Attempted murder charge in Oct. shooting

ALBANY — A 45-year-old city man was arrested Friday in connection with a shooting late last year on Lexington Avenue, Albany police said.

On Sunday, Oct. 18, at about 12:15 a.m., Michael Thomas shot a 31-year-old man in the back while in the area of Lexington Avenue and Sherman Street, police said.

The victim was treated at Albany Medical Center Hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.

Thomas was charged with attempted murder and crimiphernalia. nal possession of a weapon, arraigned and sent to the Albany County jail.

Search warrant

Four Albany residents, ages 21, 26, 28, and 37, are in custody following a search warrant that was used Thursday afternoon on Broad Street between Alexander Street and Fourth Avenue.

Detectives located a .22 caliber handgun, crack cocaine, MDMA and paraphernalia consistent with drug sales inside the residence, Albany police said. The residents were charged with criminal possession of drugs and weapons and criminal use of drug para

Gun incident

A Greenfield man, 22, was charged with reckless endangerment, criminal weapon possession and menacing after he pointed what looked like a handgun at Saratoga County sheriff ’s deputies Friday morning.

The incident occurred near mailboxes of the Brookview Mobile Home Park, which is located on Route 9N in Greenfield, officials said. He eventually complied with the officer’s commands to drop the gun, which was determined to be a realistic pellet gun, investigators said. No one was injured.