Rensselaer County man faces drug, DWI charges after crash

A Rensselaer County man is facing multiple charges after a crash.

State Police responded to a one-car crash on Jan. 19 just after 3:30 a.m. on Route 146 in Clifton Park. The driver, 45-year-old Melrose resident John V. Reinhart, allegedly did not cooperate with police and resisted arrest.

Police found felony-weight narcotics and illegal amount of cannabis in his vehicle.

Reinhart was charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated, criminal possession of a controlled substance, criminal possession of cannabis, obstructing governmental administration, resisting arrest and aggravated unlicensed operation and traffic violations

He was arraigned in Clifton Park Town Court and sent without bail to Saratoga County Jail.