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All Arraignments Now At County Jail

All Arraignments Now At County Jail State Mandate Requires Hiring Of 7 Local Public Defenders By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com TOWN OF MIDDLEFIELD – Otsego County’s new centralized court at the county jail in the Town of Middlefield means no more 3 a.m. phone calls seeking arraignments from Town of Otsego Judge Gary Kuch. “I’ve had nights where I’ve been called in and we have to call around, and then wait 45 minutes for a public defender,” said…