Food Pantry Director To Plead Guilty, Pay $18K In Restitution By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Antoine Bourbon-Parme, the former director of the Cooperstown Food Pantry who was charged with stealing more than $18,000 from the organization, will plead guilty and pay back the full amount, District Attorney John Muehl said today. “He’s never been convicted of a crime and he’s making a payment up front,” said Muehl. “That’s what’s keeping him out of jail.” Bourbon-Parme, 59,…
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To Save Victim’s Family From Ordeal Of A Trial, Truitt Offered Plea Deal Even So, Arson Suspect Faces 25 To Life COOPERSTOWN – In county court today, District Attorney John L. Muehl offered Gabriel Truitt, 33, a chance to plead guilty to one of two counts – second-degree murder – in the Dec. 29 arson death in Oneonta of former city firefighter John Heller. “I offered that on the record,” said Muehl, “to try to save the (Heller) family from…
Twins’ Mom Indicted In Newborns’ Deaths By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com DECATUR – On Saturday, May 4, Kimberly Nicole Steeley wrote a poem on her Facebook page, titled, “If I knew x Two,” “If I knew it was the last time I would hold you x2, If I knew it would be the last time I kissed you x2…If I knew love that Deeply x2, If I knew I would Have tried to save you x2,” she wrote.…
SPCA, Sheriff, District Attorney Form Animal Cruelty Task Force COOPERSTOWN – The Susquehanna SPCA will partner with the Otsego County Sheriff’s Department and the District Attorney’s office to look at creating a task force dedicated to combating animal cruelty in the county. “In addition to having a system in place for when we do have animal cruelty cases involving animal seizures, we plan to educate and empower law enforcement and the public about the humane treatment of animals and what…
CASEY CALLAHAN TRIAL: Day FOUR Jury Deliberations Begin in Murder Trial By PARKER FISH • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – With a total 22 witnesses called, including suspect Casey Callahan, the prosecution and defense gave their closing arguments in the murder trial against Callahan, who was charged with killing his wife, Elizabeth Welsh Callahan, at a truck stop on January 19, 2000. “Four tires ran directly down the center of her body,” said District Attorney John Muehl in his closing statement.…
CASEY CALLAHAN TRIAL: Day THREE Victim’s Words Before Death, Investigator Says: ‘I Love You’ COOPERSTOWN – Investigator Sean Ralph testified that Casey Callahan, currently on trial for the 2000 murder of his wife, Elizabeth Welsh Callahan, told him that her final words to her husband were “‘I love you, I’ll see you on the other side’,” allegedly referring to the opposite side of the Dandy Mart truck stop where Callahan was to pick her up.…
CASEY CALLAHAN TRIAL: Day ONE Killing Intrigued Suspect, 2 Former Friends Testify By PARKER FISH • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Casey Callahan, on trial for murder in Otsego County Court, discussed with two friends why and how he would kill someone shortly before the 2000 death of his wife, the two testified this afternoon. “I’ve always wanted to know what it felt like” to kill someone, one witness, Joseph Keto, Oneonta, on the stand this afternoon, recalled hearing Callahan say.…
Judge Denies Underwood Request For New Attorney By LIBBY CUDMORE • for www.allotsego.com ONEONTA – Judge Lucy P. Bernier denied Joshua Underwood’s request for a change of counsel during his appearance in Oneonta City Court this morning. Underwood, who had been arrested and charged with murder in the New Year’s Day death of Mark J. Morrison, 52, had written a letter to Judge Bernier, dated Jan. 8, to request the change, saying his lawyer, Assistant Public Defender James Ferrari, spoke…
AFTER 16 YEARS, MURDER CHARGED D.A. Says Former Goodyear Lake Man Killed Wife In Pennsylvania COOPERSTOWN – After 16 years, Casey James Callahan, 50, has been arrested and charged with the murder of his wife, Elizabeth. Otsego County District Attorney John M. Muehl annouced a few minutes ago he believes that Callahan, a Unadilla native, originated the plan to kill his wife while they were living in Goodyear Lake. On Jan. 19, 2000, according to a press release, Callahan ran over Elizabeth…
Milford Man Charged With Child Rape MILFORD – A 45-year-old Milford man was arrested and charged with child rape after the Otsego County District Attorney’s office received information that he was abusing an underage female, it was announced over the weekend. Kevin William Blush was arrested April 29 after investigators at the DA’s office received a tip that he was having sexual contact with a girl under the age of 15.…