A Greenfield woman will serve a determinate five-year sentence in state prison, after she pled guilty earlier this year to dragging a Saratoga Springs police officer with her vehicle.
On the early afternoon of June 18, 2024, Saratoga Springs Police Department Sergeant Adam Dingmon executed a vehicle and traffic law stop of a minivan in the Geyser Crest neighborhood of Saratoga Springs, after he observed the operator to be on a cell phone, and driving through a stop sign, almost striking his marked Saratoga Springs Police Department vehicle. According to the Saratoga County DA’s Office, the female operator of the vehicle, later identified as Theresa Travis, 44, was unable to produce a valid New York State Driver’s License or registration for the vehicle and provided Sergeant Dingmon with a false name and birthdate. When confronted with this information and asked to exit the vehicle, she instead put her vehicle into drive and pulled away quickly, dragging Sergeant Dingmon along the roadway and slamming him to the ground. As Sergeant Dingmon lay broken and bleeding in the roadway the vehicle sped off without stopping.
Members of the Saratoga Springs Police Department as well as the Saratoga Springs Fire Department immediately responded to the scene and began providing aid to Sergeant Dingmon. Sergeant Dingmon was transported to Albany Medical Center to receive treatment for his injuries…