Sheriff’s Drug Take-Back Day Is Saturday COOPERSTOWN – Clean your cabinets and prevent pill abuse with a prescription drug take-back day, sponsored by the Otsego County Sheriff’s Office and the Drug Enforcement Administration. From 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, the public will be able to dispose of expired, unused or unwanted prescription pills or patches at the Otsego County Public Safety Building, 172 County Highway 33W, Cooperstown.…
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Police: Shotgun, Rifle Stolen, Suspect Faces More Charges ONEONTA – A rifle and shotgun found during a January traffic stop were discovered to have been stolen from a Delaware County home, according to the Otsego County Sheriff’s Office. Jeremy J. Morris, 32, Oneonta, was arrested on Jan. 13, following a traffic stop where he, a convicted felon, was found to be in possession of a hypodermic needle, a rifle, a shotgun and to be operating a vehicle without a license,…
Oneonta Couple Accused Of Stealing From Elderly Woman’s Bank Account ONEONTA – An Oneonta couple was arrested Monday, Feb. 8 and charged with using an elderly neighbor’s checking account to pay their bills. The Otsego County Sheriff’s office was alerted by the Office of the Aging that an elderly woman’s checking account was being used to make payments on her neighbor’s bills. An investigation revealed that Gordon Carr-Wisner, 29 and his wife, Rebecca Carr-Wisner, 25, obtained the account information, over-paid on their…
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Deputy, Dogs Safe After Entangled In Wires At Route 23 Crash Scene ONEONTA – County Sheriff’s Deputy Kristopher Solovitch and his dog, Mika, members of the K9 Unit, are safe after Solovitch’s vehicle became tangled in power lines following a tractor-trailer crash at 2 a.m. today on Route 23, Town of Oneonta. The rig, driven by Anthony Angona, Kirkville, was eastbound in heavy rain and failed to negotiate a sharp curve in the road, according to a press release. The…
In 10 Days, Deputies Seize Marijuana Worth $112,000 Libby Cudmore • The Freeman’s Journal Edition of Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014 ‘Tis the season for seizing at the Otsego County Sheriff’s Department. “Growers are moving their marijuana plants and harvesting before the hard frost hits,” said county Sheriff Richard Devlin. “So we concentrate with multiple resources and try to wrap everything up.” In the last two weeks, county Sheriff’s investigators has made three sizable marijuana busts, including nearly 13 pounds seized…
An Estimated $112,000 In Pot Seized Locally In Past 10 Days A Morris man, James Chicorelli, 56, was arrested Tuesday by county Sheriff’s investigators for possessing nearly 7 pounds of marijuana in a Town of Morris residence on Oct. 1, sheriff’s Senior Investigator Mike Ten Eyck announced today. The arrest results from the third sizeable seizure of alleged marijuana by Otsego County deputies in the past several days, including 13 pounds last Friday in another Morris home and more than…
Deputies Allege Man, Woman Had 13 Pounds Of Marijuana A Pittsfield man and Morris woman – Michael Deluca, 55, and Sallie Lewis Jacoby, 62 – were arrested Friday by Sheriff’s Office investigators for possessing 12.85 pounds of marijuana in a Town of Morris home on Oct. 1, Senior Investigator Michael Ten Eyck announced today. Sheriff’s investigators received information that marijuana was in Jacoby’s Pegg Road residence and located Deluca and a bedroom full of freshly cut marijuana in the mobile…
Maryland Man Arrested On Hydrocodone Charge MILFORD – Kenneth Albert VanDenberg, 58, Town of Maryland, was arrested at Monday evening for selling hydrocodone to another person in the Town of Milford last April 29, Otsego County Sheriff’s Investigator Mike Ten Eyck reported today.…