After being donated by an Albany dog breeder, K-9 Mika had to undergo rigorous training including basic obedience, agility, handler protection, detection, tracking, and building searches.
The hard work of Stacie Haynes, Executive Director of the Susquehanna SPCA for Otsego County since 2015, advocating for the safety of animals, has earned her a prestigious position as Board President for The New York State Animal Protection Federation (NYSAPF)
Randy L. Hawkins and George Klinger III of Morris, NY face multiple additional burglary charges in Delaware County for a string of burglaries that took place back in July and August 2021.
Now the Otsego County Sheriff's Office has a deputy, Erika Puffer, who has completed the Level 1 training course with the National Animal Cruelty Investigations School through the University of Missouri. The Level 1 course is one of three animal-cruelty training courses related to investigating animal cruelty cases and Puffer's newly acquired skills will be used on cases in Otsego County.
Inmate John B. Clark is back in jail after allegedly escaping from corrections officers who were bringing him to a court appearance in Otsego County on December 9, 2021.
Sheriff Devlin details why Otsego County can't hold onto deputies. Since this past July, the county has lost as many as 13 deputies with low pay being the predominant reason.
Police say Joseph R. Head of Oneonta, NY was arrested after he allegedly sold methamphetamine to inmates while serving time at the Otsego County Correctional.
Otsego County Sheriff's Office employees are participating in a fund-raising event called "No-Shave November" which is a national, web-based, non-profit organization that raises money to promote cancer awareness and to support cancer prevention, research, and education.
The Otsego County Sheriff's Office, New York State Police, and the Fly Creek Volunteer Fire Department responded to a hit and run incident where a driver was hit by another vehicle and landed in a swampy area, half-submerged in water.
Most of us probably have old unused or expired prescription medication sitting in our medicine cabinets taking up space because we just haven't bothered to do a proper clean-out or we don't know what to do with them.