Crimes and Courts

Facebook aids burglars

Published in the Register-Star July 14, 2010

Information garnered from a Facebook page helped two female burglars figure out the best time to a enter a Hillsdale home, according to the New York State Police.

Eighteen-year-old Jessica Schwed and Jennifer Montague, 17, both of Philmont, allegedly broke into the house July 10 and stole a flat screen TV, computer, video game system and a large quantity of alcohol while the homeowner was on vacation and their daughter was at work.

Man served time under false identity

Published in the Register-Star Feb. 4, 2010

An illegal alien was sentenced in Columbia County Court Wednesday for identity theft — and this time he was sentenced by Judge Paul Czajka under his real name.

The last time Lassina Cisse, 41, stood before a Columbia County Judge for sentencing, on Oct. 1, 2008, he pleaded guilty to third-degree criminal possession of marijuana and later served eight months in the county jail, all under a false name — Drissa Diawara.