saratoga Springs, and conversations with local politicians, historians, horse trainers and jockeys, and Solomon Northup biographer David Fiske.

 
Inside the Music Room at Yaddo. The artist colony is one of several sites in and around Saratoga Springs visited by a C-SPAN crew in September. Photo: Thomas Dimopoulos

The schedule:

Noon, Saturday, Dec. 16: Book TV (C-SPAN2, Spectrum Channel 226). Non-fiction programming from the city includes a look at the memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant as he spends his dramatic last days at his cottage, racing against time and terminal cancer to finish writing about his life. Former Albany attorney Andrew McKenna discusses his memoir, "Sheer Madness: From Federal Prosecutor to Federal Prisoner," – which details his struggles with opioid addiction. 

2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 17: American History TV (C-SPAN3, Spectrum channel 227). History segments include a visit to Saratoga Race Course to examine thoroughbred racing's impact on the  historical identity and economy of Saratoga Springs, a tour of Saratoga National Historic Park where two battles occurred that help turn the tide of the American Revolution.

Segments will be available to view after broadcast at: www.c-span.org/citiestour.

COURT

Nicholas J. Valcik, 34, of Ballston Spa, pleaded Dec. 5 to promoting prison contraband in the first-degree. Sentencing scheduled Jan. 30, 2018. 

Trevor J. Hammar, 29, of Milton, pleaded Dec. 5 to felony burglary, and two felony counts grand larceny in connection with incidents suspected of taking place in Milton in October. Sentencing scheduled for Jan. 30. 

Lana M. Senecal, 28, of Middle Grove, pleaded Dec. 6 to felony grand larceny in connection with an incident in Malta. Placed on interim probation to include Treatment Court. 

Blake E. Labarge, 25, of Saratoga Springs, was sentenced Dec. 6 to five years of probation, after pleading to felony DWI, in Saratoga Springs. 

Temujin V. Bozeman, 59, of Saratoga springs, pleaded Dec. 6 to felony DWI in Saratoga Springs. Sentencing scheduled Feb. 7.

Wayne S. Fuller, 57, of Wilton, was sentenced Dec. 6 to five years of probation after pleading to felony DWI. 

Mensah L. Watson, 23, of Saratoga Springs, was sentenced Dec. 7 to three years in state priosn, after pleading to attempted criminal sale of a controlled substance, a felony, in connection with an incident that occurred in Saratoga Springs. 

Jeanne E. Gorcesky, 50, of Saratoga Springs, was sentenced Dec. 7 to five days in jail and five years of probation, after pleading to felony DWI in Wilton.

POLICE

Brett N. Klersfeld, age 62, of Valatie, was charged Dec. 9 with criminal sex act in the third-degree, a felony, and forcible touching, sexual abuse, and sexual misconduct – misdemeanors, following a complaint received by the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office of an alleged forced sexual conduct against a female patient by a mental health provider in the town of Malta. 

Klersfeld is accused of engaging in sexual conduct with a female incapable of consent by virtue of her being a patient while he was her mental health care provider. The acts are suspected of having occurred during treatment sessions in October and November 2017.  Klersfeld was arraigned and sent to Saratoga County Jail in lieu of bail or bond to await further proceedings, according to authorities.

Kevin J. Martuscello, 49, of Gansevoort, was charged Dec. 9 with felony grand larceny. It is alleged Martuscello stole a wallet containing cash and debit cards from a basket at the Wilton Walmart on Dec. 4. 

Jacquelyn A. Clark, age 35, Ballston Spa, was charged Dec. 7 with speeding, aggravated unlicensed operation, refused chemical test.

Matthew S. Ragotskie, age 26, Saratoga Springs, was charged Dec. 7 with petit larceny - a misdemeanor. 

Jason E. Berben, age 35, Clifton Park, was charged Dec. 7 with aggravated harassment. 

Timothy M. Derlinga, age 49, Saratoga Springs, was charged Dec. 7 with misdemeanor DWI, fail to signal - turn, change lanes, parked, speeding. 

Jonathan E. Joyal, age 25, Ballston Spa, was charged Dec. 6 with misdemeanor DWI, fail to comply with lawful order of the police, fail to obey traffic control device, unsafe lane change- 4 counts, reckless driving- misdemeanor, speeding, no/expired inspection certificate, unlawful fleeing police officer in motor vehicle – a misdemeanor. 

Victoria M. Hoffman, age 27, Troy, was charged Dec. 6 with petit larceny – a misdemeanor. 

Zachary M. Morgan, age 27, Stillwater, was charged Dec. 6 with issuing a bad check/passes check knowing no funds – a misdemeanor. 

Edouard F. Questel, age 68, Gansevoort, was charged Dec. 6 with assault in the second degree/intent physical injury – a felony. 

John J. Calderon, age 41, Saratoga Springs, was charged Dec. 6 with misdemeanor DWI, aggravated DWI, fail to signal - turn, change lanes, parked, fail to obey traffic control device.

Anne E. Cummins, age 39, Saratoga Springs was charged Dec. 6 with felony DWI as a second offense, felony aggravated DWI, and unlawful use of mobile phones in motor vehicle. Cummins was charged after being involved in a property damage accident.

Isaac W. Greco, age 21, Alonte J. White, age 26, both of Saratoga Springs, were charged Dec. 8 with     assault in the first degree/intent to disfigure, assault in the first degree/during felony/flight, robbery in the first degree/serious physical injury, robbery first degree/threatens use of dangerous instrument, assault in the first degree/intent deadly weapon. It is alleged that during the early morning hours of July 4, Greco and White forcibly stole money from a 30-year old man in the area of Gardner Lane. The victim suffered a significant laceration to his face which required initial emergency medical treatment at Saratoga Hospital and subsequent extended follow-up care, police said.   White is in Saratoga County Jail in lieu of $100,000 cash, or $200,000 bond. Greco is currently lodged with the state Department of Corrections on unrelated charges, according to police, who added that their investigation showed this as an isolated incident and not a random act.