Wild Things Get Rescued By Carrie Thompson When you find a wild raptor wounded, ill or otherwise incapacitated WHO you gonna call? Mike Stalter! Mike Stalter, a deputy in the Otsego County Sheriff’s Office, possesses a general falconry license. He is well known in the community as the first point of contact for handling raptors, which include owls, falcons, eagles and hawks. This is the second downed eagle that Mike has rescued, this one in response to a 911 call…
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For Sheriff, Son’s Investigation Not Over By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – The County of Otsego’s investigation into Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr.’s correctional officer son ended when Ros Devlin resigned from his father’s department. But to the sheriff, it isn’t over. Tuesday, Sept. 29, the sheriff announced a DVD from the investigation is missing, and he’s asked District Attorney John Muehl to investigate the matter. In an interview, the sheriff said, separately, he’s also asking the…
Off-Duty Otsego Deputy Wounds Child, Woman In Accidental Shooting CAMDEN – An off-duty Otsego County Sheriff’s Deputy injured a child and a woman after accidentally discharging the loaded handgun he had in his pocket while dining at a Camden restaurant last night, according to Trooper Jack Keller, Troop D Public Information Officer. The preliminary investigation reveals that the Deputy was seated at a table at the Grape and Grog Restaurant on Taberg Street in Camden when he accidentally discharged one…
Sheriff: Man Stole ATV, Led Deputies On Chase TOWN OF BUTTERNUTS – A Sidney man was arrested after he allegedly stole an ATV from a yard in Butternuts and led Otsego County Sheriff’s deputies on a chase through a field and riverbed. Cody Amidon, 19, Sidney, was charged after he allegedly stole an ATV from the yard of a residence in the Town of Butternuts. While patrols were in the area, they were alerted to a second complaint of an…
Sheriffs, Code Enforcement Investigate COVID-19 Complaints By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – If you see something, Governor Cuomo suggests, say something. “We’ve been contacted about businesses having too many people in the store, people not wearing masks, that sort of thing,” said Sheriff Richard J. Devlin, Jr. As part of Cuomo’s executive order, complaints can be lodged by citizens if they see non-essential businesses open, non-emergency private construction work, or gatherings where more than 10 people are…
Sheriff: Employee Stole Face Masks From Bassett COOPERSTOWN – A Morris woman was accused of stealing face masks and alcohol prep pads from Bassett Hospital, where she worked as a contracted employee, according to the Otsego County Sheriff’s Department. Josie D. Wright, 33, was arrested after Bassett Security called the Sheriff’s Department to assist them in an investigation into the thefts of personal protective equipment (PPE) from the hospital.…
K-9s AT REST As Time Takes Toll, Ricky, Mika Head For Retirement By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Like many retirees, Mika is looking forward to the day when she can finally relax at home. “She’ll finally be allowed on the couch,” said Mika’s handler, Sheriff’s Deputy Kris Solovitch. “She can play fetch and just be a dog, rather than having to go to work.” K-9 Mika, 10, along with K-9 Ricky, 9, assigned to Deputy Keith…
5 Trucks Unfit For Roads, Sheriff’s Inspection Finds EXETER – Five of 12 trucks inspected during a Commercial Vehicle Enforcement safety check inspection were deemed unfit for the road and taken out of service, the Otsego County Sheriff’s Department reported on their Facebook page. On Thursday, Dec. 5, Deputy Sheriff Grimes along with Deputy Sheriff Thornhill partnered with the NYS Department of Transportation in the Town of Exeter to conduct a Commercial Vehicle Enforcement safety check inspection.…
A MYSTERY’S SAD CONCLUSION Hunters Find Woman, Dog Dead In Woods By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com HARTWICK – Roxanne Shipman-Hull, 48, the Hartwick woman who went missing in late September, was found yesterday morning dead in her car in the woods in Plainfield, Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr. confirmed this afternoon. According to Devlin, hunters on the state land near the area of Adams Pond Road and Mason Road on the Plainfield State Land came across a Honda-CRV sitting…