State Police arrested 37-year-old JOYCE PRINCE, of Johnson City, for 2ND Degree Criminal Sexual Act and endangering the Welfare of an Incompetent Person. The investigation revealed that PRINCE allegedly engaged in inappropriate sexual contact with a male resident at the Prospect 1 residential group home in the Town of Dickinson. Prince was arraigned in the Town of Dickinson Court and was released on her own recognizance pending further court proceedings. The investigation is continuing.
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State Senator Jim Seward of Milford was 1 of the 18 state senators who opposed the states new gun control measure in Albany Monday:
(Seward 1-16-13)
The bill tightened up penalties for those who use guns while committee crimes, called for mental health professionals to report patients who may be dangerous & profess violent tendencies, the bill passed following the massacre at Sandy Creek Elementary school in neighboring Connecticut.
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Voters in the Sidney central school district approved of both propositions yesterday. Proposition one , which called for auditorium & athletic field renovations and new boilers, passed by a 539 to 321 vote, proposition 2 dealt with a capital reserve fund, it passed by a 581 to 272 vote.
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The Chenango county sheriff’s department arrested 20-year-old Travis Demuth of Oxford for 2nd degree Criminal Contempt. Demuth was located in a motor vehicle with the protected party of the order of protection, during a traffic stop in the Town of Norwich, he was taken into custody, arraigned in the Town of Norwich Court & was remanded to the Chenango County jail on $500 cash bail to reappear at a later date.
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The Chenango county sheriffs department arrested 28-year-old Nicole Macomber of Greene on active Arrest Warrants for the charges of 4th degree Grand Larceny, 2nd degree Burglary & Petty Larceny. Macomber was arraigned in the Town of Greene Court and released on her own recognizance to re-appear in the Town of Greene Court on a later date.
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State troopers in Binghamton arrested 22-year-old Jesse Villella of Port Crane for Unlawful Possession of Marihuana. Villella was arrested as the result of a traffic stop on State Route 11 in the Town of Dickinson & was issued an Appearance Ticket returnable to the Town of Dickinson Court at a later date.
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State Police at Stamford arrested 46 year old Sammy Truax of Hobart for Driving While Intoxicated with a BAC of .21%. The arrest resulted from a traffic stop in the Stamford, Truax was issued tickets returnable in the Town of Stamford Court on February 21st.
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(Cuomo on Gun control)
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said that he agrees with the governor’s proposal:
(Silver on Gun Control)
The gun control legislation follows the sandy creek elementary school massacre in neighboring Connecticut several weeks ago.
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The Sidney town board met last night, with supervisor Bob McCarthy, councilman Eric Wilson, and Town Attorney Joe Ermeti not in attendance. The remaining board members Tobias Whitaker, Bill Heath and Pete Cordes passed a resolution to enact a 1-year moratorium on gas drilling by hydrofracking. The resolution is being sent to the county for consideration.
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The Chenango county sheriffs department is still investigating the disappearance of 36-year-old Jennifer Ramsaran of New Berlin December 11th. Ramsaran was heading to Syracuse for a shopping trip, her cell phone was found in the Town of Plymouth the following day, her minivan was found in the city of Norwich 4 days later. Anyone with information is asked to call the sheriffs department at 337-1924; all calls will be kept confidential.
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State senator Jim Seward will be at the Sidney central school district today. Seward will speak with students in the particiption in government callas starting at 9:30 that will be followed by a tour of the facilities with school officials.
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The joint landowners coalition of Central New York announced that they have submitted their last set of comments to the DEC on natural gas development in the state. The comments were on the topics of protecting the environment, communities, and residents, and were compiled from input by environmental scientists, petroleum & civil engineers, chemists, toxicologists, organic & traditional farmers, medical doctors & attorneys, the complete comments are available at JLCNY.org. The DEC has received thousand of comments both for and against hydrofracking, as they get ready to release the final draft regulation in the coming months.
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