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Kevin Monahan has been guilty of second-degree murder in the driveway shooting trial. Monahan was accused of shooting and killing 20 year old Kaylin Gillis of Schuylerville, who was a passenger in a car that mistakenly drove up his driveway in Washington County. He was also found guilty of reckless endangerment and tampering. Sentencing is scheduled for March 1 at 9 a.m.

The attorneys for the man accused of shooting and killing in the driveway of his Washington County home area asking that the jury be allowed to consider a lesser charge of criminally negligent homicide. WNYT reports 66 year old Kevin Monahan is charged with second-degree murder in the death of Kaylin Gillis last April. Gillis was a passenger in an SUV that had gotten lost in his driveway.

There has been an unexpected development on Sunday related to the Washington County murder trial of Kevin Monahan. WNYT reports the driveway shooting trial has been adjourned until Tuesday. Closing arguments were supposed to take place Monday morning, and then the jury of 8 men and 4 women was to begin deliberating the fate of Kevin Monahan of Hebron.

Snowmobiling season is here, and Warren County has unveiled a new snowmobiling computer and cellphone application that will provide local snowmobilers with maps of snowmobile trails around the county that are accessible on an interactive platform. Sun Community News reports the new application provides a countywide map of snowmobile trails maintained from Queensbury to Hague and all points in between.

Aging in place at home is a complicated topic for many families, with a lot of factors to consider. An upcoming workshop organized by the Adirondack Branch of American Association of University Women, scheduled for Friday, February 2, will bring together a panel of experts to discuss the factors involved, and services available. Find out more at https://www.facebook.com/warrencountyny/.

Anthony Futia, the man who admitted to crashing a motorcycle into a family walking on the Warren County bike trail, killing two people, has just been deemed a persistent felony offender. According to WNYT, Judge Robert Smith issued a decision late Thursday afternoon that means Futia will be sentenced to up to life in prison for the death of Jamie Persons, and his 8-year-old stepson, Quinton Delgadillo.

A doctor who evaluated the man accused of shooting and killing a Schuylerville woman in his driveway won’t be allowed to take the stand. Kevin Monahan, 66, is charged with the shooting death of Kaylin Gillis last April. Gillis was a passenger in a vehicle that had mistakenly turned up his Hebron driveway last April. WNYT reports defense attorney Kurt Mausert sought to include the evaluation of Monahan. Prosecutors oppose the inclusion of the information.

A Warrensburg man is accused of pretending to be an inventor to get people to invest in his products. According to WNYT, 55 year old Michael Conner pretended to hold patents to a knife with a heated blade and a rotatable refrigerator shelf. Starting in 2008, he convinced people to give him money as an investment to help him market and sell the products. He allegedly stole $4 million since 2008.

A New York State Police forensics expert testified on Wednesday that Kevin Monahan’s gun is not defective, but admitted that she had to perform one of the tests again because she could not be sure that the safety was engaged. WNYT reports the Hebron man is accused of shooting and killing Kaylin Gillis, a passenger in a vehicle who had mistakenly pulled into his driveway.

After a New York Democratic congressman introduced a resolution on Wednesday to censure North Country Rep. Elise Stefanik for her support of Jan. 6 insurrectionists, a Stefanik spokesman is going on the offensive, calling the motion “baseless” and dredging up allegations against the downstate Dem who made the resolution. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports the allegations mostly involving numerous ethics complaints made about his campaign and personal finances.