NY Man just released on bail, goes to Walmart, threatened people with stolen pellet rifle

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Police in Colonie, N.Y., a suburb of Albany, say a man released Wednesday morning on cash bail from a jail more than an hour away quickly traveled to their town, stole a pellet rifle from a Walmart, and then used the device to threaten people while attempting to steal two cars

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The defendant, Daquan D. Forehand, 25, of Utica, is now charged with two counts of second-degree attempted robbery, menacing a police officer, and fourth-degree grand larceny. All of those charges are felonies. Forehand is also charged with one count of resisting arrest, three counts of fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon, eight counts of second-degree menacing, and petit larceny. The latter charges are all misdemeanors.

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According to the Colonie Police Department, Forehand bailed out of the Oneida County Jail, traveled to Latham, N.Y., a hamlet within Colonie, and went shopping with a relative at a Walmart. Inside, the police say “he suddenly grabbed the pellet rifle from the store clerk” and “ran through the store into the parking lot.” From there, he allegedly “ran through the area, menacing multiple people and attempting to steal at least two vehicles.”

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