Public Weighs Meaning Of Killing, Mayor Says As Oneonta Waits, AG To Investigate By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Not only has a police shooting made history in Oneonta, it’s making statewide history, too. A new department in the state Attorney General’s Office, the Office of Special Investigations, created by Executive Order 147 after George Floyd’s death last May 25, opened its door on April 1, according to Sofia Quintanar, the AG’s deputy press secretary. The office is empowered…
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Police, Fire Rescue Woman From Frigid Mill Race Waters By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Oneonta police officers and firefighters rushed to the spillway between the Oneonta Creek and Neahwa Park last evening to rescue a woman who had gone into the water in an alleged suicide attempt, OPD Lt. Christopher Witzenburg reports. The woman, 34, was reported missing by family members who told police she had threatened self-harm. She allegedly told her family that she was…