New York Police Agencies & the New York Sheriff’s Association have come out against Governor Cuomo’s plan to stop publishing Mugshots to their websites & to newspapers. Delaware County Sheriff Craig Dumond told WCDO News that his department will release Mugshots in the manner they always have:
(Dumond 4-9-19)
New York State Police have stopped placing mugshots on their website & in their Press releases on April 1st.
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The Investigation of Scott Lisincchia revealed that he had drugs in his system, at the time when he was the driver in Schoharie limo crash that killed 20 people last October. Lisincchia reportedly had marijuana and traces of an anti-seizure medication in his system; he was one of the 20 killed in the crash. The owner of the Prestige Limo Service that Lisincchia worked for, Nauman Hussein, faces grand jury proceedings tomorrow. The National Transportation Safety Board and state police are continuing to investigate the crash.
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State Attorney General Letitia James provided taxpayers with tips to help avoid fraudulent tax schemes, and how to report any suspected scams intended to steal personal and financial information. Currently, Scammers are impersonating representatives from the U.S. Treasury Department, the IRS, the Taxpayer Advocate Service in an attempt to collect phony tax debts; & some Scammers claim consumers owe past tax debts and insist that consumers pay using a prepaid credit card or gift card; New Yorkers should report potential scams to the Office of the Attorney General by submitting a complaint online or calling the consumer hotline at 1-800-771-7755.
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The State Education Department needs to improve its efforts to ensure school districts are following state requirements for school safety planning, according to an audit released by State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli. The audit found that the Department did not do enough to make certain that the requirements under the Safe Schools Against Violence in Education Act were being met by school districts, many of the districts could not demonstrate they had adopted annual safety plans, held public hearings on the plans, or appointed required personnel to safety teams or trained employees on the plans.
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State Police continue to investigate the November 1983 murder of 19-year-old Bessie Williams of Johnson City, who was reported missing to the Johnson City Police Department when she did not return home after picking up her paycheck at the Quality Inn Lodge in Endwell. On April 11, 1985, State Police responded to a report of human skeletal remains near King Street in the Town of Barker. A forensic examination determined the remains were those of Bessie Williams, and the manner of death was homicide. State Police have been attempting to identify a suspect whose vehicle was towed by citizens in the fall of 1983, from a field bordering the wooded area where her remains were discovered, he was described as an intoxicated white male, 25 – 30 years old, 5′ 7″ to 5’10” with medium build, wearing work boots, jeans and a blue wind breaker, the vehicle was a late 1970s white hatchback. Many leads have been followed up, the case is still open. Anyone with information is asked can call State Police at 561-7400.
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State DEC Officials remind New Yorkers that there is a burn ban in the state through May 14. Officials stated that open burning of household trash releases dangerous compounds including arsenic, carbon monoxide, formaldehyde, and lead, into the air, & that open burning is also the single greatest cause of wildfires in New York, a few have already been reported in the Mohawk Valley Region. More information is available at dec.ny.gov/chemical.
State Police arrested 54 year old William Davis of Franklin for DWI, after a trooper was dispatched to State Highway 357 in the town of Sidney for a 1-car rollover. The trooper located Davis’s vehicle down an earth embankment and on its roof. Davis was uncooperative with the trooper’s investigation and did not want to be seen by EMS even though he had blood on his face and hands, He arrested & arraigned in the town of Sidney Court and remanded to the Delaware County Jail on $1,000 cash bail or $2,000 bond. His next court date in the town of Sidney is Thursday, He will also to appear at a DMV refusal hearing on May 3, 2019 in the city of Oneonta.
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State Police arrested 45 year old Steven Whitehead of Unadilla for DWI, after a trooper observed Whitehead’s vehicle with an equipment violation while on Interstate 88 in the town of Sidney. A traffic stop was initiated on River Road, Whitehead was arrested & was released on appearance tickets for town of Sidney court on April 25th, and he was turned over to the village of Sidney Police Department where he was wanted on a warrant.
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The State DEC and the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission have scheduled a meeting in Hancock, today from 6:00 to 7:00 PM to update the public on the ongoing 3-Year Joint Fisheries Investigation Plan for the Upper Delaware River Tailwaters. The meeting will be held at Hancock High School, 67 Education Lane in Hancock.
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The next meeting for the General Clinton Canoe Regatta committees will be held this evening at 7:00 PM. The meetings will be held at Galaxy Bowl in Bainbridge.
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