APD responds to aggravated battery cases

ALBANY — The Albany Police Department responded to two aggravated battery incidents, one of which was at the scene of a fatal weekend shooting.

The APD was called to 2415 Leonard Ave. at 10:30 a.m. Sunday in reference to a fight that took place on the 2100 block of Clark Avenue

The victim was identified by authorities as 41-year-old Robert Durham.

“Durham told police that he sustained an injury to his eye after three males attacked him while he was on the 2100 block of Clark Avenue,” APD spokeswoman Phyllis Banks told The Albany Herald. “Durham went to (2415 Leonard Ave.) to seek help from his girlfriend, who called police.

“Durham said the suspects drove up in a four-door Buick Century. They got out, walked up to him and started punching him in the face with their fists.”

No arrests had been made as of Monday afternoon.

Sometime between 11:30 p.m. Saturday and 6 a.m. Sunday at 911 E. Oglethorpe Blvd., the site of Sandtrap Club & Lounge, there was another similar incident.

A police report for that case states that officers responded to the 500 block of Sands Drive, where the victim said someone had beaten him up and taken his keys, which had a Hawaiian keychain attached to them.

The narrative goes on to say that the victim became intoxicated and woke up in the sand dunes the next morning and that his purple button-up shirt was missing along with the keys.

“(The victim’s) face was swollen on the left side, his lips were swollen and slightly busted, and his top front right tooth was broken in half,” the narrative said of the victim’s condition. “(The victim) advised that he did not know what happened to him, nor who did it.”

The victim also said that he did not remember anything from the previous night. His vehicle was found still parked at the Sandtrap Club.

At around the same time, a 25-year-old was fatally shot at the club — after which his 2002 Cadillac Escalade was stolen.

“The incident was in no way connected to the homicide that occurred at the same location,” Banks said.

Both cases remain active.