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A Ballston Spa man is accused of beating his neighbor with a baseball bat. 45 year old Pharrin Greene is charged with first-degree assault following the incident at an apartment on Milton Avenue. Arriving officers found 68 year old Bernard Rodgers unconscious. Authorities say the victim has a traumatic brain injury and a lacerated liver.

A sitdown in Saratoga between the new public safety commissioner and the owner of Gaffney’s Bar & Restaurant. Commissioner James Montagnino tells WNYT the owners of other bars in the Caroline Street area have expressed their concerns after a number of issues involving Gaffney’s, including a fight from last Sunday, March 6, where three people were arrested, and three officers were injured.

Police in Saratoga Springs exclusively tell WNYT they potentially saved lives when they pulled over a suspected drunk driver on Spring Street last Saturday morning. Police say they arrested 39-year-old Kalvin Lamar Pittman of Amsterdam for driving drunk around 1:45 a.m. on Mar.5th. Police say they got word that Pittman may have been heading to Gaffney’s Bar to settle and earlier fight. Instead, he’s being held at Saratoga County Jail after he did not pay $30,000 cash bail or $60,000 bond.

A Saratoga County man is charged with making terroristic threats. WNYT reports 44 year old Michael Emmerson of Greenfield Center is accused of harassing and making threats to child protective service workers, a class D felony. He was arraigned at the Ballston Spa Village Court and released on his own recognizance.

Reckless endangerment and other counts face a Halfmoon man accused of firing a gun into the floor of his apartment at Twin Lakes Apartments in Halfmoon. The bullet fired by Robert Kennedy Jr. entered the apartment below his, which was occupied at the time, reports WNYT. No one was hurt.

A Malta man is accused of injuring a sheriff’s deputy by kicking the officer with ice spikes on his shoes. According to WNYT, it happened while 62-year-old James Daley of Malta was being served with a court order. He is facing assault and criminal possession of weapons charges. Daley was arraigned in Malta Town Court, and sent to the Saratoga County Jail.

A man from Glens Falls who was the manager of a Saratoga business, has been sentenced for his role in the January 6 insurrection. WNYT reports James Bonet posted video on Facebook of himself smoking pot inside the Capitol during the riot on January 6. He will spend three months in prison and must pay a $500 fine. His co-workers spotted his Facebook post and notified authorities.

There is new video of a fight outside a well-known restaurant and bar in Saratoga Springs where three officers were hurt. WNYT reports the video shows people starting to come out of Gaffney’s on Caroline Street, onto the sidewalk. The fight spills into the street and the crowd of people fighting grows. Three people were arrested and three officers were injured.

The man charged with leaving the scene of a fatal incident in South Glens Falls was in court late Tuesday afternoon. According to WNYT, a lawyer for John Lincoln-Lynch from Moreau argues his client’s $100,000 cash bail or $200,000 bond is too high. Lynch is charged in the February 27th crash that killed 67 year old Paul Trombley of South Glens Falls.

Three people are under arrest after a bar fight in Saratoga early Sunday. WNYT reports the brawl started at Gaffney’s and spilled onto the streets, and those fighting yelled at, kicked and shoved responding officers. Under arrest are Jasmine Fleming for disorderly conduct, Wayne Brown for assault and resisting arrest, and Ayannna Hamby is charged with disorderly conduct. All three are from Troy.