54 Headstones Vandalized In Hartwick Cemetery HARTWICK – 54 Headstones in the Hartwick Cemetery, some of them over a century old, were broken and desecrated overnight in an apparent act of vandalism. “It’s terrible,” said Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr. “It’s an absolute disgrace. People are upset. This is their loved one’s place of rest, and it’s been disturbed.”…
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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…
Well-Wishers Fill Courtroom #1 For Seward, Devlin Swearings-In Sheriff Recalls Judge’s Prediction Of Heroin Scourge, Vows To Fight On COOPERSTOWN – Four years ago today in Courtroom #1, Otsego County Judge Brian Burns issued the first alarm to an astonished crowd: He expected heroin would be the biggest scourge the judicial system would face during his term. Today, Judge Burns swore in county Sheriff Richard J. Devlin for a third term, and the lawman ruefully recalled the jurist’s prediction, which proved…