State Police reported that the body of 29-year-old Christopher Gonzalez was located in a wooded area off Guinn Ridge Road. The cause and manner of death is undetermined, the body was removed for an autopsy at Lourdes Hospital. Gonzalez was wanted for questioning in the Mayhood’s Sporting Goods burglary, his girlfriend, 25 year old Brandy Bousson of Norwich has been charged with 3rd degree Burglary, for her alleged involvement in the gun burglaries at the Mayhood’s, she was arraigned & was remanded to Chenango County Jail in lieu of $250,000 cash bail.
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State Senator Jim Seward announced Friday a new leadership team has been established to carry out Otsego County’s economic development strategy. Sandy Mathes, Jr is a past executive director of the Greene County IDA, he will team with Elizabeth Horvath of Cooperstown who will serve as the IDA’s chief operating officer. Seward commented about the appointments in Oneonta Friday:
(Seward 1-13-14)
Both Mathes and Horvath will work from the Otsego County Office Building at 242 Main Street in Oneonta, which also houses the Otsego County Economic Development Corporation, Main Street Oneonta, and the recently formed Oneonta Conference and Events Coalition.
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Delaware County Deputies arrested a 16-year-old Harlem youth Friday for 2nd degree Assault, the youth was charged following a physical altercation at the Youth Leadership Academy in Kortright. The youth was arraigned & was remanded to the County Jail on $1,500 cash bail.