In town we were all worried that a fugitive was on the loose in our area. There were 10 State Troopers, the Town of Woodstock Police, Shandaken Police and a helicopter looking for this guy. Apparently it had nothing due with drugs as was reported to me by my neighbor. According to the article at the Times Herald Record:
Two men have been arrested after troopers say a 20-year-old woman was dragged into the woods in Phoenicia on Monday and sexually assaulted.
Well, isn’t that nice.
Authorities responded to a reported domestic dispute at Silver Hollow Cabins on Route 214, where the woman was forcibly dragged off. Canine units and state police helicopter searched the area and after two hours spotted the victim and suspect about a half mile from the scene.
That must have been some domestic dispute to call in a helicopter and canine units.
Desmond McCobb, 27, who is homeless, was charged with kidnapping, assault, aggravated sexual abuse and criminal contempt, felonies. John Oakley, 45, of Phoenicia, was charged with unlawful imprisonment and misdemeanor sexual abuse. Both men were being held pending arraignment.
If he is homeless, how in blazes is one homeless in Chichester?
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What is going on with the state of our town, we have a shooting last summer in Phoenicia during a “Domestic Dispute” and now we have another “Domestic Dispute” that leads to two men committing felonies on a woman that include, sexual abuse, kidnapping and unlawful imprisonment. What is going on here?
The Shandaken Bugle 