As with the previous several years, the majority of the investigations and arrests of 2009 were directly related to narcotics. We also handled numerous sexual assault complaints and sexual content complaints. What follows are the highlights of those activities.

When a laptop came up missing from an office at Andritz Inc. one of the first places the victim searched was eBay, an online auction site. Sure enough, an identical computer was spotted and it was put up for auction by someone in the Glens Falls area. Police were notified and detectives e mailed the seller seeking to talk to him. As a direct result of this investigation a suspect identified and located then later confessed to stealing the computer. The defendant was contracted out as a cleaner for the Ridge St. building and confessed to entering the building on an off day through an unlocked door then stealing a computer. He was charged with third degree burglary and fourth degree larceny, both felonies.  

Two brothers, one from Gansevoort and the other from Saratoga Springs were arrested on felony weapons and assault charges in connection with an attack at the Hotel Madden that is believed arose out of a dispute between two groups of young men claiming to be members of gangs. As a direct result of this investigation, detectives assisted investigators from Warren County Sheriff’s office and South Glens Falls pd in arresting the Gansevoort man for the attempted robbery of a woman in Queensbury as well as a robbery in the village of South Glens Falls. This same defendant was also arrested on petit larceny charges for stealing beer out of a Glens Falls Rite-Aid.

 A Schenectady man was arrested for criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, a felony, after he tried to sell crack cocaine to a police informant.

 Detectives arrested a Glens Falls man from Montcalm.  St. on a slew of felony charges after a “cocaine fueled” fight with a female acquaintance. The 48-year-old man was charged with assault in the second and third degree, criminal nuisances in the first degree, for allowing the sale and use of crack cocaine to go on at his residence in exchange for sexual favors and criminal possession of marihuana.

A 29-year-old Glens Falls man from Elm st. was arrested on harassment and endangering the welfare of a child charges after he made threats to physically harm a female known to him in front of her 8-year-old niece.

 A Hudson Falls man was arrested for placing a false bomb in the second degree, a class E Felony after an investigation into a report of a suspicious object being found in a room at the Glens Falls hospital.

Glens Falls police responded to the Glens Falls hospital after security officials reported locating an object in the emergency room section of the hospital. When Police arrived, the object had been moved to the parking lot. GFPD secured a perimeter around the device and notified the New York State Police Bomb Squad. An x-ray analysis initially appeared to indicate that the object was an actual explosive device. The object was rendered safe and a further exam revealed that it consisted of an aerosol can of butane, small metal balls, a circuit board and wires wrapped in black electrical tape. There was no actual source to detonate the device.
The report of the device which concluded the investigation and resulted in the charge against suspect. The object was located in a room that the suspect had been in immediately prior to its discovery.

A brother and sister duo were arrested on possession of forged instrument first charges, class c felonies, after an investigation that they  used counterfeit U.S. currency to purchase alcohol  in downtown bars on New Years Eve. Suspects in this case would use the counterfeit money to make a purchase then receive real money as change back.

A 30 year old Glens Falls man from  Fredella ave. was arrested on assault third and endangering the welfare of child charges after a investigation with Child Protective Services that he caused injury to a eight year old child known to him by allowing her to play and restrain herself with handcuffs and a belt then run around his living room then caused physical injury to child by twisting and pulling the belt that had been wrapped around her to the point that it left injury in the form of bruising to her left arm.

 A former classified advertising manager for the Post-Star was arrested by detectives on a charge she gave herself and her family members more than $6,500 in free advertising. The 37 year old Queensbury women was charged with third degree grand larceny, a felony, for ads that ran between April 2005 and Jan. 29 of this year.

A 36 year old man from Saratoga County was arrested on two felony and two misdemeanor charges after his attempt to avoid traffic tickets by giving uniformed officer’s his roommate’s name. The roommate received a letter in the mail from Glens Falls City Court about a missing court appearance.  He knew he had not been ticketed then asked his roommate about it. The victim in this case went to court to let them know what defendant had done. Defendant was then charged by Detectives with identity theft, forgery, criminal impersonation and falsifying business records. He was also charged with new traffic violations from the original traffic stop due to having a suspended license.

