A “MeetMe” app led to a rape, according to testimony heard in Guilderland Town Court on Wednesday.

Released from prison just 10 days earlier, Casatelli was "a man on a mission," said lawyer for the prosecution Shannon Sarfoh in her closing statement: "He was going to have sex with a woman, any woman, regardless of her consent or lack of consent." 

GUILDERLAND — Alpin Haus has opened a seasonal pop-up shop in Guilderland’s Hamilton Square. The store opened Dec. 1 and will close in late February.

GUILDERLAND — Acting on a complaint they received early Thursday morning, Guilderland Police charged a 31-year-old Connecticut man with two felonies — second-degree rape and second-degree criminal sex act where the actor is over 17 and the victim is under 15.

The jury was selected on Monday and the case is expected to go to the jury Thursday or Friday.

The developer who owns Carman Plaza wants to place multi-family dwellings on both ends of the shopping mall on Carman Road.

The Rau family has farmed on Settles Hill since 1799, valuing the open space and agricultural heritage. A new next-door neighbor, Paul Gait, a world-renowned lacrosse player, has gotten approval from the town to build an office and showroom on his property for the lacrosse equipment he makes elsewhere.