The Peru Gazette

Source: Watertown Daily Times | AG’s office lists top ten forms of fraud in New York for 2017

Past Five Years are Safest on Record DEC Records Tree Stand Incidents for First Time The 2017 hunting seasons in New York saw the second-lowest number of hunting-related shooting incidents (HRSIs) on record, 19, Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos announced today. Also in 2017, at Commissioner Seggos’ direction, DEC started tracking tree […]

Source: Child sexual abuse survivors turn up the heat on state senators | NCPR News

From the Office of State Senator Betty Little  The State Senate today approved a bill that would allow towns to set speed limits without the need to seek permission from the State Department of Transportation.The measure’s sponsor, Senator Betty Little, said villages, cities and towns with populations greater than 50,000 may set their speed limits […]

Source: State Police still investigating missing Whiteface skier’s story – Times Union

Source: NY sheriffs call on state to fund armed officers at school entrances – Capitol Confidential

Source: Editorial: A starved jail watchdog – Times Union

Source: Missing skier returning to Lake Placid – Sun Community News & Printing

Highlights of the Peru Town Board February 12, 2018 Meeting Counselor Jim Langley expressed frustration that of the 114 arraignments conducted in Peru Town Court last year, 77 or 66% involved people arrested outside of the Town of Peru. Forty-one arraignments involved arrests in the Town of Plattsburgh (36%), 36 (31.5%) involved arrests in other […]

Source: ‘Lost’ skier safe in Sacramento; contacted wife | News | pressrepublican.com

Source: Cuomo introduces bill to crack down on ill-behaved prison staff – NY Daily News

Source: Search Underway For Missing Whiteface Skier – – The Adirondack Almanack

Source: Plattsburgh named as possible destination for paroled murderer | Local News | pressrepublican.com

Source: With ‘Mixed Emotions,’ Scott Legalizes Marijuana in Vermont | Off Message

The state agency in charge of the oversight and inspection of 561 state and local correctional facilities and jails across New York is not tracking or analyzing incidents and inmate complaints that may indicate problematic trends at those facilities, according to an audit released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. Auditors also found the […]

Source: A gun grab? Just more paperwork? The facts about handgun “re-certification” | NCPR News

Forest Ranger Actions for 1/8 – 1/14/18 Recent missions carried out by DEC Forest Rangers include:Town of Keene Essex County Helicopter Rescue: On Jan. 14 at 4 p.m., DEC Ray Brook Dispatch received a call from a man snowboarding with a friend on Mount Marcy. While snowboarding, a 32-year-old Staten Island man sustained a puncture […]

From the office of Assembly D. Billy Jones Assemblyman Billy Jones (D-Chateaugay) expressed his frustration with Governor Andrew Cuomo’s decision to rescind a New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) pilot program that restricted packages to inmates. “The safety and security of our officers and civilian employees, who work tirelessly to safeguard our […]

Source: Watertown Daily Times | New York State Police to deploy drones in north country

Source: Brooklyn assemblywoman indicted for fraud – Times Union

Peru – Michael James, charged in connection with the September 20th dog attack on Mrs. Loretta Timmons, appeared in front of Judge Lawrence Cabana in Peru Town Court on Tuesday, January 9, 2018. Judge Cabana denied earlier defense motions to dismiss the charges and set a trial date of May 2, 2018 at 9:30 a.m. […]

Source: Fallen trooper, Colonie native a ‘dedicated family man’ – Times Union

Peru – The defendants charged with Robbery 2nd Degree in connection with the December 14, 2017 robbery in front of the Peru Dollar Store appeared in Peru Town Court on Tuesday, January 2. Judge James Kirby adjourned both cases for further action. Deshawn Williams was ordered to reappear in Peru Town Court on Tuesday, January […]

Source: Correction officer is charged – Sun Community News & Printing

It has been my honor to work at the Peru Town hall for 11 years with 7 of those years as your Assessor. In that time I have reveled in your triumphs and shared in your losses. Peru has many great events that contribute to its sense of community like Applefest, John P Adams Turkey […]