A 40 year old Glens Falls man was arrested for possessing an obscene sexual performance by a child, a felony, after detectives investigated an allegation that he had been downloading child pornography to his lap top computer. With the assistance from the New York State Police Computer Crime Unit, detectives were able to reveal images on defendant’s laptop computer depicting dozen of images of children obviously under the age of sixteen performing sexual acts with adult males.

 Detectives arrested a Queensbury man who was working as a home health aid. He has been accused of billing an elderly client for hours he didn’t work. Defendant, 49 year of age was charged with misdemeanor counts of health care fraud and petit larceny.

 A Glens Falls man was arrested by detectives on three felony charges for allegedly having a sexual relationship with an underage girl for over  nine months. The defendant, of Warren St., was charged with two counts of third-degree rape and one count of third-degree criminal sexual act, all felonies.

A 20 year old Glens Falls man was arrested for assault 2^nd, a felony and endangering the welfare of a child and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, both misdemeanors, after he used a padlock wrapped in a bandana to strike a youth in the face causing a laceration to his lip resulting in victim receiving stitches after seeking medical treatment at the Glens Falls Hospital.

Detectives arrested a 49 year old Queensbury man for health care fraud in the fifth degree and petit larceny, both misdemeanors, after an investigation alleging he intentionally defrauded the Genworth Health Plan by submitting documents that contained false information. Defendant in this case worked as a home health aid for an elderly Glens Falls women who retained the policy to pay defendant.

 A 23 year old Glens Falls man was arrested for unlawfully dealing with a child in the first degree, a misdemeanor, after he purchased a 12 pack of beer and sold same to a person under 21 years of age.

Detectives arrested a Hudson Falls man for offering a false instrument for filing, a felony, after police learned he signed a false name to a paternity acknowledgment form after his girlfriend gave birth to a child over the winter. Defendant signed the false name due to back child support issues.

Detectives assisted NYS Parole Officers in arresting a parolee from Union St. in Glens Falls on outstanding parole issues. Upon arrest parolee was in possession of 50 MDMA pills, a hallucinogenic substance. He was charged with felony possession of a controlled substance.

A 19 year old Montcalm St. female was arrested on possession of forged instrument and grand larceny charges, all felonies, after she possessed and cashed a forged counterfeit check from Wal-Mart  made out to another person.

 A 56 year old Glens Falls man was arrested for sexual abuse first, a felony and misdemeanor endangering the welfare of a child after an investigation alleging that he had sexual contact with a child consisting of using his hand to rub the vagina, butt and chest of a then 10 year old female child known to him.

A 19 year old Queensbury man was arrested on felony arson and burglary charges after he knowingly entered and remained unlawfully in a vacant South St. residence and started a fire causing extensive damage to the structure.

Detectives assisted NYSP BCI in arresting a 57 year old Albany man for grand larceny in the third degree, a felony. Defendant in this case was employed for a armored car service responsible for filling ATM machines. Through this investigation and examination of records it was determined that defendant stole $13,810.00 from an ATM machine located in the Glens Falls area.

A 25 year old Glens Falls man was arrested on felony grand larceny charges after he stole more $1,000 from a elderly man that he had been doing odd jobs for. Defendant in this case made unauthorized purchases on victim’s debit card.

A thirty year old Troy woman was arrested for criminal impersonation in the second degree after an investigation in that she impersonated another person to obtain prescriptions from the Health Center on Broad St..

 A 53 year old Saratoga Springs women was arrested for falsely reporting an incident in the third degree, a misdemeanor, after  she  falsely  reported to Detectives the alleged occurrence of a physical assault to herself which in fact did not occur.

 A Thirty year old man landed in jail on charges he sexually assaulted a 14 year old boy. Detectives arrested a Fredella Ave, Glens Falls man with three felony counts of first degree criminal sexual act. Defendant is accused of forcing the teenager, with whom he was acquainted to have sexual contact on occasions between May and October this year.

 Detectives arrested a 47 year old Glens Falls woman on a single misdemeanor charge for sexual abuse in the third degree after an investigation alleging she had sexual contact with a 14 year old boy known to her in 2007.