Drugs

An Oneonta man was arrested late Friday afternoon, while a woman is at large, following a six month narcotics investigation that was conducted by the Otsego county sheriff’s office criminal investigation division and the Oneonta Police Department Detective Bureau.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on Tuesday announced a multi-agency narcotics crackdown that led to a 226-count indictment, charging 31 defendants with distributing large quantities of cocaine throughout the capital region.

Delaware County Sheriff's Investigators have arrested a Jason Wilsey, of Davenport, on a Sealed Indictment charging him with the A-1 felony offense of Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance in the First Degree.

Dante Major, 36, was sentenced to 55 years in prison on four felony drug charges. He is believed to be the head of heroin and other opiate distribution in Otsego County and the surrounding area.

Tiffany Marshall, 20, of Davenport, faces up to 18 years in prison if convicted of selling oxycodone powder. She was arrested as part of the state's "Operation Gold Rush" drug investigation. She is alleged to have sold oxycodone powder on two separate occasions...

A Town of New Lisbon man was arrested for selling, growing and possessing marijuana following a 2012 narcotics investigation that was conducted by the Otsego County Sheriff’s Criminal Investigation Division and the Oneonta Police Department Detective Bureau with assistance from the Drug Enforcement Agency.

New York has won another important victory in State Supreme Court, striking a blow against street drug alternatives. State Supreme Court justice James McClusky issued a decision late Monday, holding business owner John Tebbetts, III, responsible for selling deceptively labeled designer drugs to consumers from his many stores throughout the state...

Chatrajit Hemraj, 38 of the Bronx, was indicted and arrested by Otsego County Sheriffs Monday for perjury as a result of his testimony to the grand jury on Dec. 4. On Aug. 8, he was arrested for criminal possession of a controlled substance after heroin and money were seized. Hemraj was interviewed by Otsego County Sheriff’s investigators and DEA special agents about his alleged criminal activity

An inmate at the Otsego County jail will face more charges after giving a controlled substance to another inmate.

Three Oneonta residents were arrested for drug possession after a search warrant was issued at 14 1/2 River Street. The City of Oneonta Police Department Special Response Team with assistance from the Otsego County Sheriff’s Department conducted the search as part of an ongoing investigation in drug trafficking. The search warrant was signed by Oneonta City Court Judge Bernier. Arrested were 24-ye