QUEENSBURY — The Moreau man accused of shooting another man in the parking lot of the Route 9 Walmart pleaded not guilty to the charges on Monday.
Adrian A. Simental, 33, made a brief appearance in Queensbury Town Court in which his lawyer entered the plea on his behalf.
Simental did not speak.
His next court appearance will be on Jan. 3.
Simental was arrested on Nov. 29 in connection with the incident that occurred two days prior.
He is accused of firing a handgun at a 52-year-old New York City man, identified in court paperwork as Brendon Grant, following an aggressive driving encounter that occurred moments earlier on Route 9 in the area of the Northway Plaza, which is less than a half-mile south of Walmart.
Police said Simental followed Grant's vehicle into the Walmart parking lot, where a verbal and physical argument took place. Grant was shot in the lower abdomen and was treated at Glens Falls Hospital and Albany Medical Center for injuries that were not considered life-threatening. He has since been released.
Simental fled the scene but was located two days later. When police arrived to arrest him, he said that he was expecting that they would find him. Simental told Warren County Sheriff's Investigator Jeffrey Grenier in the car ride to the police station that he works as a laborer and wanted to make sure he had his steel-toed boots.
“I'm a general laborer, but mostly now it's going to have to be construction. They are the only ones that take felons, right?” Simental said, according to court documents.
He said he is from California.
“I’m here all by myself. I just started out in New York City, but it didn’t work,” Simental said.
Simental also asked police how they found his car, which had been impounded earlier. Simental said he had a tracker on it.
He also said he got 2 1/2 days of sound sleep before he was tracked down.
Simental is facing felony charges of attempted first-degree assault and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon.
He is being held in Warren County Jail for lack of $200,000 cash bail or $600,000 bail bond.
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Adrian A. Simental, of Moreau, is led out of the courtroom at Queensbury Town Court after being arraigned on Monday. Simental is facing felony charges of attempted first-degree assault and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon for allegedly shooting another man in the parking lot of the Route 9 Walmart in a road rage incident. Michael Goot
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