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After Accident, 2 Teens Busted For Mushrooms

ONEONTA – Two teenagers were arrested and charged with posessing three pounds of psilocybin mushrooms and five pounds of marijuana after locating a vehicle that had allegedly fled the scene of an accident over the weekend.
Skyler D. Blass, 19, Otego, and Treyton J. Hathaway 18, Oneonta, were arrested after Otsego County Sheriff’s Deputies were alerted by Otsego County 911 to be on the lookout for a vehicle that had fled the scene of a crash in the Town of Davenport.

WELCOME, DST: The long dark season ends at 2 a.m. Sunday, March 10, when we’re advised to turn our clocks forward one hour: Daylight Savings Times is here!

►OTSEGO COUNTY’S NEW “Energy Task Force” held its first meeting Wednesday, Feb. 27 at the Oneonta Town Hall. Read exclusive report.
►FIVE HOMES were evacuated north of Cobleskill Saturday, March 3, after a rig carrying compressed natural gas flipped off I-88. The truck did not belong to XNG, which had been routing rigs through Otsego County.
►OPT OFFICER Officer Brandon M. Damiani was injured in a foot chase with Christopher Youngs Jr. 19, who was wanted on a warrant.