Suspended license leads to 60 days in jail

Thursday, May 14, 2015 - 15:00

GUILDERLAND — Michael Sanders was sentenced to 60 days in Albany County’s jail before Judge Peter Lynch in Albany County Court on Tuesday.

Sanders, 30, of Ravena, was stopped by Guilderland Police on Aug. 18, 2014, at approximately 8:06 a.m., for driving without a seat belt; he admitted to the police that his driver’s license was suspended, according to a release from the Albany County District Attorney’s office.

A check showed his license had 23 suspensions on his license from at least 10 separate dates for failing to appear and failing to pay fines, the release said.

Sanders pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, a felony, on March 17.

On Tuesday, he was sentenced to the 60 days in jail, to be followed by five years of felony probation, the release said.

Assistant District Attorney Mary Tanner-Richter, of the Vehicular Crimes Unit, prosecuted this case.

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