In former Albany County Legislator Brian Scavo’s trial in Guilderland for harassment, the judge heard that he had repeatedly approached a young woman who was a stranger to him in Crossgates Mall, asking for her phone number, offering her chocolates and candy, and inviting her to dinner, and following her when she tried to walk away.

GUILDERLAND — Stanislav Petkevichus, 28, of Guilderland, pleaded guilty on Oct. 27 to conspiring to distribute oxycodone, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

GUILDERLAND — A Utica man pleaded guilty to criminal possession of a controlled substance, a felony, in front of Judge Peter Lynch in Albany County Court on April 10.