Fights roil Saratoga Springs

City police are investigating two fights that resulted in injuries over the Halloween weekend.

Officers responded to Caroline Street near Henry Street shortly before 3:30 a.m. Saturday for a “large fight” in the roadway, police said. It ended before authorities arrived.

A 22-year-old man, located at the scene, sustained blunt-force injuries to his head and was transported to Albany Medical Center Hospital. A 35year-old man who sustained several minor stab wounds to his abdomen was treated and released.

Officers responded to another incident shortly before 2 a.m. on Sunday that resulted in two people in need of medical treatment after an altercation at a Caroline Street establishment.

A 26-year-old man was treated at the scene with a hand laceration. A 35-yearold man was transported to Albany Med after being stabbed in the torso.

In each incident, cooperation from those involved was minimal, police said.

The Saratoga Springs Police Department is asking anyone with any information to call 518-5841800 or 518-584-TIPS to remain anonymous.

The assaults follow incidents of violence that have been happening in the Caroline Street business district. One of the last incidents happened the first weekend in October, when four people were charged after police allege a group retaliated against another group they were arguing with earlier on Oct. 1, hitting a woman repeatedly in the head with a cellphone, and assaulting others while stealing items from them in a downtown parking lot.

In August, a 56-year-old retired corrections officer died outside a Caroline Street bar. Two brothers are charged with allegedly punching him in the head, which resulted in the man hitting the pavement and sustaining a fatal injury.