P.M. NEWS MONDAY 3-4-24

Broome County District Attorney’s Office announced that Dylan Shoemaker of Colesville was sentenced to 12 years to life for 2nd degree Assault in Broome County Court. On February 6, 2023, State Troopers responded to Shoemaker’s residence in Nineveh for a domestic incident. Shoemaker punched a Trooper while being placed into custody, resulting in injury of that Trooper.

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The Harpursville Fire Department responded to a fire Saturday at 329 Hartz Road in the Town of Colesville. Harpursville Firefighters were assisted at the scene by firefighters from Windsor, West Windsor, Deposit, Masonville, Greene, Afton, Port Crane & several other departments responded, firefighters were able to keep the fire from spreading, there was mostly smoke & water damage.

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Attorney General Letitia James kicked off National Consumer Protection Week by releasing a list of the top 10 consumer complaints received by the Office in 2023. Over 5500 complaints were made regarding retail establishments, over 3900 were about landlord tenant issues, over 3500 were complaints about auto sales & service, over 3200 were about banking institutions, and over 2500 were regarding internet security issues.

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State DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos announced that he will step down from that position after serving for 8 1/2 years. Seggos is the longest-serving DEC Commissioner in State history, he will step down on April 1st.

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Delaware County Sheriff’s office arrested 54-year-old Thomas Burrows Jr. of Manhattan on a Bench Warrant issued by the Town of Stamford Court. Burrows was being held in the Delaware County Correctional Facility on an unrelated charge at the time of his arrest. This warrant was issued due to Burrows’s failure to appear in court in connection with a charge of Criminal Possession of a Weapon, Burrows was arraigned and was remanded to the Delaware County Correctional Facility on $2,000 cash bail or $4,000 secured bond.

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The Next Meeting of the General Clinton Canoe Regatta will be held tonight in Bainbridge, the meeting begins at 6:30 PM in the back of Bob’s Diner.

A.M. NEWS MONDAY 3-4-24

The Delaware County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a crash that killed a Walton Couple Tuesday. Raymond & Joan Light of Walton were killed in the crash on Franklin Depot Road, they were pronounced dead at the scene, the investigation into the cause of the crash is continuing.

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30 year old Charles Walsh of Sidney was indicted by the Delaware County Grand Jury for multiple counts of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance, Criminally Using Drug Paraphernalia, he is accused of possessing fentanyl & Methamphetamine with intent to sell, as well as for having packaging materials in order to package & sell controlled substances. Walsh could face up to 14 years in state prison and 5 years of additional post release supervision.

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51 year old Kim Kraemer of Margaretville was indicted by a Delaware County Grand Jury for Driving While Ability Impaired by a Combination of Drugs and Alcohol & Aggravated Unlicensed Operation, for driving a motor vehicle under the combined influence of drugs and alcohol while in the Town of Delhi on August 28, 2023, if convicted, she faces the maximum sentence of 1 and 1/3 to 4 years in state prison.

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The National Weather Service reports that a tornado touched down in the Town of Chenango in Broome County on February 28, at around 5:00 PM. The tornado was rated an EF-1, with winds around 100 MPH.

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4 goats were killed in an early Saturday Morning barn fire in Edmeston. Firefighters arrived to find the barn fully engulfed at 5526 Highway 18, no injuries were reported to firefighters, the fire was ruled as accidental.

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