JOHNSTOWN - A Northampton man was indicted by a Fulton County grand jury Friday and charged with four counts of animal cruelty. Police said he starved two dogs on his property last month.
Norman G. Lamphear, 45, of Dennie Road was indicted on two counts of felony aggravated animal cruelty and two counts of overdriving, torturing or failure to provide sustenance to animals.
The grand jury named three people in indictments handed up Friday to County Court Judge Polly A. Hoye.
Lamphear was arrested March 4 after two state troopers interviewed a complainant regarding an animal-cruelty case. The complainant stated Lamphear had starved his two mixed-breed dogs to death.
According to troopers, the two dogs were chained to separate dog houses that were without bedding or hay and had no food or water.
The dogs were emaciated and had been deceased for some time, troopers said.
Police said there were no foot tracks in the snow leading to the dog houses.
In separate cases Friday:
Omar DeJesus, 23, of 13 High St., Amsterdam, was indicted on one count each of third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance and third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.
He was arrested Feb. 20 in Gloversville after city police raided a local bar and found patrons selling illegal drugs. Police said he possessed and tried to discard about one ounce of cocaine while approached by officers in the Upper Deck bar on West Street. DeJesus was on federal probation for narcotics sales at the time of his arrest, police said.
Roy A. DeRonda, 44, of Eleventh Avenue, Gloversville, was indicted on counts of felony driving while intoxicated, aggravated DWI and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.
He was charged Feb. 27 in Gloversville.