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Fulton Officer Gets Prison Time For Hitting Handcuffed Man

January 23, 2015 Janet Rebeor

A former sergeant with the Fulton Police Department was sentenced today (Jan. 23) in federal court to 15 months in prison and three years probation for beating a handcuffed man inside the Fulton police station. The Department of Public Justice Office of Public Affairs noted in a press release that Joseph Arigo, 47, pleaded guilty before a federal court judge in September to one count of deprivation of rights under color of law.

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Sunoco Ethanol Fulton Plant Receives $200,000 Regional Economic Development Council Grant

January 21, 2015 Submitted article

The Sunoco ethanol manufacturing facility in Fulton has received a $200,000 grant as part of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s $709.2 Million New York State Economic Development Resource Initiative. The grant will help support construction costs of an estimated $1 million weigh station consisting of two scales and a scale house at Owens Road and Route 57.

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Investigator Batstone Retires From Fulton PD

January 19, 2015 Contributor

On December 30, Investigator Michael Batstone retired after 20 years of service with the city of Fulton Police Department. Batstone began his career in April 1994. During his career, he had several special assignments including a post with the Oswego County Drug Task Force beginning in 2001. In 2005, Batstone was promoted to the rank of Investigator where he worked on many of the city’s major high-profile cases.

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Reclassed Incidents Leave Fulton School ‘Potentially Dangerous’

January 18, 2015 Janet Rebeor

School violence that went unreported or misclassified at Fulton Junior High School as revealed by a New York State Comptroller’s audit has classed the district’s only middle school as a potentially persistently dangerous school.

“The risk that schools with unsafe learning environments will not be identified as such raises concerns that school problems will continue unaddressed, parents will not be notified of school choice option, and the learning environment will suffer,” the comptroller’s report Compliance With the Safe Schools Against Violence in Education Act stated.

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