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Sidney drug bust - On Thursday afternoon, after a 5-month investigation by Delaware County Sheriff's Office & Sidney Police, 4 area residents were arrested and charged as felony-level drug dealers. Arrested on Sealed Grand Jury Indictment Warrants issued were 37 year old Lewis “Sonny” Wolcott, Jr., of Sidney on 3 counts of Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance, for allegedly selling cocaine in Sidney late last year. Also arrested, 35 year old Stacey D. Sullivan, Jr., of Masonville, for Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance & Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance in or near School Grounds, for allegedly selling Heroin in Sidney, 34 year old Douglas Wilkinson of Sidney & Smyrna was charged with several counts of Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance, for allegedly selling narcotics in Sidney. 34-year-old Amanda Caffery of Sidney was charged with Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance for allegedly Hydrocodone in Sidney, all 4 were arraigned on the Sealed Indictments in Delaware County Court this afternoon and were remanded to the Delaware County without bail.

Delaware County Sheriffs Department arrested 19-year-old Christopher Whitely, Jr., of Stamford, on a Sealed Grand Jury Indictment Warrant charging him with three counts of Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance, for allegedly selling cocaine in Stamford last year. Whitely was additional charged with Unlawful Possession of Marihuana, which he had in a backpack, upon arrest, he was arraigned on the Sealed Indictment in Delaware County Court on Thursday afternoon and was remanded to the Delaware County Jail on $10,000 cash bail.

State Police at Sidney arrested 24-year-old Brandon Burns of Sidney and 22-year-old Taylor Nelson of Afton for 2nd degree Burglary. Troopers responded to a Chenango County 911 report of a burglary to a residence on County Route 39 in the Town of Bainbridge, the investigation determined that Burns had entered his grandmother’s home with Nelson & without permission and stole two televisions. Both men were arrested and arraigned at the Bainbridge Town Court. Burns and Nelson were remanded to the Chenango County Jail in lieu of $10,000.00 cash bail and $20,000.00 property bond.

Delaware County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the intersection of State Highway 10 and Delaware County Highway 2 in the Town of Hamden for a report of a one-car motor vehicle accident early Thursday morning. Deputies arrested 46-year-old Joel Ortega of El Paso, Texas for Driving While Intoxicated, aggravated DWI, Use of a portable electronic device while operating a motor vehicle, and speed not reasonable and prudent. Ortega is to appear in the Town of Hamden Court on July 20th to answer to the charges.