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July 5 – July 11, 2019

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. 

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