State Police arrested 24 year old Christopher Smith of Weedsport for DWI, Failure to Keep Right, Failure to Yield the Right of Way, Driving on Shoulder, Moving From a Lane Unsafely, Leaving the Scene of a Property Damage Accident and Failure to Notify DMV of Change of Address. Troopers responded to a 2-car accident on State Highway 23 in the town of Oneonta, witnesses told troopers that the other vehicle left the scene and drove behind a local gas station. Troopers located Smith intoxicated behind a hotel, he was arrested & was remanded to the Otsego County Jail on cash bail, he will return to Oneonta court on August 22nd.
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State Police arrested a father and daughter for DWI & Endangering the Welfare of a Child. Troopers arrested 31 year old Maegan Thaxton of Cooperstown, for Aggravated DWI with child 15 or Under as Passenger, Endangering the Welfare of a Child, Inadequate Lights and Refusal to Submit to a Breath Test. Troopers made arrangements to have another party pick-up the child and Thaxton’s vehicle while at the scene. 71 year old Earl Thaxton of Middlefield responded to State Police Oneonta barracks with the 11-month old child in his vehicle, he was then arrested for Aggravated DWI, & Endangering the Welfare of a Child. The child was turned over to the care of Child Protective Services. Maegan & Earl Thaxton will return to the town of Oneonta court on August 15, 2019.
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Governor Cuomo signed “Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security” Act which imposes stronger obligations on businesses handling private data to provide proper notification to affected consumers when there is a security breach. The Governor also signed legislation requiring consumer credit reporting agencies to offer identity theft prevention and mitigation services to consumers who have been affected by a security breach of the agency’s system. The bill will take effect in 240 days.
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State Police arrested 41 year old Wendy Kinchoy of Apalachin for Identity Theft, after an investigation revealed that Kinchoy was hired to provide home health care to a victim in Guilford. Kinchoy is accused of taking victim’s credit card and making an unauthorized purchase in June. Kinchoy was arrested & was issued an appearance ticket for town of Guilford court on September 3rd.
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Schools are not doing enough to prepare for emergency situations like shootings, according to an audit of safety planning at 19 schools by State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli. Auditors found none of the schools met the minimum planning or training requirements of the State Education Department, which oversees safety planning for schools. 2 schools did not have district-wide safety plans even though plans were mandated nearly 20 years ago. The full report can be found at osc.state.ny.us
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21-year-old Skuyler Reynolds of Chenango Bridge is facing 5 more counts of burglary and 1 count of criminal possession of stolen property, in connection with a series of church burglaries in Broome County. Reynolds is a suspect in church burglaries in Binghamton, Johnson City, Chenango Bridge, Port Dickinson and Port Crane, he is being held in Broome County Jail. Pending court action, the investigation is continuing & more charges may be forthcoming.
The next meeting of the TRI-TOWN COALITION ON SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION will be held this evening in Sidney. Spokesperson Lorraine Keckeisen invites area residents to come to the meeting & hopefully get involved in their efforts:
(Lorraine Keckeisen 7-25-19)
Kayla Johnson of the Sidney Catholic Charities Mentoring Program Services is a guest speaker tonight, the meeting will be held at the Maiorano Building, 9 Main Street, Sidney starting at 6:00 PM. Keckeisen said that they are also starting a new website at tritowncosap.org.
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228 new Troopers were honored Wednesday for their perseverance and dedication in completing the 208th session of the Basic School of the New York State Police Academy during graduation exercises at the Empire State Plaza in Albany, New York. Trooper Tyshone Tibbs of Buffalo has been assigned to Troop C in Sidney:
(Trooper Tibbs 7-24-19)
The new troopers will report for field duty on July 31, 2019. For the following 10 weeks the new troopers will be evaluated under a field-training program supervised by senior Field Training Officers.
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