Advertisement. Advertise with us

Jury Finds Unadilla Man, 47, Guilty

Of Molesting Under-11 Girl 13 Times

William Holtslander

COOPERSTOWN – A Unadilla man, 47, was found guilty today after a jury trial in Otsego County Court of molesting a girl under age 11.

William A. Holtslander was convicted of 13 counts of sexual abuse in the first degree.

The jury, consisting of four men and eight women, deliberated for four hours before returning a verdict of guilty on all counts, finding Holtslander had molested the girl 13 times.

He faces up to 91 years in prison; sentencing is scheduled for Nov. 13.

District Attorney John M. Muehl prosecuted; Holtslander was represented by attorney Thomas Jackson of Binghamton.  County Judge John F. Lambert presided.

Posted

4 Comments

  1. This is great. BUT THE BOY THAT KILLED MOM AND. SUE AND Tim. PERRY. Only get 25 years and this man is facing 91 years and no 1 died, but this kid only gets 25 year x 2. But run together,
    HOW I HAVE TO ASK. WHERE THE HE’LL IS THERE. JUSTICE IN THIS????????? PLEASE SOME ONE EXPLAIN THIS TO ME
    THE LAW IS TELLING ME IT’S OK TO KILL BOTH YOUR MOM N DAD = 25 YEARS
    BUT TOUCH A CHILD AND GET 91 YEARS

    FAIR, NO NOT IN THE LEAST.
    GREAT D.A. WORK AND THE SAME TO THE JUDGE. GREAT FLIPPING JOB!!!!!!!

  2. What they don’t report is that 12 counts were thrown out(should have been before the trial) and the last was thrown out by the appeals court.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published.

Related Articles

SCOLINOS: It’s All We Need To Know: Home Plate 17 Inches Wide

COLUMN VIEW FROM THE GAME It’s All We Need To Know: Home Plate 17 Inches Wide Editor’s Note:  Tim Mead, incoming Baseball Hall of Fame president, cited John Scolinos, baseball coach at his alma mater, Cal Poly Pomona, as a lifelong inspiration, particularly Scolinos’ famous speech “17 Inches.” Chris Sperry, who published sperrybaseballlife.com, heard Scolinos deliver a version in 1996 at the American Baseball Coaches Association in Nashville, and wrote this reminiscence in 1916 in his “Baseball Thoughts” column. By CHRIS SPERRY • from www.sperrybaseballlife.com In 1996, Coach Scolinos was 78 years old and five years retired from a college coaching…

Sports Can Resume, Superintendents Told

CLICK HERE FOR MEMO TO SCHOOLS Sports Can Resume, Superintendents Told COOPERSTOWN – In a memo released Friday evening, county Public Health Director Heidi Bond advised local school superintendents that sports can resume as early as Monday. “Effective Feb. 1, participants in higher-risk sports may participate in individual or distanced group training and organized no/low-contact group training,” Bond wrote, “…including competitions and tournaments, if permitted by local health authorities.”…

Piper Seamon Scores 1,000th point

1,000 THANKS! Piper Seamon 5th CCS Girl To Hit High Mark The Cooperstown Central student section erupts as Piper Seamon scores her 1,000th career point in the Hawkeyes’ 57-39 win over Waterville at home last evening. Seamon becomes the fifth girl and only the 14th player in school history overall to score 1,000 points.  Inset at right, Pipershares a hug with teammate Meagan Schuermann after the game was stopped to acknowledge her achievement. Seamon will play basketball next year at Hamilton College. (Cheryl Clough/AllOTSEGO.com)  …

Putting the Community Back Into the Newspaper

Now through March 30, new annual subscribers to “The Freeman’s Journal” and AllOtsego.com (or subscribers who have lapsed for two or more years) have an opportunity to help their choice of one of four Otsego County charitable organizations.

$5.00 of your subscription will be donated to the nonprofit of your choice:

Cooperstown Farmers’ Market, Cooperstown Food Pantry, Greater Oneonta Historical Society or Super Heroes Humane Society.