Stolen Motor Vehicle Arrest

On December 10th, 2017 the Schodack Police Department arrested 50 year old Robert Packard of Pittsfield, MA. Around 06:30 PM the Schodack Police Department responded to the Mobil gas station on Miller Rd for a suspicious vehicle complaint. Upon their arrival patrol officers observed a subject with the vehicle who then appeared to be eluding from police by walking towards the Comfort Inn. He was interviewed and after several discrepencies in his story the officers determined the vehicle was stolen from Massachusetts. He was arrested and charged with the felony of Criminal Possession of Stolen Property in the Third Degree. He was remanded to the Rensselaer County Jail on $20,000 bail with a preliminary hearing set for 12/14/2017 at 02:00 PM.