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March 2 - 8, 2024

Saratoga Springs Police Department

Margaret Cardamone, 66, of Saratoga Springs, was charged with DWI, and aggravated DWI. 

Carrieann Harter, 40, of Saratoga Springs, was charged with criminal trespass in the second-degree. 

Amir Pomykal, 21, of Schenectady, was charged with criminal mischief in the second-degree. 

Timoth Sims, 33, of Saratoga Springs, was charged with criminal trespass in the second-degree. 

Joshua Usher, 31, of Saratoga Springs, was charged with aggravated family offense, criminal contempt, and criminal mischief in the third-degree.

Daniel Ramirez De Jesus, 24, of Saratoga Springs, was charged with assault in the third-degree. 

Anija Jacotin, 23, of Albany, was charged with DWI, aggravated DWI, and two driving-related violations. 

Jonathan Emery, 32, no address listed, was charged with assault, criminal possession of a narcotic drug, and two counts criminal possession of a controlled substance. 

George Coleman, 36, of Milton, was charged with grand larceny, and criminal mischief. 

Jeremy Zepf, 44, of Saratoga Springs, was charged with obstruct governmental administration, and criminal mischief. 

Kevin Cuva, 51, of Saratoga Springs, was charged with criminal contempt, criminal trespass, and aggravated family offense. 

Isabell Seguin, 25, of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, was charged with DWI, and possession of a controlled substance. 

Joshawna Nomina, 21, of Troy, was charged with DWI.

Bobby Spearman, 57, of Saratoga Springs, was charged with criminal contempt, and aggravated family offense. 

Netasha Carleton, 30, of Ballston Spa, was charged with assault.

Terrance Crawford, 38, of Hudson Falls, was charged with the felonies rape in the second-degree and criminal sex act in the second-degree, following an investigation initiated by a family member of the victim – whom is a minor, police said.  Crawford is a Level 2 Registered Sex Offender, with a previous conviction for rape in the third-degree, according to police.

Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office

On Feb. 23, the Sheriff’s Office stopped a vehicle on I-87 in the city of Saratoga Springs for an unsafe lane change. When the deputy approached the vehicle, the vehicle fled northbound on I-87, exiting at Exit 14, and continued westbound on NYS Route 9P when it abruptly stopped in the middle of traffic. The driver allegedly fled on foot into the area of Yaddo Gardens. 

Jose A. Guity, 25, of Queens, was subsequently taken into custody after a brief foot pursuit and charged with reckless endangerment in the first-degree, criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh-degree, resisting arrest, unlawful fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle, reckless driving, moving from lane unsafely, and unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. 

Guity is accused of traveling westbound on Route 9P in the eastbound lane while reaching a speed of approximately 75 mph in a 30-mph zone, in traffic. The Sheriff’s Office was assisted by the Saratoga Springs Police Department.

Saratoga County Court

Tristan J. Mason, 21, of Halfmoon, was sentenced to 5 years’ probation, after pleading to felony burglary, charged January 2023. 

Keith R. Kulsha, 37, of Schenectady, was sentenced to 1-1/2 to 3 years’ incarceration, after pleading to felony grand larceny, charged December 2022. 

William C. Ferrara, 34, of Niskayuna, was sentenced to 4-1/2 years’ incarceration and 3 years’ post-release supervision, after pleading to felony assault, charged January 2023 in Ballston Spa. 

Dean J. Atwell, 35, of Middle Grove, pleaded to felony grand larceny, charged January 2024 in Galway. Sentencing April 24. 

Betsy M. Jablonski, 40, of Amsterdam, pleaded to felony grand larceny, charged October 2023 in Clifton Park. Sentencing April 24. 

NY State Police

State Police of Clifton Park, while on patrol, witnessed a two-car crash on I-87 in Wilton. One of the drivers was identified as John A. Spiegel Jr., 32, of Wappingers Falls.  Spiegel was arrested for Driving While Intoxicated and other Vehicle and Traffic Law violations. The driver and passenger of the second vehicle were transported to Saratoga Hospital with what are believed to be non-life-threatening injuries.  Spiegel was transported to SP Wilton for processing, where he refused to provide a sample to determine the alcohol content of his blood, according to police. Further investigations discovered Spiegel has had multiple DWI convictions in the last 10 years, police said. He was arraigned at the Milton Town Court and remanded to the Saratoga County Correctional Facility without Bail.

State Police of Wilton charged Rosemary E. Gorman, 62, of Ballston Spa with Driving While Intoxicated, Resisting Arrest, and Obstructing Governmental Administration in the second-degree. Gorman was transported to SP Wilton for processing, where she recorded a 0.20% BAC, police said. 

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