Delaware County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 18-year-old Joshua Davis, of Downsville Thursday on a multitude of charges following a 6-month investigation into sex crimes involving numerous victims. Davis is charged with 2 counts of endangering the welfare of a child, 6 counts of sexual misconduct, and 7 counts of 2nd degree Rape, for allegedly engaging in sexual contact with a child, and other related incidents. Davis was arraigned and was released on his own recognizance, he then surrendered to Deputies on 5 additional counts of sexual misconduct, from a separate investigation, he was arraigned in Walton Village Court on the 2nd round of charges & is scheduled to re-appear at Walton Village Court at a later date.
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The Gus Macker Tournament will be held this coming weekend in downtown Norwich, and there is a need for volunteers, according to organizer Tom Revoir:

(Tom Revoir 7-3-17)

Those wishing to volunteer for the Gus Macker Tournament can call 336-9622 extension 29.
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Delaware County Sheriff Deputies arrested 30-year-old Patrick Ford of Delancey, Saturday for Grand Larceny & Petty Larceny, following a report of a stolen wallet in the Town of Delhi. Ford is alleged to have stolen a wallet containing a credit card and a sum of cash from a residence in the Town of Delhi; he was arraigned in the Town of Delhi Court & was remanded to the Delaware County Jail on $1,000 cash bail or $2,000 bond.
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The Hometown 4th of July will be held in Oneonta tomorrow, with a full schedule of family activities. The Color Run will be hedl from 9:00AM to 12:00 NOON in Neahwa Park. At noon the 4th of July Parade will go down Main Street starting at the Foothills Performing Arts Center on Market Street. The rest of the festivites will be held from 1:00 pm to 11:00 PM in Neahwa Park, featuring Live Music, various Activities, Food, a free Oneonta Outlaws Baseball Game & the Fireworks Display at 9:30 pm.
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U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer is urging FEMA to process requests quickly to assist the Mohawk Valley area, which was hit with heavy rain, flash flooding & a possible Tornado near Vernon Downs over the weekend. Schumer said that if a disaster declaration is made, grant assistance would be available to state and local governments and certain nonprofit organizations to reimburse costs incurred from emergency work, and repairs or replacement of damaged facilities. FEMA usually covers 75% of the costs after a disaster declaration.
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Governor Cuomo announced that juries in New York State would be allowed to consider a photo array shown to a witness by police. Previously, State law prohibited photo arrays from being introduced as evidence at trial; the State also has adopted a standard protocol for law enforcement to follow when showing photos to witnesses for purposes of identifying the perpetrator of a crime.
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A Windsor man was arrested for DWI after he drove to the State Police barracks in Kirkwood to pick up a friend who had been arrested. 32-year-old Christopher Swawola of Windsor was intoxicated and Troopers determined that he drove to the barracks with a BAC of .18. Swawola was released to a third party, and will appear in the Town of Kirkwood Court on July 11th.
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“Fireworks Over The Fairgrounds” will be held tomorrow at the Chenango County Fairgrounds, in Norwich, Promoter Terry Potter of Millenia Entertainment explains:

(Terry Potter 7-3-17)

Tickets are $10 per person, kids 15 and under are free. Tickets can be purchased at Hummel’s Office Products in Norwich, the Chenango County Fair Office or at brownpapertickets.com.
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