Drugs

An investigation into a residence thought to be used to sell heroin resulted in a drug bust on Plymouth St. on Tuesday in Norwich. Two men were arrested. Travis Rivenburg, 33, of 21 Plymouth St., and Kajuan Bunn, 30, of Brooklyn, were both arrested on multiple charges after police allegedly found a quantity of packaged heroin. The two men were arrested without incident.

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.

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

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.

A dispute Tuesday night on Maple St. in Oneonta resulted in three drug arrests by the Oneonta Police Department. Police responded to a reported fight in progress at 40 Maple St., and through an investigation, police say drugs were determined to be the cause of the dispute.

After a series of narcotics investigations over the past five months by the Delaware County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Division, a number of sealed indictment warrants were handed down by recently by a Delaware County Grand Jury...

Delaware County Sheriff's Deputies, acting on a complaint from security officers at Covidien Healthcare in Hobart, recently arrested and charged Wayne Morse III, 26, a former Covidien employee, for the theft and possession of hydrocodone tablets from that manufacturer.

A traffic safety road check in the town of Milford over the weekend resulting in the discovery of more than $36,000 worth of marijuana.

The State Attorney General’s Office along with 35 other states has reached an $11 million settlement with drug manufacturer Amgen, Inc.

The 6th annual National Prescription Take-Back Day is this Saturday. New Yorkers are being urged to dispose of unused drugs at take-back day sites and at drop boxes available year round.