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Albany County Sheriff'S Office: Craig D. Apple, SR
Albany County Sheriff'S Office: Craig D. Apple, SR
WILLIAMC.COX
UNDERSHERIFF
CRAIGD.APPLE,SR.
SHERIFF
PAULM.COURCELLE
CHIEFDEPUTY
MICHAELS.MONTELEONE
CHIEFDEPUTY
KERRYB.THOMPSON
CHIEFDEPUTY
PressReleaseJanuary15,2014
OnMondayJanuary13,2014theAlbanyCountySheriffsOfficerespondedtoreportsofthree separatevandalismcomplaintsinvolvinggraffitiintheTownofNewScotlandandtheVillageof Voorheesville.Allthreeactsofvandalismappearedtoberelatedasallthreeinvolvedsimilargraffiti imagescontainingsexuallyexplicitandbiaswording.Thefirstreportofcriminalmischiefcameinat 6:50a.m.fromtheVoorheesvilleHighSchoolwhereindividualshadspraypaintedboththeexterior oftheschoolbuildingandtheschoolsignwithwordsandimagesofacat.Thesecondincidentwas reportedat7:29a.m.ataprivateresidenceintheTownofNewScotlandwhereanemployeeofthe VoorheesvilleHighSchoolresides.Theemployeespersonalvehiclewasspraypaintedwithsimilar graffitiinvolvingwords,catimagesandgraphicdrawings.Thethirdreportcameinat7:40a.m.and wasreportedattheVoorheesvillePublicLibrary.Again,similargraffitiwasspraypaintedonand aroundtheexteriorofthelibrarywhichincludedcatimages,aswastikaandgraphiclanguage.Inall, thedamagecausedwasestimatedatover$8000.00. OnTuesdayJanuary14,2014,afterdevelopinginformationlinkingthetwodefendantstothe crimesviasimilarphotosandwordingpostedonsocialmediasites,membersoftheAlbanyCounty SheriffsOfficeCriminalInvestigationUnitarrestedMatthewL.CareyMoorly(19)andMannyA. Wiest(18),bothTownofGuilderlandresidentschargingthemwithCriminalMischiefinthe2nd degree,aclassDfelony,CriminalMischief3rddegree,aclassEfelony,AggravatedHarassmentin the1stdegree,aclassEfelonyandMakingGraffiti,aclassAMisdemeanor.Additionally,Matthew L.CareyMorleywaschargedwithCriminalPossessionofaForgedInstrumentinthe2nddegree,a ClassDfelony,forpossessingaforgedColoradoDriversLicense. BothindividualswerearraignedintheTownofNewScotlandCourtbytheHonorableJudge DavidWukitschontheabovelistedchargesandwerereleasedundersupervisionofprobation.