State Police arrest contractor who missed arraignment, is accused of swindling elderly

BALLSTON SPA – State Police arrested contractor John David Pratt late Wednesday night. He is accused of scamming four elderly people out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Pratt failed to appear in Saratoga County Court for his arraignment Monday afternoon and, after Judge Jerry Scarano gave him an additional 24 hours to appear, did not show Tuesday either. Scarano issued a warrant for Pratt’s …