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The former town clerk in Potter will spend six months in county jail after stealing nearly $27,000 in public funds for personal use, according to officials.
Julie Brown, who previously served as Potter Town Clerk, was sentenced for her thefts, which were investigated by State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, Yates County District Attorney Todd Casella, and Yates County Sheriff Ronald Spike.
The Penn Yan resident stole cash payments made to the town of Potter for property taxes and fees for marriage licenses, hunting permits and even building permits.
A Yates County man is dead after a blaze destroyed his mobile home Wednesday afternoon.
The fire erupted shortly before 1 p.m. at 3 Sunnyside Estates trailer park in the Town of Middlesex, according to the Yates County Sheriff s Office.
Multiple fire departments responded to a report of a structure fire at that address. The home was fully engulfed in flames when units arrived on the scene, the sheriff s office said.
The lone occupant of the residence, 65-year-old Myron J. Worboys, of that address, succumbed to smoke and flames and was pronounced dead at the scene by the Yates County coroner.
Bath driver cited after horse hit-and-killed in Yates County
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Investigators with the Yates County Sheriff’s Office say a Bath woman was cited after a horse-and-buggy crash during the early morning hours on Thursday.
It happened on State Rt. 54 when Melissa Carney was traveling east in the town of Benton. Her vehicle struck a horse-and-buggy traveling in the same direction.
The 20-year-old, who was from Penn Yan, was thrown from the carriage, and treated at the scene.
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