James J. Santiago Jr. was formally charged yesterday with stealing pot from an alleged drug dealer. After a sealed Grand Jury indictment was opened, Santiago was arranged on three felony counts and he entered a non-guilty plea to each count.
Count one of the indictment alleges that Santiago "forcibly stole property from Eric Merritt."
Merritt has been accused of bringing in friends from Batavia and Corfu and heading to Santiago's residence at 31 Myrtle St. in Le Roy and attempting to recover the marijuana. That attempt on Jan. 22 led to a fight that put three people in the hospital with apparent knife wounds.
The three counts against Santiago are: robbery 3rd, criminal possession of a weapon, 3rd, and assault 2nd.
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