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The Broome County Special Investigations Unit Task Force arrested 3 men on drug charges. Arrested were 31 year old Kenneth Washington, 39 year old Kenneth Graham and 19 year old Diamond Santana, during a no-knock search warrant at 32 Edwards Street in Binghamton Friday. Officer confiscated heroin, cocaine & marijuana. Washington and Graham were arraigned in the City of Binghamton Court and remanded to the Broome County Jail; Santana was released with an appearance ticket & will return to Binghamton City Court at a later date.
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Plans are continuing for the 2nd annual Rock In The Park concert at General Clinton Park in Bainbridge to benefit the Chenango county Toys For Tots program. This year’s concert will be on August 10, & will feature the Artemus Pyle band, Pyle was a member of the legendary Rock Band Lynyrd Skynyrd.
(Jason Hall 3-4-13)
Hall said that a “Meet & Greet” Contest is running through noon on Saturday on the Rock In The Park face book page, details about the show are available at 972 6526.
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Heroin & prescription pain killers are becoming the most common abused substances as law enforcement are seeing an increase in the arrest for possessing and distributing those drugs, and emergency rooms seeing a huge increase in overdoses as well. Erica Catton of Narco-non explains:
(Erica Catton 3-4-13)
Narco-non will refer those in need to area agencies regarding issues with drug addiction, by calling 1-800-468-6933, more information is available at stopaddiction.com.
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The Broome County Sheriff’s Office arrested 33-Year-old Futahi Hampton of Endicott Sunday on a charge of first-degree attempted rape & 3rd degree robbery. Hampton is accused of attempting to rape a woman and stealing her purse, he was arraigned in the Town of Chenango Court and taken to the Broome County Sheriff’s Office Correctional facility without bail pending court action.
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NYSEG announced that delivery charges are being increased to cover the cost of operating the Cayuga Generating Facility until other sources of power are found. The company operating the plant had planned to shut it down in January, but an agreement with NYSEG and regulators will keep it running for another year. Residential customers will pay $1.11 more per month, a small businesses could spend up to $29 more, large nonresidential customers with large demand could pay up to $1,680 more.
]]>Governor Cuomo announced that New York State will become the first state to require all hospitals to adopt best practices for the early identification and treatment of sepsis, a medical condition which is the number one killer in hospitals and the eleventh leading cause of death in the United States. These measures, which will be implemented through regulations issued by the Department of Health, will save an estimated 5,000 to 8,000 lives per year. Sepsis is a progressive shutdown of the body’s organs and systems caused by systemic inflammation following infection that enters the blood or soft tissue and over 200,000 die from it nationwide each year.
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The DELAWARE COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES will hold another free Rabies Vaccination Clinic For dogs, cats, and ferrets today at the Delhi Fire Hall At 140 Delview Terrace Extension. The clinic will run from 6:00PM to 8:00PM, more information is available at 832-5200 or at delawarecountypublichealth.com.
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Governor Cuomo and state lawmakers agreed to changes to gun laws that would expand the state’s ban on assault weapons. The bill would broaden the definition of assault weapons; ban semiautomatic pistols and rifles with detachable magazines and one military-style feature, as well as semiautomatic shotguns with one military-style feature. The bill would require mental health professionals to report to local mental health officials when they believe that patients are likely to harm themselves or others, Law enforcement would then be authorized to confiscate any firearm owned by that patient; the bill stipulates that those who already own such guns could keep them. The legislation would increase penalties for multiple crimes committed with guns, would require background checks for most private gun sales, and create a statewide gun-registration database.
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Hospice of Chenango County is looking for area people to volunteer this year. Kendall Drexler is the Volunteer Coordinator at Hospice, she told WCDO what a potential volunteer would do to become a volunteer:
(Kendall Drexler 1-15-13)
Drexler said that a Hospice Volunteer candidate is required to take a 23-hour training, which encompasses topics surrounding the physical, social, emotional, and spiritual aspects of death and dying. More information about becoming a hospice volunteer is available at 334-3556 calls will be accepted through April 1st.
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State troopers from Norwich arrested 23-year-old Joshua Orth of Morrisville, on a charge of 3rd degree Assault. The arrest followed the report of an altercation in Lincklaen, Orth was arraigned in the Town of Pitcher Court and remanded to the Chenango County Correctional Facility in lieu of $500 cash bail pending further court action.
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The Village of Sidney is seeking public input to help update the village’s Master Plan. Mayor Andy Matviak explains:
(Andy Matviak 1-15-13)
The sessions will all be held at the Sidney high school Friday from 7:00 to 9:00 PM, and on Saturday from 2:00 to 4:00 PM and 5:00 to 7:00 PM, more information is available at 563-2324.
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The Broome County Special Investigations Unit Task Force announced the arrest of 25-year-old Diondre Smith of Binghamton. Police found three grams of crack cocaine, 10 grams of powder cocaine, three loaded hand guns and extra ammunition and over $5300 in cash during a traffic stop Monday in Binghamton, smith was arraigned in the City of Binghamton and sent to the Broome County Jail, police also charged 22 year old Tyrek McCarden on drug charges, he was a passenger in the Smith vehicle, and 14 small bags of marijuana were confiscated, he was released on an appearance ticket.
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The Chenango County Sheriff’s Department arrested 24-year-old Ashley Babcock of Norwich, For Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance, and Criminally Possessing a Hypodermic Instrument. Babcock Was charged following a traffic stop, where she was initially accused of operating a motor vehicle without a driver’s license, She was found to be in possession of a Controlled Substance along with a Hypodermic Instrument. She is scheduled to appear in the City of Norwich Court at a later date.
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