TASK FORCE TO START TRAINING OFFICERS Animal Cruelty Task Force Meets, Renames Self PETS By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – PETS, Stacie Haynes said, are the county’s tools for combating animal cruelty. “PETS stands for Prevention, Education, Training and Systems,” said Haynes, Susquehanna SPCA executive director. “That is the new name we have given the Animal Cruelty Task Force.” The group, which formed in February, met this morning at the county Sheriff’s Department offices to agree on…
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NEW EVIDENCE PROMPTS D.A. TO FREE TRUITT Unnamed New Suspect Is Sought In Hero’s Death In Oneonta Fire By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – New evidence obtained by Otsego County District Attorney John Muehl has suggested that Terrence Truitt did not set the fatal fire that killed former Oneonta firefighter John D. Heller. Muehl said that he plans to ask the courts to release Truitt from the Otsego County Jail this afternoon. “Our investigation has revealed additional evidence that ethically…
Cameras Set Stage, Helped Solve Killing By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Otsego County’s first slaying of 2017 – on New Year’s morning – happened in an Oneonta apartment with a surveillance camera in every room. The cameras helped put suspect Joshua Underwood, 25, in the victim’s room, and help convict the man, said District Attorney John Muehl. Underwood was convicted Friday, March 30, to 20 years in jail. “Witnesses said they got into a fight about…
LONG GUN USED, NOT PISTOL VICTIMS’ DAUGHTER FOUND HER PARENTS; SON HELD IN DEATHS By PARKER FISH • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com TOWN OF MIDDLEFIELD – The sister of Kevin A. Perry came home on the evening of Tuesday Dec. 12 to find both of her parents dead on the floor of their Laurens trailer home, county Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr. reported at a press conference this afternoon at the county jail. Both were killed by gunshots, and Kevin Perry,…
CALLAHAN GETS 25 YEARS TO LIFE Man Found Guilty Of Killing Wife By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Casey Callahan, 52, who was found guilty of the January 2000 murder of his wife Elizabeth Welsh in the county’s first murder trial in decades, was sentenced to 25-to-life by Judge John F. Lambert during his hearing yesterday on Otsego County Court. “It’s the maximum sentence, and I’m satisfied,” said District Attorney John Muehl. “This was a cold, calculated, pre-meditated…
BULLETIN 17 YEARS LATER, CALLAHAN GUILTY COOPERSTOWN – A jury this morning found Casey Callahan guilty of murder in the second degree for the Jan.19, 2000 death of his wife, Elizabeth Welsh Callahan. The verdict came in around 11:30 a.m. District Attorney John Muehl prosecuted the case throughout the week, calling 21 witnesses. In the final hours of the trial yesterday morning, Callahan himself was called to the stand by his attorney, William Schebaum. ANATOMY OF A MURDER TRIAL DAY ONE:…
CASEY CALLAHAN TRIAL: Day FOUR Jury Deliberations Begin in Murder Trial By PARKER FISH • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – With a total 22 witnesses called, including suspect Casey Callahan, the prosecution and defense gave their closing arguments in the murder trial against Callahan, who was charged with killing his wife, Elizabeth Welsh Callahan, at a truck stop on January 19, 2000. “Four tires ran directly down the center of her body,” said District Attorney John Muehl in his closing statement.…
Callahan: ‘I Wasn’t The Best Husband’ With Suspect Taking Stand In Own Defense, Testimony At End By PARKER FISH • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Accused of running over his wife with his rig 17 years ago, Casey Callahan took the stand in his own defense as three days of testimony came to an end. “I wasn’t the best husband,” Callahan told his lawyer, Public Defender Bruce Maxson. “I could say mean things at times, but I loved her.” When…
Ex-Wife, Her Boyfriend, Suspect’s Target, DA Says ONEONTA – The Cherry Valley man charged with hiring a hitman was looking to kill his estranged wife and her boyfriend, according to Otsego County District Attorney John Muehl. Danny Baldwin, 56, was arrested Tuesday, March 21, on charges that he had allegedly paid a man $20,000 to murder his estranged wife, as well as her boyfriend. The man went to the State Police at Richfield Springs, and Baldwin was charged with Conspiracy in the…
Callahan Trial Date Set For March 27 COOPERSTOWN – Casey Callahan is scheduled to go to trial on March 27 in the alleged murder of his wife, Elizabeth, according to District Attorney John Muehl. He was charged last June with her murder, which Muehl believes was planned in Otsego County. Callahan is currently serving 12 1/2 years at the Attica Correctional Facility for a conviction on criminal sexual act in the first degree.…