6 GOP Lawyers Surface To Run For County Court First, Burns Must Win Nod For State Supreme Vacancy By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Attorney Michael E. Trosset, Cooperstown, who announced Friday afternoon he is seeking to succeed Brian D. Burns of Oneonta as Otsego County judge, has a lot of company. County Republican Chair Vince Casale said a few minutes ago that, in addition to Trosset, five other lawyers have contacted him about succeeding Burns. They are,…
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Trosset Plans Run For County Judge COOPERSTOWN – Attorney Michael E. Trosset, principal at Trosset Group Attorneys in Fly Creek, today announced his intention to seek the Republican nomination for county judge if the current judge, Brian D. Burns, is nominated for state Supreme Court Tuesday. “I’m putting my name in to replace the irreplaceable Judge Burns,” said Trosset. If Burns wins the nomination Aug. 11 at the judicial convention in Binghamton, he will remove his name for consideration for…
TRUITT TRIAL: Day 4 D.A. Challenges Truitt’s Brother By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – In his testimony this morning, Terrence Truitt, the older brother of defendant Gabriel Truitt, said he went to 5 Walling Ave. – home of Heather Engler – to help his brother look for the keys he’d lost that night following a fight at the Sip & Sail Tavern. District Attorney John Meuhl wasn’t buying it. “The Sip & Sail is the opposite direction of…
Gabriel Truitt Trial Investigator Testimony: Accelerant Under Door By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special To ALLOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Just before the noon break, District Attorney John Muehl brought Bill Haynes, an origin and cause investigator with Sotera Investigative Group, to the witness stand in the case against Gabriel Truitt, the Oneonta man accused of setting the fire that killed John Heller at his 5 Walling Avenue apartment in December 2018. “The way the burn and char pattern on the inside of…