Parents in Sandy Creek have been arrested and their children temporarily removed from their home after an investigation revealed inadequate living conditions. Earl and Shirley Russell are slated to appear in Sandy Creek Town Court Thursday at 7 p.m.
A petition has started to circulate around Oswego County, calling for the commissioner of the Oswego County Department of Social Services to step down or be removed from her position in response to the department’s handling of the Erin Maxwell case. Oswego County Administrator Philip Church says while residents are entitled to circulate a petition, it is not likely to cost the commissioner her job.
Fulton 6th Ward Alderman Russ Hayden says he was driving around his ward on a recent day. He passed by Vanburen Park on the city’s north side. Balloons tied to the side of the park’s bathroom building caught his eye.
A First Ward resident details several encounters she has had with dangerous dogs in her area. One attack sent her to the emergency room. Councilors encourage residents to report potentially dangerous dog to the animal control officer.
A judge has reserved decision on several motions to suppress evidence in the case against Cathy L. Scott, the Constantia woman who is accused of killing a motorcyclist in September 2007 while driving drunk. Because of the legislative timeline related to a New York law, the charge that carried the harshest penalty in Scott’s seven-count indictment was dismissed.
The former Hannibal bus driver who was accused of having sexual intercourse with a teenager has been sentenced to prison time. Jeanine M. Buske, 33, pleaded guilty to third-degree rape and was sentenced to 1-½ to 3 years in state prison. Buske is presently in custody at the Oswego County Correctional Facility, awaiting transfer to a state facility.
How many ghost stories are there connected to Fort Ontario? “More than the number of bars in Oswego,” quipped one of the organizers of this year’s ghost tours at the historic landmark. Some legendary figures, such as Lt. Basil Dunbar, killed in a duel in 1759, or Private George Fykes, who died in a 1782 fever epidemic, are rumored to appear as ghostly figures walking the ramparts of Fort Ontario and scaring army sentries and intruders.
Arraignment proceedings for Jay Barboni, the man accused of murder in the death of his girlfriend’s son, have been delayed. By decision of the grand jury, Barboni is facing a three-count indictment that includes second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter and second-degree manslaughter.
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