Disorderly Conduct Charged In

Confrontation With Town Board

FLY CREEK – Jon McManus, 35, the engineer, was arrested last evening on disorderly conduct charges after confronting the Otsego Town Board at a 5 p. m. meeting in the town hall here, according to sheriff's deputies.

""Following a disturbance in the parking lot" of town hall, according to the sheriff's press release, McManus was arraigned in Hartwick Town Court.  However, he was back in the municipal building for the 7 p.m. ZBA meeting, according to Town Supervisor Anne Geddes Atwell.

By evening's end, Town Board member Julie Huntsman, who had been considering resignation, had done so.

According to Geddes Atwell, McManus showed up at the town board meeting with two associates and began screaming at the supervisor and board members.  The two associates “remained quiet,” but McManus had “an absolute ranting breakdown,” said the supervisor.  “Really scary stuff.  I tried to calm him down.”