CORINTH, NY – Justice D. Locke, III has been sentenced to 16 years in state prison after being convicted for assaulting another man inside his apartment with a tomahawk-style axe last October.
According to Saratoga County District Attorney Karen A. Heggen, Locke was sentenced by Saratoga County Court Judge James A. Murphy, III to 16 years in state prison to be followed by five years of post-release supervision.
The incident happened on the morning of October 27, 2021. The Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office was called to an apartment located at 16 Mallery Street in the Village of Corinth in response to a 911 call from a cab driver.
“The driver discovered a male victim with serious physical injuries and in need of immediate medical intervention. The man was treated by EMTs from Jessup’s Landing EMS and airlifted to Albany Medical Center for critical emergency care,” police said at the time.
D.A. Heggen on Thursday said, “A subsequent investigation by Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office Investigators Jeff Bouyea and Steven Brown pointed towards a person of interest who had entered the Cumberland Farms store in the Village of Corinth the night before. That individual was in a highly agitated state and had signs of blood on his hands. Through further investigation this person was identified as Justice D. Locke, a resident of the Town of Indian Lake, NY.”
Sheriff’s Department investigators were able to locate Mr. Locke in the Town of Indian Lake and he was voluntarily taken to the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office in Milton for an interview.
Locke admitted to assaulting the victim with an axe and was charged.
District Attorney Heggen said, “This was a bold and purposeful attack which will affect the victim in this case for the rest of his life. However, the significant and just sentence in this case will hopefully bring some satisfaction and closure to the victim, his family, and the community.”