Thursday, 14 September 2023 14:10

September 9 - September 15, 2023

Saratoga Springs Police

Sean Bass, 34, of Saratoga Springs, was charged with criminal possession of a weapon, menacing, and grand larceny in the fourth-degree firearms/rifles/shotguns. 

Brian McLucas, 38, of Greenwich, was charged with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, and failure to stop at a stop sign.

Brendan Desharnais, 27, of Brooklyn, was charged with harassment. 

Justin Degener, 25, of Saratoga Springs, was charged with DWI. 

Vander Hart, 22, of Amsterdam, was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance. 

Nathaniel Ketter, 22, of Albany, was charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, and escape – third-degree. 

Emerald Mentor, 22, of Schenectady, was charged with obstruct governmental administration. 

Cheyenne Goodsill, 20, Kenneth Cravotta, 39, and Ryan Dobson, 35 – all of Gloversville, were each charged with charged with one misdemeanor count petit larceny. 

Chastant Shontz, 21, of Saratoga Springs, was charged with criminal mischief. 

Michael Abraham, 33, of Halfmoon, was charged with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. 

Mitchum White, 36, of Ballston Spa, was charged with criminal possession of stolen property, and petit larceny. 

Joseph Murray, 48, of Saratoga Springs, was charged with harassment. 

Conor Ryle, 20, of Milton, was charged with criminal trespass. 

James Millington, 62, of Saratoga Springs, was charged with criminal trespass. 

Tracy Loucks, 53, of Voorheesville, was charged with resisting arrest, and criminal trespass. 

Edward Northrup, 42, of Saratoga Springs, was charged with criminal mischief, criminal contempt, and aggravated family offense. 

Brandin Marble, 33, of South Glens Falls, was charged with assault, resisting arrest, criminal impersonation, and criminal possession of a controlled substance. 

Jordan Jones, 32, of Saratoga Springs, was charged with was charged with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, and two driving violations. 

On Sunday, Sept. 3, Saratoga Springs Police were called to Ben and Jerry’s on Phila Street for a reported robbery, after a lone male suspect had entered the establishment and advised an employee that he was robbing the store. A weapon was implied but not displayed, police said. The suspect allegedly obtained cash from the register and left the scene. No one was injured during the incident. 

While SSPD was conducting its investigation, the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office was notified about a robbery that occurred at the Stewart’s Shop on Route 9 and Cherry Choke Road in Malta. An SSPD Officer was able to locate a suspect on Route 9 near Cherry Choke Road, who matched the description of the suspect of both robberies.

After subsequent on-scene investigation by SSPD and SCSO, 40-year-old Daniel P. McKay II, of Amsterdam, was located at a nearby motel, arrested and charged with felony robbery. McKay is additionally facing a second count of felony robbery in Saratoga Springs. He was sent to Saratoga County Jail in lieu of $50,000 cash or $100,000 bond. 

City Police commended the staff at Ben & Jerry’s for remaining calm during the incident and taking swift action that assisted the gathering of evidence.

Joseph Solevo, 35, of Ballston Spa, was charged with criminal contempt. 

Jordan Miklowitz, 34, of Round Lake, was charged with menacing, and criminal possession of a weapon. 

Salih Al-Hadi, 34, of Ballston Spa, was charged with criminal impersonation. Richard Daniels, 31, of Saratoga Springs, was charged with assault. 

Timothy Cardinale, 62, of Glens Falls, was charged with criminal trespass, and petit larceny. 

Royal Hamilton, 42, of Corinth, was charged with felony DWI, refusal to take breath test, and two driving violations. 

Adam Livingstone, 31, of Saratoga Springs, was charged with assault. 

Patrick Boyce, 47, of Saratoga Springs, was charged with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.

Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office

The Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office responded to a welfare check call on Huntridge Drive in the town of Clifton Park Sept. 7. Investigation into the complaint led to the arrest of 28-year-old Matthew D. Sand, of Clifton Park. Sand is accused of intentionally causing physical injury to another person and of applying pressure to that person’s throat or neck with the intention of impeding her normal breathing or blood circulation, thus causing her to lose consciousness, according to the sheriff’s office. 

Sand was charged with strangulation in the second-degree – a felony, and assault in the third-degree, a misdemeanor. He was arraigned in the Malta Town Court in the absence of Clifton Park justices and released to pre-trial services pending further action in the matter.

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