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Milford man arrested for domestic dispute involving knife

Milford man arrested for domestic dispute involving knife The Otsego County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man in a dispute involving a knife in the Town of Milford, following an investigation. Steven Keach, 29, allegedly destroyed property at a residence on January 27. He was taken into custody and charged with assault, criminal mischief, endangering the welfare of a child, criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, and aggravated harassment in the second degree. Mr. Keach was remanded to…

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State Police make arrest in Ononta assault

State Police make arrest in Oneonta assault New York State Police took 29-year-old Anthony Masi into custody on January 5 after a nearly week-long search following a December 30, 2021 incident at the Budget Inn on State Route 23. Police say Masi was arrested and charged with Assault in the first degree, a class “b” felony. The warrant for his arrest stemmed from what police called a “serious assault that occurred in Oneonta after Masi attacked a victim with a…

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State Police searching for assault suspect

State Police searching for assault suspect State Police are asking for help in searching for a suspect in an alleged assault in Oneonta on Thursday, December 30. Anthony Masi, 29, is alleged to have struck a victim with a machete-like knife, causing them to bleed profusely from their nose at the Budget Inn on State Route 23. The victim was transported to Bassett Hospital and later transferred to Upstate Medical Center for surgery. Contact the State Police at 607-561-7400 with…

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Duo sentenced for series of gas station robberies

Duo sentenced for series of gas station robberies By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – A pair of Otsego County men were sentenced Monday, May 10, for their roles in a series of robberies, attempted robberies and an assault that took place during a one-day crime spree April 24, 2020, in and around the city and town of Oneonta. Brian Ruple, 42, of Otego, received a sentence of seven years in state prison for a second degree assault…

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Suspect Arrested For Striking Victim In Head With Beer Bottle

Suspect Arrested For Striking Victim In Head With Beer Bottle CHERRY VALLEY – Troopers report arresting a Mohawk man for striking an alleged victim in the head with a beer bottle at 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 10, at the Tryon Inn & Backdoor Bar. Jonathan Fernandez, 32, was charged with felony assault in the second degree, state police at Richfield Springs report.…

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Three Teens Arrested in Dunkin’ Donuts Fight

Three Teens Arrested In Dunkin’ Donuts Fight ONEONTA – Three teenagers were arrested after a 16-year-old girl allegedly attacked a Dunkin’ Donuts employee, starting a fight at the store on Chestnut Street, state police report. State police report they were dispatched Sunday to the doughnut shop on a report the girl, unhappy with an order she had made at the drive-thru, struck the employee and broke items in the store. When another customer took a picture of the license plate,…

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Cameras Set Stage, Helped Solve Killing

Cameras Set Stage, Helped Solve Killing By LIBBY CUDMORE  • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Otsego County’s first slaying of 2017 – on New Year’s morning – happened in an Oneonta apartment with a surveillance camera in every room. The cameras helped put suspect Joshua Underwood, 25, in the victim’s room, and help convict the man, said District Attorney John Muehl. Underwood was convicted Friday, March 30, to 20 years in jail. “Witnesses said they got into a fight about…

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Underwood Gets 20, Perry Offered 25

UNDERWOOD GETS 20 YEARS Perry Offered 25 In Parents’ Slaying By LIBBY CUDMORE  • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Joshua Underwood, 25, who plead guilty to first-degree manslaughter in the New Year’s Day death of his boyfriend, Mark Morrison, was sentenced to 20 years in prison in Otsego County Court. Officials say around 3:30 a.m. Jan. 1, 2017, Underwood called 911 and reported that he had killed his boyfriend, 52-year-old Mark Morrison of Oneonta. Police found Morrison dead in his…

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SUNY Student Arrested After Assault With Baton

SUNY Student Arrested After Assault With Baton ONEONTA – Police arrested a SUNY Oneonta student after reports of a fight that left the victim with a skull laceration and a brain hemorrhage. Edward J. Ferrall, 23, Lynbrook, was arrested after police were called to the Westcott parking lot at 2:23 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 30 following the report of a fight. Further investigation found a group of onlookers surrounding a male who was laying on the ground, having allegedly been struck…

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Three Charged In April Burglary

Three Charged In April Burglary ONEONTA – Three men were arrested and returned to Oneonta to be charged in a burglary at a house on Washington Street in April, according to Oneonta Police. Teddy Faison, 34, Oneonta, was arrested  in July by the Village of Monticello Police Department, while Brian deVaughn Scott Jr., 19 and Nelson Navar Jr., 19, both of Utica, were arrested in Utica and were arraigned in Oneonta City Court last week.…

Putting the Community Back Into the Newspaper

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