Robinson murder trial goes to jury, verdict expected Wednesday By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOERSTOWN — The second day of the Dylan Robinson trial at the Otsego County Courthouse ended Tuesday, June 22, with jury deliberations, after the prosecution rested and the defense chose not to submit any evidence. Robinson is accused of allegedly killing his father, Kenneth Robinson, and burning his house after a failed robbery attempt. He is charged with second-degree murder, burglary and attempted robbery…
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Duo sentenced for series of gas station robberies By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – A pair of Otsego County men were sentenced Monday, May 10, for their roles in a series of robberies, attempted robberies and an assault that took place during a one-day crime spree April 24, 2020, in and around the city and town of Oneonta. Brian Ruple, 42, of Otego, received a sentence of seven years in state prison for a second degree assault…
Robinson Case To Begin April 14 Teen accused of killing father for cash, marijuana COOPERSTOWN – The remaining suspect to be tried as an adult in the 2019 murder of Kenneth Robinson of Worcester, his son Dylan Robinson, will see his trial begin with jury selection, which is scheduled for Wednesday, April 14. Kenneth Robinson, 53, was killed Oct. 10, 2019, in what police and prosecutors have called an attempted robbery of about $5,000 in cash and marijuana. The suspects…
Suspect Sought In Heist Attempt The suspect in the attempted robbery Monday afternoon, March 22, at NBT Bank’s branch was still at large at presstime Tuesday evening. The incident occurred at 1:56 p.m. at the 16 Main St. bank. The suspect didn’t threaten the bank’s staff or display a weapon. State police from the Richfield Springs Barracks are handling the investigation. Bank robberies, or threat of such, are rare in Otsego County. Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr. said the last…
FOOD FOR THOUGHT Crime A Worry, But ‘Quality Of Life’ Of Greater Concern I revisited (social scientists James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling’s 1982 article, “Broken Windows,” in the Atlantic) because I was trying to solve a mystery. On a recent reporting trip to New York City to ask bankers, policy analysts and real estate brokers about the city’s economic future, I kept hearing that crime was a major risk. …When I probed, I found that they talked less…
Editorial, June 29, 2018 Focus Indictments Put All Nursing-Home Operators On Notice Now we know, lives indeed may be at stake. Two top executives of Focus Ventures have been arrested on eight counts involving two residents of the county’s former nursing home, Otsego Manor. (The county sold the Manor to Focus in January 2014, for $18.5 million, and Centers Health Care bought it from Focus in January for an undisclosed sum.) Five of the counts are “endangering the welfare of…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for MONDAY, JAN. 9 Learn To Use A 3-D Printer Last day to register for Cornell Cooperative Extension Poultry Workshop. Info, cceschoharie-otsego.org/events/2017/01/14/4-h-poultry-101-workshop 3-D PRINTING – 3:30-7:30 p.m. Open hours. Open play. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St, Oneonta. Info, hmloneonta.org BOOK GROUP – 2 p.m. Crime Fiction. Cooperstown Village Library, 22 Main St., Cooperstown. Info, www.villagelibraryofcooperstown.org/calendar OPEN REHEARSAL – 4:30-6:30 p.m. Little Delaware Youth Ensemble invies the community, parents, musicians, and prospective musicians and their parents to this rehearsal…