Assistant DA: We Have Truitt On Video Green: It Shows Suspect Carrying Accelerant By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Video evidence shows accused arsonist Gabriel Truitt, 33, with the accelerant found in front of Heather Engler’s apartment door in the Walling Avenue fire that killed former Oneonta firefighter John Heller, Assistant District Attorney Will Green said during this morning’s arraignment in Otsego County Court. “Video evidence shows the defendant with isopropyl alcohol going to and from the crime…
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Truitt In Basement Of House Next Door To OPD Headquarters Suspect Spirited To Otsego County Jail By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Less than a week since a grand jury indicted Gabriel Truitt, 33, on first-degree murder, one count of first-degree arson, and two counts of second-degree murder in the Dec. 29 death of John Heller, 38, Oneonta Police have arrested him at 95 Main St. The two-story apartment house is right next door to the Public…
Chief: OPD Will Call In U.S. Marshals In Search For Arson Suspect Truitt ONEONTA – Police Chief Douglas Brenner said a few minutes ago his department is gathering information that will allow it to bring the U.S. Marshals Office into the search for Gabriel Truitt, the former proprietor of the Tru Cut barber shop being sought in the Dec. 29 fatal fire on Walling Avenue. The step taken by an Otsego County Grand Jury, which issued an indictment against Truitt…
GRAND JURY INDICTS MAN IN FATAL FIRE Gabriel Truitt, First Suspect’s Brother, Faces Murder Arson Counts, Still At Large By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Gabriel Truitt, the brother of the man originally arrested in the Dec. 29 fatal fire at 5 Walling Ave., has been indicted for first-degree murder and other counts, District Attorney John Muehl said a few minutes ago. Truitt’s brother, Terrence, spent five weeks in Otsego County Jail, but was freed Feb. 11…