Jury convicts in child rape case
ALBANY — A jury Friday found a 39-year-old Cohoes man guilty in a child rape case, Albany County District Attorney David Soares said.
Derrick Rosa was found guilty of multiple counts of criminal sexual act, rape and endangering the welfare of a child, Soares said. Between 2014 and 2017, on a number of occasions, Rosa had sexual contact with a teenager and physically abused the child, Soares said.
Rosa faces up to 50 years in state prison. He will be sentenced Feb. 8.
Man guilty on multiple counts after car chase
ALBANY — A jury convicted a Coeymans Hollow man of several charges arising from his car chase of a woman he was supposed to be avoiding, Albany County prosecutors said Friday.
In the Sept. 27, 2017, incident, Robert Laduke, 31, used his car to follow a woman along Coeymans roads, repeatedly ramming the car she was in; when she stopped and got out of the car he threatened to kill her, the district attorney’s office said. At the time there was a “no illegal contact order of protection” against Laduke on behalf of the woman.
A police officer saw some of the incident and tried to place Laduke in custody. But Laduke sped off, at times going 25 mph over the speed limit, and ignoring another officer’s command to pull over. He was later taken into custody.
Laduke was found guilty of attempted assault, reckless endangerment, criminal mischief, criminal contempt, unlawful fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle and attempted criminal contempt, officials said.
Wastewater super gets probation
ALBANY — The Bolton wastewater treatment superintendent who falsified ph and phosphate levels in 2017 and sent those records to the town and a state agency was sentenced to three years of probation, Albany County District Attorney David Soares said.
Thomas French, 37, of Bolton Landing, also will be subject to a revocation of his certification/license to operate a wastewater treatment plant. He had pleaded guilty to offering a false instrument for filing, a misdemeanor. The improper entries to the town of Bolton and state Department of Environmental Conservation were made with the intent to defraud the state, prosecutors said. — Staff reports