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Saratoga DA To Look Into McCarthy Incident

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Dave Lucas
Published June 6, 2016 at 11:59 PM EDT
Mayor Gary McCarthy
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State Supreme Court Judge Vito Caruso has picked a District Attorney to investigate a high-profile Schenectady traffic case.

Saratoga County D.A. Karen Heggen has been tapped to review the May 19 confrontation between Schenectady Mayor Gary McCarthy and Rotterdam motorist Sarah Dingley, allegedly chased down by McCarthy in a wee-hours trek that ended outside a police station after Dingley placed a 9-1-1 call, telling the dispatcher she was being tailed by a drunken individual who identified himself as the Mayor.

Police decided there was no crime and both drivers were let go.  McCarthy had previously worked as an investigator in the Schenectady County D.A.'s office, prompting Robert Carney to ask for the appointment of a special prosecutor.
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Dave Lucas
Dave Lucas is WAMC’s Capital Region Bureau Chief. Born and raised in Albany, he’s been involved in nearly every aspect of local radio since 1981. Before joining WAMC, Dave was a reporter and anchor at WGY in Schenectady. Prior to that he hosted talk shows on WYJB and WROW, including the 1999 series of overnight radio broadcasts tracking the JonBenet Ramsey murder case with a cast of callers and characters from all over the world via the internet. In 2012, Dave received a Communicator Award of Distinction for his WAMC news story "Fail: The NYS Flood Panel," which explores whether the damage from Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee could have been prevented or at least curbed. Dave began his radio career as a “morning personality” at WABY in Albany.
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