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<p>KINGSTON &#8212; A third person has been charged for his alleged role in smashing windows at two Market Street businesses.</p><p>Horany G. Gomez, 19, was arraigned Saturday.</p><p>Police allege Gomez, Victor Anthony Robles, 20, and Dalton Joseph Plath, 21, of Larksville, used a pellet gun and a slingshot to fire metal pellets and marbles to smash windows at KJ&#8217;s Pickle Barrel and Cee Kay Auto at 355 Market St. on Jan. 17 and Jan. 22.</p><p>At the time of the vandalism, Gomez and Robles were roommates at a Market Street apartment directly across the street from the two businesses located in the same building.</p><p>Police allege cell phone video recorded voices of the three men, including Plath saying he didn&#8217;t care of his face made the video because &#8220;he wants them to know who smashed out their windows,&#8221; according to court records.</p><p>Plath was on parole for robbing KJ&#8217;s Pickle Barrel and other businesses in the area in October and December 2015, court records say.</p><p>Police allege numerous shots were recorded and that Plath, Robles and Gomez were heard on the video laughing and giving instructions on where to aim.</p><p>Police allege a surveillance camera at the businesses recorded men walking out and kneeling in a doorway of the residence across Market Street. At the same time, cracking sounds are recorded and the men re-entering the residence across the street.</p><p>Robles pleaded guilty to criminal mischief, possessing instruments of crime and criminal conspiracy and was sentenced June 7 to one-to-two years at the county correctional facility.</p><p>Plath is scheduled for trial Sept. 16 on multiple counts of criminal mischief, possessing instruments of crime and criminal conspiracy.</p><p>Gomez was arraigned by District Judge Richard Cronauer in Wilkes-Barre on 18 counts each of criminal mischief and criminal conspiracy, two counts of reckless endangerment and a single count of possessing instruments of crime. He was released on $10,000 unsecured bail. </p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Ed Lewis</p><p>elewis@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div>

Third person charged in Kingston vandalism