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Taking Of Property

Prompts Police Alert

Facebook Post, Email From Coccoma

Heightened Security, Sheriff Reports

Bob Force, who lost his Gilbertsville area home and farm in the 2014 county tax auction, addresses the county Board of Representatives this morning at the county courthouse amid high security. An unspecified post on one of his Facebook pages prompted the security. (Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.com)

By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com

COOPERSTOWN – The Otsego County Board of Representatives met under high security this morning after, authorities said, a posting on a Facebook page of Bob Force, whose Gilbertsville home was auctioned off at the county’s 2014 tax sale.

The board’s monthly meeting was moved from the County Office Building at 197 Main St. to the adjacent courthouse, which is more secure.  Two sheriff’s deputies were at the door, double-checking people entering the facility.

Inside the high-ceilinged historic courtroom, two deputies were stationed by the door, and three other uniformed officers stood at various points.  Other officers patrolled the sidewalks around the county complex. Undersheriff Cameron Allison was at the scene overseeing the activity.

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