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Another attempted kidnapping in Saratoga County

Submitted by WNYT Staff
Monday, September 26th, 2011, 5:58pm

GREENFIELD - The public is being asked to help in an another case in Saratoga County, this one involving a violent attempted kidnapping.   

State police said 29 year-old Thomas Mould forced his way into a woman's car as she gassed up and then assaulted her. It happened around 11:30 p.m. last Thursday night at the Stewarts in Greenfield.

She fought back and he ran away. He was located a short time later and arrested. If you saw Mould before, during or after the attack, you're asked to give police a call.

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Malta man pleads guilty to grand larceny

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Friday, September 23rd, 2011, 5:44pm

A Malta man, already jailed for ripping people off, now faces more prison time.

Thomas Finnegan pleaded guilty to grand larceny Thursday. He admits to pocketing roughly $200,000 from an elaborate real estate Ponzi scheme.

Finnegan collected money from investors to buy two apartment complexes that he never purchased, scamming people in both Saratoga and Rensselaer counties.

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NY comptroller to detail $400K-plus theft case

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Wednesday, September 14th, 2011, 1:12pm

BALLSTON SPA (AP) - State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli is in Saratoga County today, detailing an investigation into the theft of more than $400,000 from a volunteer fire department.    

DiNapoli and District Attorney James Murphy are detailing findings of the investigation of embezzlement from the Charlton Volunteer Fire Department.    

State police arrested 50-year-old Virginia DeCapria of Ballston Lake late last month on grand larceny charges after an audit by DiNapoli's office found that between $400,000 and $500,000 had been stolen from the fire department's accounts.    

DeCapria worked as the district's secretary and treasurer from 2005 until last January 2011, when she was suspended.    

She has pleaded not guilty to the charges.

(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press.  All Rights Reserved.)

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Boy accused of shooting friend to learn his fate

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Wednesday, September 14th, 2011, 12:36pm

WILTON - The Wilton boy who’s accused of accidentally shooting his 12 year-old friend back in December, will learn his punishment today.

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Former fire dept treasurer accused of grand larceny

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Tuesday, September 13th, 2011, 5:36pm

CHARLTON - There’s developing news out of Saratoga County where the former treasurer of the Charlton Volunteer Fire Department is under arrest.

District Attorney James Murphy says Virginia Decapria has been charged with grand larceny.

More details are expected to be released during a news conference Wednesday morning.

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Possible deal to spare jockey from doing jail time

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Thursday, September 8th, 2011, 12:23pm

SARATOGA SPRINGS - There's a deal in the works that will spare Hall-of-Fame jockey Kent Desormeaux from jail time.

Desormeaux is accused of intentionally hitting a crossing guard with his Porsche as he left the Saratoga Race Course last week.

The guard wasn't seriously injured and Desormeaux was charged with misdemeanor reckless endangerment.  The 41 year-old jockey has been offered a deal that would have him plead guilty to disorderly conduct and take a defensive driving course.

No word yet if he would take the offer.

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Jockey Desormeaux charged after cop is struck

Submitted by WNYT Staff
Thursday, September 1st, 2011, 5:52pm

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) - Police say three-time Kentucky Derby winner Kent Desormeaux tried to run over a traffic cop.

Saratoga Springs police say the 41-year-old Desormeaux, of Weston, Fla., was in his 2003 Porsche Carrera at Saratoga Race Course about 6:30 p.m. when he struck the officer.

Police did not release the officer's condition.

Desormeaux was charged with reckless endangerment, a misdemeanor. He posted $500 bail. He was scheduled to ride in one race Thursday.

A phone number for Desormeaux could not be located and a reporter could not track him down Thursday morning. Police didn't know if he had a lawyer.

Desormeaux, a 2004 inductee into the National Racing Hall of Fame, almost won the 1998 Triple Crown, capturing the Derby and Preakness but falling a nose short in the Belmont.

      
(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press.  All Rights Reserved.)

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