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…
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EDITORIAL: April 20, 2018 Sheriff’s Shown He’s Tough, Smart First, voters should want a county sheriff who’s steady under fire. Over the past 15 months, county Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr. has proved he is. With his son Ros, a guard at the county jail, accused in a workplace disturbance and ordered off county property by the county Board of Representatives, Devlin hung tough, arguing he was the target of a “political witch hunt.” That didn’t seem completely out of…
Sheriff Put Son On Paid Leave, Not County Board Committee One reference in articles under the headline, “Breakthrough On Sheriff’s Son,” in this week’s newspapers, said the county board’s Public Safety & Legal Affairs Committee put Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr.’s son on paid suspension from his job as corrections officer at the county jail. After a January 2017 incident at the county jail, the county board committee barred Ros Devlin from county property. But it was his father, the…
Sheriff Surrenders Authority Over Son By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – After a 15-month standoff, Ros Devlin’s fate as a correctional officer is now in the hands of the chairman of the Otsego County Board of Representatives. With one abstention and two absences, the county reps voted a few minutes ago to accept Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr.’s proposal to turn over authority for investigating and possibly removing his son from his job to county board Chair…
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…
BULLETIN ‘Special Prosecutor’ Sought To Investigate Case Of Sheriff’s Son County Board Committee Issues Report On Devlin Father, Son By PARKER FISH • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – A committee of the Otsego County Board of Representatives today recommended that the district attorney appoint a “special prosecutor” to investigate county Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr., and his son Ros, suspended from his prison-guard job since January. CLICK HERE FOR FULL REPORT “An objective prosecutor is needed to properly evaluate whether criminal…
CLICK HERE FOR COUNTY BOARD STATEMENT Sheriff’s Son Requires ‘Rigorous Examination’ Of Fitness, Lawyer Says But County Board Says Only Devlin Can Allow It, But Refused To Do So COOPERSTOWN – The County of Otsego’s labor lawyer has recommended Sheriff Richard J. Devlin’s son Ros undergo “a rigorous examination” to determine if he is fit to return to work at the county jail, the county Board of Representatives said in a statement released today. But only the sheriff has the authority…
READ MILFORD SUPERINTENDENT’S STATEMENT Silence About Threat Called ‘Unacceptable’ Milford Superintendent Berates County Board By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Failure over four months to alert Milford Central School about Sgt. Ros Devlin’s alleged threat to “shoot up” MCS and Oneonta schools is “totally unacceptable,” the school’s new superintendent, Mark A. Place, told the county Board of Representatives this morning. “Each day we are held responsible for keeping safe over 400 students and 100 employees,” Place said,…
READ TEXT OF JUDGE’S ORDER Sheriff’s Son Ros Threatened Suicide, Court Order Reports Fellow Jail Guard Testifies She Feared What Might Happen Next By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Sgt. Ros Devlin, angry at a supervisor, had threatened to “blow (his own) head off” in front of the supervisor’s desk, according to a court order denying him a pistol permit issued March 31 by County Judge Richard D. Northrup Jr. of Delhi. The order was released a…