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State Attorney General Letitia James today announced that her office secured a multi state settlement with pharmaceutical company Mylan that will deliver up to $335 million nationwide to help combat the opioid crisis. Mylan manufactured and sold a variety of opioids since 2005, including generic fentanyl patches, oxycodone, hydrocodone, and others, & they deceptively promoted its products as less prone to abuse, but were more vulnerable to abuse.

James Wales was denied parole last week, he is serving a sentence of 33 years to life for the 1984 murder of 12-year-old Cheri Lindsey, this was the 6th denied parole following strong opposition from the community. Lindsey was killed in March of 1984, while collecting payments on her newspaper delivery route. She was murdered in Wales’ home on Sturges Street in Binghamton, Wales will be eligible to apply for parole supervision again in 2 years

Various Law Enforcement Officials in Broome County joined with the Lindsey family, to express their opposition to the potential parole of James Wales, the convicted murderer of 12-year-old Cheri Lindsey in 1984. Wales was convicted for rape and murder, he has been denied parole 5 times since becoming eligible in 2017, he is scheduled for consideration by the New York State Parole Board.