January 2026 – Sheldon Weir, 75, pled guilty to abandonment of animals, a violation of Agriculture and Market Law Section 355. Weir admitted to taking a neighbor’s cat and abandoning it near a pond off of Hoosick Road. Weir was sentenced to a one-year conditional discharge, a five-year ban on owning an animal and a $500 fine, and a $200 surcharge.