On February 1, 2023, State Police of Saratoga arrested Joel M. Burgess, 43, of Greenfield, NY, for Driving While Intoxicated and Ability Impaired by Drugs, Reckless Endangerment, Criminal Mischief, Resisting Arrest, and other counts.
On February 1 at about 2:29 a.m. Troopers observed a vehicle on Geyser Road in Milton and when the driver, later identified as Burgess, attempted to turn onto Stone Church Road, he exited the roadway struck a utility pole then a nearby home. Burgess then exited the vehicle and fled into the woods. He was eventually taken into custody.