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January 23 – January 29, 2021

COURT

Bradley J. Vandusen, 56, pleaded Jan. 25 to attempted arson in the second-degree in Saratoga Springs, a felony. Sentencing March 22.

Frank L. Lewis, 29, of Stillwater, was sentenced Jan. 25 to five years of probation, after pleading to DWAI in Saratoga. 

Alexandria E. Cruz, 29, of Brooklyn, N.Y., pleaded Jan. 25 to criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth-degree in Wilton, a felony. Sentencing March 22. 

James I. Price, 43, of Ballston Spa, was sentenced Jan. 22 to five years of probation, after pleading to felony DWI.

Adoniram Huntington, IV, 41, pleaded Jan. 22 to felony burglary in Moreau. Sentencing March 26. 

Keegan A. Farrell, 20, of Greenfield Center, pleaded Jan. 22 to criminal possession of stolen property, and felony burglary in Moreau. Sentencing March 26. 

POLICE

Jack L. Jeffers, 25, was charged with manslaughter in the second-degree, following a lengthy investigation into the disappearance of Michael P. Ahern in the town of Stillwater, according to a statement from the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office. A missing person complaint involving Ahern was first filed with the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office on Jan. 15, 2019. Ahern was 42 years old at that time. Jeffers is accused of shooting and killing Ahern on Jan. 6, 2019 during a personal dispute. Ahern was living at a building formerly used as a clubhouse for the now defunct Rolling Pride Motorcycle Club on Brickyard Road in the Town of Stillwater, where the alleged incident occurred, according to the Sheriff’s Office.  Jeffers was previously charged in 2019 with other offenses related to this investigation, including grand larceny, tampering with evidence and criminal possession of a weapon.  It is alleged that in the months following the killing of Ahern, Jeffers disposed of evidence of the crime, stole a truck belonging to Ahern and was found to be in possession of illegally possessed firearms. Jeffers was arraigned on the charge of manslaughter in the second-degree before Milton Town Justice Timothy Brown and was sent to the Saratoga County Correctional Facility in lieu of $25,000 cash bail, $50,000 secured bail bond, or $100,000 partially secured bail bond.   

Seth Swires, 25, of Glens Falls, was charged Jan. 23 in Saratoga Springs with computer trespass: gains access to computer material- felony; stalking: cause material harm to mental or emotional health- misdemeanor.

Ian Quilinian, 24, of Lake George, was charged Jan. 24 in Saratoga Springs with misdemeanor DWI, aggravated DWI, unsafe turn or failure to give appropriate signal arrested following a traffic stop drinking alcohol in motor vehicle on highway. 

Columbus McCall, 28, of Beacon, was charged Jan. 24 in Saratoga Springs with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the first-degree, a felony. 

Kurtis Patterson, 21, of Saratoga Springs, was charged Jan. 25 with speed not reasonable and prudent; operate a motor vehicle with unsafe tires; motor vehicle license violation: no license; obstruct governmental administration-a misdemeanor. 

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