‘Undue Pressure’ to Come to Decision, says Juror in Nov. 20 Spa City Incident

by Thomas Dimopoulos Saratoga TODAY

BALLSTON SPA —

An unnamed member of the grand jury that last week led to the indictments of suspected actors in the Nov. 20 shout-out in Saratoga Springs intimated that they felt “undue pressure” to come to decision, and “feel ashamed that we did not do our job properly” after hearing testimony. The story was first reported April 3 by NewsChannel 13.

Vito E. Caselnova, a Rutland County Vermont sheriff’s deputy and Glens Falls resident, was indicted on eight charges, five of which were felonies and included one count of attempted murder in the second-degree.

Three Utica men - Alexander Colon, Darius A. Wright, and Christopher (AKA Christian) E. Castillo, were each charged with one count attempted assault, a misdemeanor, in connection with the incident, alleging each of the defendants “attempted to cause an injury to a person by repeatedly punching