Murder suspect Richard Babcock arraigned

July 24, 2009 | Chenango County Breaking News, crime | Comments

The suspect in a 2008 Norwich homicide was arraigned in Chenango County Court on Friday, according to a media release from the county sheriff’s office. Richard T. Babcock was arraigned on a sealed indictment for second-degree murder, first-degree robbery, first-degree assault, and second-degre [...]

Colchester man admits freezing mother for Social Security checks

July 17, 2009 | Delaware County breaking news, Health, crime | Comments

Staff and Wire Reports A Colchester man admitted Friday that he stuffed his 98-year-old dead mother into a freezer so he could keep cashing her Social Security checks. Roland Auslander, 69, of 911 Cooks Brooks Road, pleaded guilty to grand larceny and forgery charges in Sullivan County court Friday. [...]

Otsego County residents arrested in Nebraska

July 15, 2009 | Otsego County Breaking News, crime | Comments

LEXINGTON, Neb. (AP) — A registered sex offender on New York’s list of most-wanted parolees was arrested on Interstate 80 in south-central Nebraska. A news release from the Nebraska State Patrol said Wednesday that 42-year-old John Shaw, of Otsego County, was arrested Tuesday. The patrol says so [...]

Oneonta man allegedly sent lewd photos

July 1, 2009 | Oneonta Breaking News, crime | Comments

An Oneonta man was arrested Tuesday for allegedly sending lewd photos to a 14-year-old girl. Matthew Lange, 27, was charged with first-degree disseminating indecent material to minors, a felony. The arrest came afer a report was received by state police Friday, troopers said in a media release. Lang [...]

Delaware County arrests made for illegal alcohol sales

June 22, 2009 | Delaware County breaking news, crime | Comments

State police made two area arrests Friday for illegal alcohol sales to minors at convenience stores. At the Valero, 676 W. Main St., Hancock, troopers arrested clerk Glenna L. Jennings, 39, of Hancock. Jennings is scheduled to appear in village of Hancock court on Wednesday. At the Quickway, 360 Sta [...]

Sketch of Oneonta Sears robbery suspect

June 12, 2009 | Oneonta Breaking News, crime | Comments

People with information for Oneonta police may call 432-1113. Coverage: Suspect sketch released Sears in Oneonta robbed [...]

Baby sitter killer Ford gets the max

June 11, 2009 | crime | Comments

Archive of trial coverage NORWICH — A New Jersey man convicted of intentionally running over a 12-year-old baby sitter is headed to state prison for 25 years to life. George Ford Jr., of Piscataway and the town of Otselic in Chenango County, admitted during his sentencing that he killed Shyanne So [...]

Robbery at Oneonta Sears

June 5, 2009 | Oneonta Breaking News, crime | Comments

ONEONTA — A robbery today at the Sears store on South Main Street is under investigation, Oneonta police said. Nobody was injured. Police were called at about 12:20 p.m. by 911, to report the act that involved a lone white male, between 20-30 years of age, with a scruffy beard, baseball cap, a [...]

Husband charged in Cornell researcher’s Ithaca death

June 5, 2009 | crime | Comments

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — A Cornell University graduate student from New Zealand was charged Friday with murdering his wife, whose body was found along a wooded trail in a state park with her throat slashed. Blazej Kot was charged with second-degree murder in the slaying of 28-year-old Caroline Coffey [...]

Arrest made in Milford burglary

June 3, 2009 | Otsego County Breaking News, crime | Comments

ONEONTA — A Milford man was arrested Tuesday in connection with the alleged theft of fentanyl patches from a burglarized home on Silliman Cove Road. Joshua M. Beardslee, 23, was charged with second-degree burglary after he was taken into custody by state police, troopers in Oneonta said Wednes [...]