Watertown Man Arrested on Multiple Felony Charges Following Investigation

A 43-year-old Watertown resident has been arrested and charged with multiple felonies following a State Police investigation into an assault that occurred in the Town of Rutland in late 2023.

Shane L. Kirkby was taken into custody on February 6, 2025, and charged with several offenses related to a November 16, 2023, assault. Charges include one count of first-degree assault (Class B felony), one count of second-degree assault (Class D felony), two counts of third-degree criminal possession of a weapon (Class D felony), and two counts of second-degree menacing (Class A misdemeanor).

During the investigation, search warrants executed on Kirkby’s cell phones revealed evidence connected to an unrelated incident, also in the Town of Rutland. As a result, Kirkby was additionally charged with one count of unlawful surveillance (Class E felony) and one count of third-degree obscenity (Class A misdemeanor). Details of the second incident were not disclosed.

Kirkby was arraigned in Jefferson County CAP Court and remanded to jail with bail set at $250,000 cash, $500,000 secured bond, or $1 million partially secured bond. He is scheduled to appear in the Town of Rutland Court on February 18, 2025.