Couple Arrested When
CPS Finds Drugs, Weapons
During Child Welfare Check
MIDDLEFIELD – A CPS complaint lead to the arrest of a Middlefield couple after state police allegedly found an eight month old child living in the home with loaded weapons and drugs present.
According to Trooper Aga Dembinska, Troop C public information officer, Samantha P. Jicha, 22 and Zachary A. Mumbulo, 21, both of Middlefield, were arrested after a hotline tip to Otsego County Child Protective Services requested a welfare check on the infant at the couple's residence on Blacks Road. When police arrived, they allegedly found loaded weapons marijuana, and drug paraphernalia.
