Assistant District Attorney Steven Sharp is painting a picture of Maeweather as being involved in gang warfare that came to a head at Crossgates Mall.

Tasheem Maeweather, accused of firing a gun in Crossgates in November, was sentenced today in Albany County Court to nine years in state prison for violating the terms of his probation on an earlier felony drug charge. 

Maeweather is the 20-year-old Albany man accused of shutting down Crossgates Mall by firing a gun inside the mall on Nov. 12. He was indicted by a grand jury on four felony charges and pleaded “not guilty” to all charges on Monday before Judge Roger D. McDonough in Albany County Supreme Court.

ALBANY COUNTY — “He’s a sweet kid,” said Tasheem Maeweather’s lawyer.

Tasheem Maeweather’s two felony charges following a shooting in Crossgates Mall will be carried over to a grand jury.

 The slim 20-year-old from Albany is the accused shooter in the incident that cleared Crossgates Mall Saturday afternoon.

BERNE — Ed Hampton of Berne was the winner in a recent Berne Conservation Club drawing; he took home a black powder Thunder Hawk .50 caliber gun.

GUILDERLAND — Shots were fired after an attempted robbery in the parking lot at Crossgates Mall last week. No one was injured.