Arrests

The Otsego County Sheriff's Office announced Monday that two Oneonta couples were arrested Saturday on felony drug charges following a month long narcotics investigation. Roy Young, 26, and Kristen Rudnitsky, 23, were arrested following a search of their second floor apartment. The Sheriff's Office says 17 grams of heroin, 51 grams of cocaine and 47 grams of marijuana were found in the apartment.

Delaware County District Attorney Investigators earlier this week arrested a Sara Wiley, 35 of Stamford, and charged her with one count of 3rd degree welfare fraud and seven counts of 1st degree offering a false instrument for filing.

After responding to a burglary in progress at Hogan’s General Store in the Village of Andes, police arrested a 16-year-old male from Margaretville and a 14-year-old male from Andes for one count of 3rd degree burglary and one count of attempted petit larceny.

State Police at Oneonta arrested Shannon Remillard, 29, and Cassandra Remillard, 23, both of Oneonta, Thursday on grand larceny charges. Each was charged with grand larceny as the result of an ongoing investigation. Both were issued an appearance ticket and will return to Town of Oneonta Court August 22...

State Police arrested Matthew Bergeron, 23 of Richmondville, at the Pilot Truck Stop in Rotterdam and charged him with felony violation of probation on Thursday afternoon. Bergeron was wanted by the Schoharie County Probation Department on the charge for a previous conviction of criminal possession of a controlled substance and a misdemeanor violation of probation warrant for a previous conviction

A three-hour standoff in Cortlandville ended peacefully with the arrest of John K. Downes, 55 of Watertown, on Saturday evening. State Police received a complaint of an armed man menacing another man around 6 p.m. on Saturday. Police responded to the residence, where they found only Downes inside.

Charles Baker, 23 of Pitcher, was arrested Tuesday following an investigation by the Chenango County Sheriff's Office.

Anthony McCool, 29, from Walton, will be back in the village of Walton Court on Tuesday.

Alexander Vega, 22, of the Bronx, was arrested for allegedly selling heroin in August and September 2011 in the city of Oneonta. The arrest comes as a result of Operation Dial Tone, which is a joint narcotics investigation into the heroin distribution from the Bronx into Otsego County.

Michael J. Degnan, the 38-year-old man who police sought last week in connection with forcible rape of a 14-year-old female, has been arrested and charged with rape in the first degree.