October 28 – November 3, 2023
Saratoga County Court
Keenan Washburn, 22, of South Glens Falls, pleaded Oct. 30 to felony robbery, charged June 2022 in Moreau. Sentencing Jan. 9, 2024.
Tammy Mahan, 53, of Hudson Falls, pleaded Oct. 30 to felony burglary, charged February 2023 in Moreau. Sentencing Jan. 8.
Quazey N. Robinson, 22, of Clifton Park, was sentenced Oct. 20 to time served and 5 years probation, after pleading to felony attempted burglary.
Abigail L. Dawes, 31, of Mechanicville, pleaded Oct. 20 to aggravated DWI with a child, charged May 2023 in Clifton Park.
Khalee J. Gooden, 30, of Glens Falls, was sentenced Oct. 19 to 3 years incarceration/ 3 years probation, after pleading to strangulation in the second-degree, charged December 2022 in Moreau.
Justin Keenan, 39, pleaded Oct. 19 to felony criminal contempt, charged December 2022-January 2023 in the town of Saratoga. Sentencing Jan. 4.
Jamie M. Guerrera, 47, of Schenectady, was sentenced Oct. 23 to 5 years probation, after pleading to felony DWI, charged December 2012 in Clifton Park.
Saratoga Springs police
Ashley Vanetten, 32, of Saratoga, was charged Oct. 20 with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, and operating without stop lamps.
Najee Moore, 30, of Schenectady, was charged Oct. 20 with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, and inadequate lights.
Tarayl Goss, 37, of Saratoga Springs, was charged Oct. 19 with cri8minal mischief, and criminal obstruction of breathing.
Christopher Freeman, 40, of Saratoga Springs, was charged Oct. 19 with petit larceny.
Michael Stone, 69, of Ballston Spa, was charged Oct. 19 with criminal trespass.
NY State Police
On Oct. 18, State Police of Wilton responded to a one-car rollover crash in the area of Brownville Road in Northumberland. The vehicle’s driver was identified as John A. Gates, 57, of Northumberland. Gates was transported to Glens Falls Hospital for medical evaluation, where he was arrested for Driving While Intoxicated and other Vehicle and Traffic Law violations. Further investigation discovered Gates has multiple previous DWI convictions in the last 10 years, according to police. He was issued tickets returnable to the Northumberland on Nov. 14.
On Oct. 20, State Police of Saratoga stopped a vehicle on Stone Church Road in Milton, for suspected multiple Vehicle and Traffic Law violations. The driver was identified as Christina P. Gross, 38, of Milton. Gross was arrested for Driving While Intoxicated and other Vehicle and Traffic Law violations. She was transported to SP Saratoga, where she recorded a 0.22% BAC. Gross was issued tickets returnable to the Milton Town Court on Nov. 7.
On Oct. 29, the Sheriff’s Office reported it responded to a call of a personal injury motor vehicle crash at 5:01 a.m. on Route 9 south of Sitterly Road in the town of Halfmoon.
Investigation of the incident revealed a 2023 Ford Econoline box truck traveling northbound on Route 9 and operated by a 41-year-old Saugerties man struck a pedestrian identified as 41-year-old Michael J. Blackburn of Clifton Park. Blackburn was transported to Samaritan Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. The driver of the box truck was not injured, and the cause of the crash is still under investigation by the Sheriff Office’s Collision Reconstruction Unit.