Week of December 13 – December 19, 2024
Saratoga County Court
Elizabeth N. Burns, 29. Of Grover, N.Y., was sentenced to 5 years probation, after pleading to attempted criminal sale of a weapon, a felony, charged April 2024 in Saratoga Springs.
Scott F. Parillo, 51, of Saratoga Springs, was sentenced to 6 months incarceration/ 5 years probation, after pleading to felony DWI, in Saratoga Springs April 2024.
Michael Pelletier, 26, of Hudson Falls, was sentenced to an aggregate term of 22 years incarceration/ 20 years post-release supervision, after a three-week jury trial in Saratoga County. The multiple charges stem from a physical and sexual assault in the town of Moreau in June 2024, according to a statement from Saratoga County District Attorney Karen Heggen.
“Witness testimony and the physical evidence proved that the defendant violently assaulted a 31-year-old female, physically and sexually inside his home, with children present,” Heggen said. In addition to the incarceration sentence, Pelletier will be required to register as a sex offender and is ordered to have no contact with the victim for 30 years.
Nicholas J. Lamboy, 54, of Ballston Lake, was sentenced to 120 days incarceration/ 5 years probation, after pleading to menacing in the second-degree, and menacing a police officer – a felony, charged March 2024 in Clifton Park.
Carly L. Johnson, 41, of Ballston Spa, was sentenced to 5 years of probation, after pleading to felony DWI, charged January 2024 in Clifton Park.
John F. Fink, 41, of Troy, was sentenced to 1-1/2 to 3 years incarceration, after pleading to criminal contempt in the second-degree, and aggravated family offense – a felony, charged June 2024 in Mechanicville.
Djontay D. Bennifield, 25, of Greenfield, was sentenced to 2 to 4 years incarceration, after pleading to aggravated family offense, a felony, charged January 2024 in Saratoga Springs.
Michael D. Belcher, 25, of Middle Grove, was sentenced to 2-1/3 to 7 years incarceration, after pleading to grand larceny in the third-degree, and 1-1/3 to 4 years incarceration after pleading to grand larceny in the fourth-degree, charged in early 2024, and late 2023, respectively. Sentences to run concurrently.
Konrad D. Odhiambo, 30, of Troy, was sentenced to 120 days/ 5 years probation, after pleading to felony DWI, charged December 2023 in Saratoga Springs.
John A. Rathbun, 27, was sentenced to 3-1/2 years incarceration/ 5 years post-release supervision, after pleading to felony burglary, charged May 2024 in Halfmoon.
Siatar K. Creech, 38, of Northumberland, was sentenced to 2 to 6 years incarceration after pleading to use of a child in a sexual performance, and 3-1/2 years incarceration/ 10 years post-release supervision after pleading to rape in the third-degree, charged June and July 2022 in the town of Moreau. Sentences to run consecutively.