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Delaware County Sheriff’s Office arrested 27-year-old Shakeem Enang of the Bronx on a sealed indictment warrant following a grand jury proceeding involving the sale of HEROIN in Stamford. Deputies located Enang in a bathroom inside a residence, where he allegedly attempted to flush HEROIN and COCAINE down a toilet. Enang was charged with 2 counts of Criminal Possession of a Controlled substance & 1 count of Tampering with physical evidence. Investigators seized 80 wax bags of heroin, 2 grams of Cocaine and $668 cash. Enang was arraigned & was remanded to the Delaware County Jail pending future court action.

The Chenango County Historical Society museum will be hosting their Holiday Open House on Sunday, from 12:00 noon until 4:00 p.m. The CCHS Museum’s holiday bazaar will be open. More information about the society, the museum or Sunday’s event is available at 334-9227 or by email to director@chenangohistorical.org.

The Broome County Sheriff's department has been searching for 37-year-old Brenda Halpin of Chenango Bridge for over a month, since she disappeared from her home, without medication for health issues, which includes the degenerative Huntington's disease. Halpin was last seen April 8th in the Poplar Hill Road area; her family is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to her whereabouts. Halpin is described as a White Female, about 5 feet tall, about 90 pounds, with long straight brown hair, Huntington's diseases makes it difficult for her to sometimes walk or communicate clearly.

Otsego County Sheriff’s Department & Oneonta City Police arrested 26-year-old Haley Cornell of Oneonta, 26-year-old Shakeem Enang of the Bronx & 31 year old Michael Lightly of the Bronx on a variety of drug charges Sunday morning at 2 Rose Avenue. Officers seized heroin, crack cocaine, Oxycodon, hydrocodone, marijuana, hypodermic needles and $1,834 in cash. All three were charged with Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance, Enang and Lightly were charged with Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance & Unlawful Possession of Marijuana, and Cornell was charged with Possession of a hypodermic instrument. All 3 were remanded to the Otsego County Jail on Cash bail pending future court action.

State Police arrested 36-year-old Michael Hall of South Otselic, for DWI & 2nd degree assault plus several other traffic violations. Troopers also charged Hall's Girlfriend, 25-year-old Ashlee Simms of South Otselic, for DWI & other traffic violations. Troopers responded to a report of a woman yelling for help on South Chenango Street extension in the Town of Greene. Simms had been in a physical dispute with her boyfriend Hall who was a passenger in her vehicle, she stopped and ran for help, and Hall attempted to drive away & backed into a ditch and then fled on foot. Hall was arraigned and was remanded to the Chenango county jail on $250 cash bail or $500 property bond. Simms was also arraigned and was released without bail required. They face court action in the Town of Greene court on Thursday.

Governor Cuomo today announced the award of $6,081,700 to help 122 behavioral health providers that offer children’s services improve or develop their technological infrastructure or update their Medicaid billing infrastructure. In the Southern Tier organizations will receive $548,350, those included in the funding are: Catholic Charities of Broome County, Chenango County Mental Health & Delaware County Department of Mental Health