Suspended Drivers License Arrest - 7 March 2025

MARGARETVILLE — Sheriff Craig DuMond announced the arrest of a Margaretville man for operating a Motor Vehicle with a suspended driver’s license. 

On the afternoon of February 26th, 2025, while answering an unrelated call, deputies observed Ariel U. Devers, age 35, of Middletown, operating a motor vehicle in violation of the NYS Vehicle and Traffic Law.

Upon conducting a search of Devers license information, it was discovered that his NYS driver’s licensed has been suspended on several occasions for failure to answer traffic summonses and failure to pay child support. The active suspensions dated back as far as 2020.  

On the Afternoon of February 27th, 2025 Deputies located Ariel at the Middletown Town Court on an unrelated matter.  Deputies subsequently took Devers into custody and charged him with Aggravated Unlicensed Operation in the 3rd degree, a misdemeanor, and issued him a traffic summonses for unlicensed operator. 

Devers was subsequently released on an appearance ticket and traffic summonses directing him to appear in the Town of Middletown court at a later date to answer for the charges. 

Speaking on the arrest, Sheriff Craig DuMond remarked, “here I present you with another rock-star case as a clear representation of New York State’s failed Bail Reform Legislation.  Does anyone with any basic common sense believe this defendant will appear in court following his arrest for previously failing to appear dating back to 2020?.  Just another example of how out of touch Albany is when it comes to the lack of criminal accountability and the impact it has on our local communities”.