EDITORIAL After Police Shooting, Public Shows Sensible Restraint In an era when everyone rushes to judgment about everything, it’s reassuring to see the sensible, restrained comments on www.AllOTSEGO.com to last week’s police shooting of Tyler Johnson, 23, of 48 River St., during a domestic dispute. “I’m not saying the cop was wrong,” said one commentator. “The guy had a knife and was grabbing for the woman, then the kid. He even stabbed her in the leg. It’s a sad situation,…
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22 Cases Tied To Copper Fox, First Responders Sick Too 4 Hospitalized As COVID Rampages Through County COOPERSTOWN – Four people have been hospitalized as COVID-19 numbers rise throughout the county, bringing the total number of infections to 90. One of those hospitalized, Bond said, is a resident of a group home, where outbreaks began two weeks ago, although the others are not related to any particular cluster. In the last two days, 29 cases have been reported, with 20…
INCIDENTS IN ONEONTA, OTEGO Suspect Sought In 4 Stick-Ups At Quick-Stops In One Case, Clerk Stabbed In Hand By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Four gas-station robberies were reported between 1:20 a.m. and 6:20 a.m. today in the city and town of Oneonta, and in Otego, city police and state troopers report. In one case, the clerk was stabbed in the hand; in at least two of the other cases, the suspect said he was armed, but…
Man, 29, Arrested After Burglary ‘Rash’ In City, Chief Reports ONEONTA – After a rash of burglaries in the city, an Oneonta man has been arrested for stealing cash, credit cards and personal items from two homes and a vehicle in Center City, OPD Chief Doug Brenner said this morning. Kyle A. Ives, 29, was arrested after police allegedly connected him to a series of break-ins last week. “With one arrest, we were able to solve three cases,” Brenner said.…