P.M. NEWS TUESDAY 1-28-25
A Winter Weather Advisory is in in effect for part of the WCDO Listening area through Thursday Morning, with snow forecast throughout the local Counties, Meteorologist Rich Townsend comments:
(Rich Townsend 1-28-25)
We’ll have our Tri-County Forecast at the end of this news cast.
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Otsego County Sheriff’s Office arrested 63 year old Keith Hansen, of Oneonta, for Sex Offender Failure to Notify Change of Address, following an investigation in to a registered sex offender who relocated from his residence in the Town of Oneonta and did not make the proper notifications to the Sex Offender Registry. During the investigation, a warrant was issued out of the Town of Middlefield for Hansen after he failed to appear for court proceedings for a previous sex offender violation charge. Deputies responded to the Oneonta Police Department and took custody of Hansen Monday on the active warrant, he was processed and turned over to corrections staff to await Centralized Arraignment.
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Chenango County Sheriff’s Office arrested 52 year old Travis Button of Norwich for Failure to Notify Law Enforcement of an Address Change. Button is a level 2 sex offender, he is required to report a change of address to authorities where he is residing, Button failed to do so, and he is currently held at the Chenango County Correctional Facility and is to appear in the Town of Norwich Court at a later date.
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Delaware County Sheriff’s Deputies responded Sunday in the Town of Kortright to a motor vehicle accident on County Highway 29, Deputies made contact with the driver, 23-year-old Jillian Bishop of Newburgh. Deputies arrested and charged Bishop with Driving While Intoxicated, Aggravated Driving While Intoxicated, Failure to Keep right and Open container in a Motor vehicle, among other charges, Bishop was processed and released on appearance tickets for Town of Kortright Court at a later date.
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The State Department of Labor today released preliminary local area unemployment rates for December 2024. New York State’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate held constant at 4.4% in December 2024. Locally Chenango county had 3.4% unemployment, Delaware County 3.9% and Otsego County 3.8%
A.M. NEWS TUESDAY 1-28-25
A Delaware County Grand Jury returned a 4-count indictment against 51 year old Michael Thiel of Sidney, for Criminal Possession of a Weapon, Criminal Possession of a controlled substance, and Criminal Nuisance, Thiel is accused of possessing a pistol with the intent to use it unlawfully against another, he is also accused of possessing methamphetamine in the Village of Sidney with intent to sell, last October and that he maintained a premises in the Village of Sidney where persons came to gather for the purpose of engaging in the unlawful sale of narcotics.
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Delaware County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 86 year old James Lieberman following a complaint involving a Juvenile at the Delhi Nursing and Rehab Center in the Town of Delhi. Lieberman is accused of exposing himself to a child less than 16 years of age, he was charged with public lewdness & endangering the welfare of a child and he is ordered to appear in Town of Delhi Court at a later date.
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Delaware County Sheriff’s Office announced that Corporal Kyle Karcher, Deputy Justin Mohr, and Deputy Victor Altheim have been awarded the Deputy of the Year Award from the New York State Sheriffs’ Institute. On September 4th, 2024, all three responded to a shots fired call in the Town of Hancock, They arrived on scene to find that a victim had been shot while walking his dog and had retreated into his residence with his girlfriend, as the perpetrator allegedly continued firing at their home.
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