Delaware County sheriff’s Deputies investigated an accident on May 9th on county route 21 in the town of Walton, they have arrested 51 year old William Davis of Franklin for Driving While Intoxicated, Failure to Keep Right and Refusal to take Breath Test. Davis was arraigned in Town of Hamden Court and remanded to Delaware County Jail on $500 bail and is to appear in Town of Walton Court at a later date.
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The New York State Department of Labor today released preliminary local area unemployment rates for April. The state’s unemployment rate was 5.7%, the private sector job count increased by 126,000 over the last year, to 7,736,400. Locally, Broome County had 6% unemployment, Chenango County had 5.7%, Delaware County was at 6% and Otsego County had 5.2% unemployment.
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State Police arrested 24-year-old Monty Ramey of Binghamton for Public Lewdness. The arrest occurred after a Trooper responded to a complaint of a man exposing himself in a lewd manner in a boat in the Town of Windsor. Ramey was issued a ticket returnable to the Town of Windsor Court in June.
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Delaware County deputies arrest 34-year-old Joseph Galletta of Walton for Criminal Obstruction of Blood circulation or Breathing. Galleta is accused of impeded the blood circulation and breathing of another subject during a domestic incident in the Town of Tompkins, he was arraigned in the Town of Walton court and remanded to the Delaware County Correctional facility on $500 cash bail, pending court action in the Town of Tompkins court on June 4th.
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Lawmakers are expecting some changes to the way business is conducted in the State Assembly & State Senate, with the election of new Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, & Senate Leader John Flanagan. Area Assemblyman Cliff Crouch comments:

(Crouch 5-27-15)

Crouch said that a flurry of activity is expected for the last 4 weeks of the session.
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State Police arrested 43-year-old Matthew Smith of Deposit for Criminal Possession of a Firearm. This arrest occurred after a Trooper was conducting an unrelated investigation at a residence on Main Street in the Town of Deposit, t was determined that Smith illegally possessed a loaded semi-automatic handgun he was arraigned at the Town of Deposit Court and released to reappear on June 5th.