Galley pleads guilty for drinking while driving



GUILDERLAND — Guilderland Police stopped Keith A. Galley, 29, and Sean P. Ingles, 27, on March 29, after police observed Galley speeding along Carman Road, according to arrest reports.

Galley, who is a weather broadcaster for Fox Channel 23 News, pleaded guilty on Monday in Guilderland Town Court to driving while ability impaired on Monday, and was sentenced to pay a $300 fine, an $80 court surcharge, and attend both a drinking and driving course and a victims’ impact panel.
Ingles’s case has been scheduled for April 28 at Guilderland Town Court. He is listed on the arrest report as "unemployed."

Galley of 666 Madison Ave., apartment 3, Albany, was arrested for criminal possession of a controlled substance, a felony, and for driving while intoxicated, first offense, operating a motor vehicle with a blood-alcohol content of .08 percent or greater, both misdemeanors, and for speeding, an infraction.

Guilderland Police say, he was driving north on Carman Road in a 2003 black Hyundai, was stopped near the Rotterdam town line for speeding, and, when interviewed by police, had glassy eyes, slurred speech, and smelled or alcohol. He admitted he drank three beers, the report says. Police administered a field-sobriety test, which Galley failed, and took him into custody without incident, according to the arrest report.

Upon opening the passenger-side door, a green pill bottle was observed in plain view in the side pocket of the door, the report says. The pill bottle contained powder cocaine, police say. Ingles said the cocaine belong to both him and Galley, according to Guilderland Police. The report also says Ingles, of 407 Root Ave., Scotia, had a glass pipe containing cocaine residue.

A chemical test revealed Galley’s blood-alcohol content was .14 percent, the arrest report says. The two men were remanded to Albany County’s jail, the report says. The Guilderland court clerk told The Enterprise that Galley was released from jail the next day on $5,000 bail, and that Ingles’s current status is unknown.

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