Drunk Schenectady Driver Slams Into Pole, Dodges Injury But Not Charges: Police
A drunk Capital Region driver crashed her car into a utility pole but avoided serious injury, police said.
Jennifer Siatkowski, 35, of Schenectady, was traveling on Lake Road through Ballston on Friday, Aug. 21 around 5 p.m., the Saratoga County Sheriff’s office said Sunday, Aug. 23.
Siatkowski was behind the wheel of a 2013 Hyundai headed westbound when she left the road and hit the pole, investigators said. First responders arrived and treated her for non-life-threatening injuries, according to authorities.
At the scene, Siatkowski refused a blood test to determine if she was drunk, poli…
Fake Check For $4,800 Lands Troy Man In Handcuffs: Police
A Capital Region man has been arrested for trying to deposit a fake check for nearly $5,000, police said.
Vincent M. Patrick, 41, of Troy, was cuffed Sunday, Aug. 23 on a warrant out of Halfmoon Town Court, the Saratoga County Sheriff’s office said.
Patrick entered a credit union in Halfmoon on Feb. 2 with a falsified check for $4,853.91 and plans to defraud the establishment, investigators said. He did not succeed, according to authorities.
Instead, Patrick was charged with first-degree possession of a forged instrument, then arraigned in Halfmoon court, cops said. He was released on his …
Bay Shore Dealer Admits Supplying Crack To 14-Year-Old Sex Trafficking Victim In Plea Deal
A Long Island man pleaded guilty to giving crack cocaine to a 14-year-old girl as part of a sprawling sex trafficking case on Wednesday, Sept. 2.
Robert Knowles, 64, of Bay Shore, cut a plea deal in the case, copping to child endangerment in exchange for a 364-day jail term, Newsday reported. He faced a top count of second-degree rape, which he repeatedly denied.
Knowles also took a plea deal in a separate drug distribution case, which carries a seven-year prison sentence at a hearing next Wednesday, Sept. 9, according to online court records and a previous Newsday report.
Legal trouble fo…
Albany Man Stabbed Twice In Head, Cops Hunt For Answers, Suspect: Police
A man was stabbed twice in the head in Albany on Tuesday night, Sept. 1, police said.
The 33-year-old victim was treated at Albany Medical Center around 7 p.m. Tuesday, the Albany Police Department said.
When medical personnel spotted the victim’s wounds, they contacted police, and officers responded to the hospital, authorities said. The man suffered two stab wounds to the back of his head and a dislocated shoulder, police said.
The man was treated for non-life-threatening injuries, but investigators were “unable to determine the location” of the stabbing, cops said. Anyone with informati…
Schenectady Woman’s Identity Theft Scheme Hits Two Bank Branches For Almost $10K: Police
A Capital Region woman stole $9,700 through fraud from a North Country credit union, police said.
Tina Seamans, 47, of Schenectady, was already locked up in Warren County, but she was transferred to Moriah for arraignment, then shipped back to prison, New York State Police said Wednesday, Sept. 2.
Seamans withdrew $4,200 from the Port Henry branch of TrailNorth Federal Credit Union and $5,500 from the Elizabethtown branch earlier this year, investigators said.
The credit union filed a fraud complaint with state troopers on Tuesday, Aug. 11, and the investigation led them to identify Seaman…
Teen Gunman Captured In Shooting Of Albany Woman, Police Say
A 15-year-old boy has been charged with attempted murder for shooting a 20-year-old woman in the Capital Region, police said Wednesday, Sept. 2.
The woman was shot Sunday, Aug. 9 near 1st Street and Judson Street in Albany, the Albany Police Department said. She was wounded with one bullet to the abdomen and treated for non-life-threatening injuries, cops said.
The attacker got away at the time, but over the next several weeks, investigators identified the 15-year-old boy, a Rensselaer resident, as the shooter, authorities said.
He was located Tuesday morning, Sept. 1 as cops carried out a…
Copiague Man Turned Two Phony Checks Into A $66K Windfall, Cops Say
A Long Island man stole $66,000 from another local resident and a credit union by depositing two fake checks, police said.
Richard Almonte, 37, of Copiague, was arrested Tuesday, Sept. 1 for fraudulent transactions that happened back in January, the Nassau County Police Department said.
Almonte deposited one fake check at a Capital One bank in Plandome Manor on Jan. 7, then another at Four Leaf Federal Credit Union in Baldwin on Jan. 29, investigators said. The checks were worth a combined $66,000, according to authorities.
His actions cost an unidentified Nassau County victim and the cred…
