At approximately 1:00 am Friday morning members of Delhi, Andes and Bovina Fire Departments, responded to a structure fire at 3150 Maggie Hoag Road, Delhi. The residence was fully engulfed, during the initial search of the ruins, the home owner, 51 year old Helen Stroppel, was located deceased inside. Investigators have developed no evidence indicating that Stroppel’s death, or the cause of the fire, were criminal in nature. Several secondary heat sources, including kerosene space heaters were located within the residence and could not be eliminated as a cause of the fire. The investigation is continuing.
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Chenango county sheriff’s deputies arrested 30 year old Alexander Horvath of South New Berlin, Friday for Driving While Intoxicated, Aggravated Driving While Intoxicated with BAC over .18 and other vehicle violations following a 1 car accident on County Rd 31 in the Town of New Berlin. Horvath was allegedly operating a motor vehicle upon a public highway in an intoxicated condition; he will appear in the Town of New Berlin court at a later date.
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