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On Friday, State Police requested that the New York State Amber Alert system be activated after an investigation by State Police and Broome County Child Protective Services. The State Police was advised that 18-month-old Henry Kellam was with his father, Henry W. Kellam, and was endangered, as the father had all visitations with his child suspended by a court order. Kellan was also wanted on a warrant by the City of Binghamton Police Department for Criminal Mischief. Police reported that Kellam was involved in a domestic dispute with his son’s mother, in the Village of Oxford; he forced her from his vehicle and fled with their son. Kellam was located and arrested in Madison County with help from the Madison County Sheriff’s Office. The child was located in good health and was returned to his mother.
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Governor Cuomo directed Inspector General Catherine Leahy Scott to conduct a thorough investigation to determine all factors potentially involved in the escape of inmates Richard Matt and David Sweat from Clinton Correctional Facility. The Inspector General shall obtain the services of a respected outside expert in corrections and law enforcement on issues such as prison design, operations and security with a view toward identifying how these inmates were able to escape, and recommend any potential reforms and best practices to prevent future incidents. The Inspector General will then confer with law enforcement agencies & also refer any criminal conduct that may be uncovered to prosecutors.
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The Chenango County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Village of Sherburne man for Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance. 27-year-old Donald McLain of Sherburne initially failed to comply with the stop and was later taken into custody, He was found to be in possession of heroin and a hypodermic needle. McLain was charged with Failure to Comply, Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance, & additional traffic tickets. He was arraigned in the Town of North Norwich Court and remanded to the Chenango County Correctional Facility on $2,000 cash bail; he is due back in Sherburne Court at a later date.
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The Walton Central School Board of Education is putting the recently failed budget back out to voters on Tuesday. The Walton board of education opted to not go to a contingency budget, and voters will decide on a new plan Tuesday. The board opted to remove propositions that failed to get voter approval last time, the new budget plan will now lower taxes, by 5%, The budget vote is Tomorrow from 12:00 noon until 9:00 PM at the school bus garage.
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Governor Cuomo unveiled the Upstate Distressed Schools Fund to provide additional state support to New York’s neediest school districts, particularly those in Upstate with a high concentration of schools designated as “failing” by the State Education Department. The Fund complements the $75 million included in the 2015-16 State Budget to help turn around the state’s worst 27 failing schools. The Upstate Distressed School Fund will provide grants for capital and operating expenses that will enable districts to dedicate more resources to improve students’ test scores and graduation rates.
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State Police at Binghamton arrested 21 year old Zachary Boman of Susquehanna, Pennsylvania for Driving While Ability Impaired by Drugs-Commercial Vehicle 1st and Criminal Possession of Controlled Substance 7th. This arrest occurred after Troopers received a Broome County 911 report of a Kenworth dump truck being driven erratically on Interstate 81 northbound in the Town of Kirkwood. An investigation determined that he was driving a commercial vehicle while impaired by drugs. Boman consented to a test of his urine for drugs and the lab results are pending. He was also found to unlawfully possess a small quantity of opiates and a syringe. Boman was arraigned in the Town of Kirkwood Court and remanded to the Broome County Jail in lieu of $1,500 cash bail or $3,000.00 property bond.
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