State Police in Saratoga County were called shortly before 8 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 25, with reports of a disabled vehicle on State Route 9 in the town of Moreau.
The driver, 38-year-old Daniel Derusha, of Schenectady, told troopers he was driving when the vehicle ran out of gas.
Police determined that the vehicle had been reported stolen from Schenectady more than a week prior, on Friday, Dec. 16.
Troopers seized the vehicle and arrested Derusha for third-degree criminal possession of stolen property, a felony.
He was issued an appearance ticket to the Moreau Town Court on Wednesday, Jan. 4, and released.
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