The tree trimmer had to be rescued from the branches by emergency responders.
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The Vestal Fire Department responded to Echo Road shortly at around 1:36 p.m. with a report of someone hanging 10 to 15 feet off the ground from a harness, pinned between two trees.
The extent of the person’s injuries is unknown but authorities say the harness probably prevented the situation from being more serious.
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Authorities say the tree “kicked back” while the person was working in the branches.
It is not known who called for help but Broome County Firewire indicated several units from the Vestal Fire Department including two rescue units, the tower truck and brush crew responded.
Two Broome County men are accused of trying to set up a rendezvous for one of them to have sex with a child in Pennsylvania.
The Wilkes Barre Times Leader reports authorities arrested 42-year-old Michael Robinsky of Vestal May 8 when he showed up to meet who he thought was a 15-year-old boy in Luzerne County.
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53-year-old Robert Strait of Endicott is accused of being the one to contact the undercover detective that the men thought was a teen.
According to the report, Robinsky faces three counts of unlawful contact with a minor, one count of conspiracy to commit unlawful contact with a minor, one count of criminal solicitation and one count of criminal use of a communications facility.