UNDERWOOD GETS 20 YEARS Perry Offered 25 In Parents’ Slaying By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Joshua Underwood, 25, who plead guilty to first-degree manslaughter in the New Year’s Day death of his boyfriend, Mark Morrison, was sentenced to 20 years in prison in Otsego County Court. Officials say around 3:30 a.m. Jan. 1, 2017, Underwood called 911 and reported that he had killed his boyfriend, 52-year-old Mark Morrison of Oneonta. Police found Morrison dead in his…
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Sheriff, Bliss Reach Accord On Devlin Son Medical Examination Agreed Over Deputy Suspended More Than Year By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – A breakthrough has been agreed to in the case of county Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr.’s son Ros, a correctional officer at the county jail who has been under suspension since January 2017. The sheriff has agreed to recuse himself under Section 72 of state Civil Service law, which will allow county board Chairman David…
IN MEMORIAM John Willies Jr., 94; Father, Banker, Friend To Mankind COOPERSTOWN – John Willies Jr., formerly of West Orange, N.J., and most recently The Clara Welch Thanksgiving Home passed peacefully from this life to the next on March 12, 2018. He was 94. He was a much-loved only child, husband, father, uncle, grandpa, great-grandpa and dear friend to many. Born June 28, 1923, in Newark, he was the son of the late John and Helen M. (Burnett) Willies of…
$1,000 Fine For Underage Partygoers May Be Acted On By Common Council ONEONTA – A public hearing, and perhaps a vote, on fining hosts $1,000 for any underage revelers police discover on raiding parties is planned when Common Council meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday in City Hall. The “social hosting” law drew objections from college students when it was first aired at the last Common Council meeting.…
CLICK FOR ‘HIDDEN DISGRACE’ Report Includes All Allegations, Some Unproved Probes Exonerated Bishop, Priest By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ALBANY – Of the two priests with Otsego County ties named in “Hidden Disgrace III,” one pleaded guilty to sodomy, but the second was investigated twice and exonerated. The report, prepared by Lawyers Helping Survivors of Child Sex Abuse and released today, appears to be a compilation of all allegations, whether or not they were proved. For instance, retired Bishop…
IN MEMORIAM: David M. Wilfeard, 63; Cooperstown Native Worked At Bassett COOPERSTOWN – David M. Wilfeard, 63, of Cooperstown, passed away on Tuesday, March 27, 2018, at Bassett Hospital, surrounded by his loving family, following complications stemming from the treatment of lung cancer. David was born at Bassett on Sept. 7, 1954, a son of Herbert and Irene (Childs) Wilfeard. He attended Cooperstown Central School, graduating with the Class of 1973. He married Elizabeth Stager on May 21, 1983. David…
CLICK HERE FOR FULL REPORT REPORT ACCUSES PRIESTS OF ABUSE 42 Cases In Diocese Include 2 Locally ALBANY – A few minutes ago a group of attorneys, Lawyers Helping Survivors of Child Sex Abuse, released a report, “Hidden Disgrace III,” containing the names of 42 priests in the Albany Diocese accused of child sex abuse. The report provides information about the allegations of abuse and the churches and schools where the priests worked. Two priests named served in Otsego County, both…
Snow Melts, Missing Woman’s Body Found By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com CATTOWN – The body of a 60-year-old woman missing since March 1 was located behind her home this morning in an area where snow drifts were recently several feet deep, Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr. reports. Deputies were at Margaret R. Thayer’s home on Parslow Road in the hamlet of Cattown, near Fly Creek, rechecking areas that have been previously searched by foot and with the help of…
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