The Chenango County Sheriff’s Office arrested a City of Norwich man for Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance. The sheriff’s Narcotics Division arrested 22 year old Stephen Reilly following a narcotics investigation which began in the Town of Plymouth. While investigating an unattended death in the Town of Plymouth, packets of heroin were recovered from the scene. It is alleged that Reilly sold ten packets of heroin to the deceased victim. Reilly was arraigned in the Town of North Norwich Court and remanded to the Chenango County Jail on $30,000 bail. He is scheduled to reappear in court at a later date.
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A Binghamton man was killed after his SUV rolled over while trying to negotiate a sharp turn in the town of Dickinson Wednesday night. broome county’s sheriff’s deputies said 23 year old Kyle Wilcox lost control of his vehicle on Old State Rd. Tire tracks indicate that his vehicle veered across both lanes before rolling over and landing on it’s roof. Fire departments from 5 Mile Point and Port Dickinson assisted at the scene.
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Delaware County Sheriff Thomas Mills and Broome County Sheriff David Harder announced the arrest of a Deposit man on multiple felony drug charges. 29 year old Clint Stevens of Deposit, was arrested by members of the Delaware County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Division, and Broome County Special Investigation Unit Task Force, and charged with felony Criminal Sale and felony possession of a Controlled Substance for the sale and possession heroin and cocaine with the intent to sell. A month long investigation was concluded yesterday with a sting operation conducted on Pine Street in Deposit that resulted in the arrest of Stevens. He was arraigned in the Town of Delhi Court and remanded to the Delaware County Jail without bail.
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A bridge in Broome County will be named in memory of State Trooper Christopher Skinner. In May 2014, Skinner was outside of his cruiser issuing a traffic ticket on I- 81 in the town of Chenango when a man from Florida intentionally struck and killed him. The I-81 north and southbound bridge crossing U.S. Route 11 will be named the “Trooper Christopher G. Skinner Memorial Bridge.” Gov. Cuomo signed the legislation and both the Assembly and Senate unanimously passed the measure in June.
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New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman was in Binghamton Thursday to discuss his efforts to keep Southern Tier families in their homes. The Attorney General’s Office released a report detailing the results of efforts to prevent foreclosures across the state. Over the last three years, with the help of the Homeowners Protection Program and the State Mortgage Program, more than 3,700 households have been saved from foreclosure in the Southern Tier region.
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A Red Cross Blood Drive is scheduled for Saturday in Afton. The Blood Drive will run from 8:00 AM to 12:30 PM at the Afton United Methodist Church at 34 Spring Street. Appointments can be made at 1-800-RED CROSS; blood types are needed to ensure a reliable supply for patients.
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The results for the 2015 Common Core tests have been released by the New York State Department of Education for grades 3 thru 8. the percentage of students who scored at the proficient level was 38 percent, a 7 point increase over 2013, but the percentage of students who opted out of testing increased dramatically. Locally, Sherburne had the highest opt out percentages with 68% in Math and 62% in ELA. Deposit had the lowest percentage of students refusing to take the tests at 2%. The New York State “opt out” average was 31%.
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