Weekly Safety Report: Drug Indictment, Oil Spill, and Overturned Conviction in Wyoming County, New York

This week in Wyoming County, New York, there were three incidents of concern. A man was indicted for allegedly supplying drugs that led to a woman's fatal overdose. Hazmat crews responded to a spill of 100 gallons of waste oil into local storm sewers, which discharged into Oatka Creek. Additionally, a man who had served 37 years in prison for a double murder had his conviction overturned and was released.

Wyoming County man indicted following woman 's fatal overdose

13 WHAM12-21-2023

A 28-year-old man from Perry, Wyoming County, was indicted on charges of criminally negligent homicide, criminal possession of a controlled substance, and using drug paraphernalia. He allegedly supplied a drug to a 34-year-old woman who died from an overdose. The woman and the specific drug were not identified.

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• Wyoming County man indicted following woman 's fatal overdose

Crews respond after 100 gallons of oil spills into creek in Warsaw

WHEC TV-1012-18-2023

Hazmat crews, along with emergency services, firefighters, police, and the Department of Environmental Conservation, responded to a spill of approximately 100 gallons of waste oil into local storm sewers in the Village of Warsaw. The oil discharged into Oatka Creek. The spill was cleaned up using oil absorbent materials and pads.

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• Crews respond after 100 gallons of oil spills into creek in Warsaw

New York man who served 37 years in prison for killing 2 men released after conviction overturned

The Independent12-20-2023

A man who had served 37 years in prison for the shooting deaths of two people in the 1980s was released after his conviction was overturned. He left the Attica Correctional Facility following a court appearance in Rochester. His daughter, who was born shortly after his arrest, expressed her excitement about experiencing her first birthday, Christmas, and New Year with her father.

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• New York man who served 37 years in prison for killing 2 men released after conviction overturned

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