Post by Freedom on Oct 14, 2009 20:49:33 GMT -5
Rubin denies murder scheme
By Benning W. De La Mater
Posted: 10/14/2009
New England Newspapers
TROY, N.Y. -- A former North Adams resident was arraigned Tuesday for allegedly plotting to kidnap, torture and kill the former district attorney who put him behind bars.
Chad Rubin, 30, formerly of 74 School St. in North Adams, appeared before Rensselaer County Court Judge Andrew Ceresia in Troy and was arraigned on felony charges that accuse him of conceiving a plan in jail to exact revenge on former Rensselaer County District Attorney Patricia "Trish" DeAngelis and several others.
Rubin, who pleaded not guilty Tuesday, currently is in Green Haven Correctional Facility in Beekman, N.Y., serving an 81Ž2-year sentence after pleading guilty to robbing the former Fleet Bank branch in Berlin in rural Rensselaer County in June 2004.
Rubin stole $1,625 from the bank and tied up two female clerks with electrical tape before making his way back across the border to North Adams, where he was known to police for several crimes dating to 1996, including stealing a credit card, according to Transcript records.
Rubin was arrested in Connecticut three weeks after the bank robbery and brought back to Rensselaer County. He was sentenced in 2005.
From June 2006 to February 2008, Rubin planned with a fellow inmate to get revenge on bank employees, defense attorneys and DeAngelis, according to the indictment.
The previously sealed indictment also accuses Rubin of planning a violent bank heist to finance the abduction of
Current Rensselaer County District Attorney Richard J. McNally Jr. said Rubin planned for a former inmate to rob the bank he originally robbed, now a Bank of America. He agreed to let the man keep some of the money and then use the rest to set up the kidnapping and murders.
But instead of carrying out his part of the scheme, the inmate went to authorities and cooperated with the investigation. McNally said an undercover agent was brought in to work the case.
While in jail, Rubin drew out floor plans to the bank he robbed and mailed them to the former inmate’s Troy post office box, which was being monitored by authorities.
Rubin’s not-guilty plea Tuesday came in response to a three-count indictment that charges him with one count of second-degree conspiracy and two counts of criminal solicitation.
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By Benning W. De La Mater
Posted: 10/14/2009
New England Newspapers
TROY, N.Y. -- A former North Adams resident was arraigned Tuesday for allegedly plotting to kidnap, torture and kill the former district attorney who put him behind bars.
Chad Rubin, 30, formerly of 74 School St. in North Adams, appeared before Rensselaer County Court Judge Andrew Ceresia in Troy and was arraigned on felony charges that accuse him of conceiving a plan in jail to exact revenge on former Rensselaer County District Attorney Patricia "Trish" DeAngelis and several others.
Rubin, who pleaded not guilty Tuesday, currently is in Green Haven Correctional Facility in Beekman, N.Y., serving an 81Ž2-year sentence after pleading guilty to robbing the former Fleet Bank branch in Berlin in rural Rensselaer County in June 2004.
Rubin stole $1,625 from the bank and tied up two female clerks with electrical tape before making his way back across the border to North Adams, where he was known to police for several crimes dating to 1996, including stealing a credit card, according to Transcript records.
Rubin was arrested in Connecticut three weeks after the bank robbery and brought back to Rensselaer County. He was sentenced in 2005.
From June 2006 to February 2008, Rubin planned with a fellow inmate to get revenge on bank employees, defense attorneys and DeAngelis, according to the indictment.
The previously sealed indictment also accuses Rubin of planning a violent bank heist to finance the abduction of
Current Rensselaer County District Attorney Richard J. McNally Jr. said Rubin planned for a former inmate to rob the bank he originally robbed, now a Bank of America. He agreed to let the man keep some of the money and then use the rest to set up the kidnapping and murders.
But instead of carrying out his part of the scheme, the inmate went to authorities and cooperated with the investigation. McNally said an undercover agent was brought in to work the case.
While in jail, Rubin drew out floor plans to the bank he robbed and mailed them to the former inmate’s Troy post office box, which was being monitored by authorities.
Rubin’s not-guilty plea Tuesday came in response to a three-count indictment that charges him with one count of second-degree conspiracy and two counts of criminal solicitation.
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