{"id":11587,"date":"2026-06-24T15:43:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T19:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wcdoonline.com\/localnews\/?p=11587"},"modified":"2026-06-24T15:43:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T19:43:11","slug":"wcdo-news-wednesday-6-24-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wcdoonline.com\/localnews\/wcdo-news-wednesday-6-24-26\/","title":{"rendered":"WCDO NEWS WEDNESDAY 6-24-26"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

P.M. NEWS WEDNESDAY 6-24-26<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

State Police arrested 49 year old James Crosby of Binghamton following an investigation into an alleged threatening social media comment directed at New York State Senator Lea Webb. Crosby was charged with Making a Terroristic Threat as a Hate Crime, The investigation determined that Crosby posted a threatening comment on Facebook in response to a WBNG news story featuring Senator Webb at a Juneteenth event. Crosby was transported to the Broome County Jail for centralized arraignment. State Police also determined that Crosby was in possession of firearms despite being prohibited from possessing firearms due to a prior felony conviction, Police Investigators recovered a rifle, a large capacity ammunition feeding device, and a firearm suppressor, all of which are prohibited under New York State law. Crosby was additionally charged with four counts of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the 3rd Degree, class \u201cD\u201d felonies.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The United States Attorney’s Office announced that 20 year old Jerry Butler of Walton pleaded guilty in US District Court to receiving child pornography. Butler admitted that in January and February 2025, he used a social media messaging application to receive child sexual abuse material from an out-of-state minor victim. Butler exchanged approximately 20,000 messages with the victim in which Butler persuaded the victim to create and send him sexually explicit depictions of herself, or he would publicly embarrass her if she did not comply with his demands. Butler faces a term of imprisonment of at least 5 years and up to 20 years in prison when sentenced in October, he also faces a fine of up to $250,000 and a term of supervised release of at least 5 years and up to life. Butler will also be required to register as a sex offender upon his release from prison.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chenango County Sheriff\u2019s Office arrested 51 year old Anthony Sawyer of Norwich Monday following an investigation into a Domestic incident. Deputies responded for a disorderly conduct complaint in progress, deputies determined that Sawyer had allegedly been involved in a domestic dispute with family members, while intoxicated, he is accused of pointing a rifle at multiple victims, that Sawyer had operated an ATV on a public roadway while intoxicated Sawyer was charged with 4 counts of Menacing, plus 1 count each of Reckless Endangerment, Endangering the Welfare of a child and DWI, he was taken into custody without incident and transported to the Chenango County Sheriff\u2019s Office for processing.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Delaware County District Attorney’s Office announced that 20 year old Cristian Navarro Guerrero of Staten Island pleaded guilty In Delhi Town Court to 1 count of Criminal Mischief for an incident On April 15, where SUNY Delhi University Police received a report of a broken window at the first-floor entrance to Catskill Hall. After viewing security camera footage, Navarro Guerrero was identified and arrested without incident, he was placed on 1 year of interim probation. Sentencing was adjourned for one year to see how the Navarro- Guerrero performs on probation.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There are maybe about a dozen VIP Tickets left for the Southern Tier Music Fest on July 4th in Sidney, featuring local musical acts & Headliner Jackson Dean, Teri Schunk is one of the organizers of the event & she talked to WCDO News today that the time is now to get the VIP Tickets:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Teri Schunk 6-24-26)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tickets and more information is available at southerntiermusicfest.com.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A.M. NEWS Wednesday 6-24-26<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Primary election results have been released, Democrats voted for incumbent Comptroller Tom DiNapoli in a landslide over 2 challengers, Locally Democrats in the 102nd Assembly District chose Janet Tweed over 2 other candidates. In the Republican Primaries locally,New York’s 19th Congressional District, Peter Oberacker won the Republican primary, advancing to the November general election to face incumbent Josh Riley, in the 51st State Senate Republican Primary, Chris Tague was the winner, for Otsego County Sheriff, Incumbent Rich Devlin & Mike Stalter were in a virtual tie with some votes still to be counted, In Afton, Town Supervisor John Lawrence wins the Republican Primary.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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47 year old Eric Rossman of Stamford appeared in the Town of Harpersfield Court Monday & pleaded guilty to 1 count of Criminal Possession of Stolen Property and 1 count of Conspiracy. In August of 2025, State Police received a report of stolen tools, at a residence located on Wood Road in Jefferson, it was determined that the stolen tools had previously been moved from a house in Harpersfield. Rossman admitted that he did not originally know that the tools were stolen, as he had put his initials on many of them, Once he was aware that they were stolen, he and one co-defendant moved to evade law enforcement. Rossman was sentenced to 1 year of incarceration to be followed by a one-year conditional discharge.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Former Delaware County Deputy Timothy Tryon pleaded guilty to 2 counts of Petty larceny, for stealing items from the Oneonta Walmart. Tryon was convicted June 18th in Oneonta Town Court, He was fined $500, ordered to pay restitution, and is no longer employed by the Delaware County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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