State Police responded Wednesday afternoon to the report of a burglary in progress at a home on State Route 8 in the town of Deposit near Michigan Hollow Road.  State police encountered 34 year old Clint Stevens of Binghamton, who claimed to be high on methamphetamines, he shot at troopers shortly after their arrival, they requested & received back up, and negotiations with Stevens went on for several hours, with Stevens shooting additional Meth into his system & damaging windows of the home, which belonged to his parents.  After several hours, Stevens fire at troopers again, who returned fire, & he was killed.  State Route 8 was closed during the standoff and for the investigation until earlier this morning, the investigation is ongoing.

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Lawmakers are waiting for some action on any of the proposal regarding the controversial Bail Reform Law that went into effect January 1st, Assemblyman Cliff Crouch comments:

(Cliff Crouch 1-30-20)

The controversial law went into effect as part of a budget bill last year, it calls for people arrested on over 400 charges to be automatically released from the initial court appearance on an appearance ticket, several instances have already occurred where someone was released & almost immediately committed another crime.

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Local Mayors Andy Matviak of Sidney, Phil Wade of Bainbridge and Dave Welch of Unadilla have been meeting monthly for about the last year, one of the issues they have dealt with is how to get legal notices & other information out following the demise of the Tri Town News, and they have decided to send out an email blast together, Unadilla Mayor Dave Welch commented:

(Dave Welch 1-30-20)

Resident that want to get the email blast most contact their village offices to submit their email address, each Email blast will come out Thursdays to those who have subscribed.  WCDO will broadcast our interview with the 3 Mayors Tuesday evening following the 6:00 PM news.

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Jury deliberations are scheduled to begin today in the trial of 33 year old Gabriel Pruitt of Oneonta.  Pruitt is charged with Arson & Murder in connection with a fire at 5 walling Avenue on December 29th of 2018, former Oneonta Firefighter John Heller died while getting his family out of the burning building.

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A lawsuit has been filed in State Supreme Court against the Town Of Guilford, for their controversial renewable energy law, that would allow Calpine to erect up to 30 large wind turbines in the town.  A coalition of residents from Guilford & the adjacent town of Unadilla filed the lawsuit January 24th.

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Governor Cuomo announced legislation in the proposed Executive Budget that grants the State Police Superintendent the right to issue administrative subpoenas as a way empower the State Police to investigate internet crimes against children. This new power will enable the State Police to move quickly to identify and locate persons suspected of online sexual exploitation of minors by streamlining the subpoena process necessary to obtain their online records.

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The Tri-Town Coalition on Substance Abuse Prevention will hold their next meeting this evening in Sidney.   The meeting will be held at the Sidney Public Library Smart Community Room from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM

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Delaware County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 22-Year-Old Siara Mettler of Hamden on a charge of Aggravated Unlicensed Operator, Unlicensed Operator, and Uninspected Motor Vehicle. Mettler was later released on traffic tickets, and is scheduled to appear in the Walton Town Court at a later date to answer the charge.

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