By Patricia Breakey
Delhi News Bureau
DELHI _ Four cases involving
drugs and one involving
prison contraband were heard
in Delaware County Court on
Monday.
A Fleischmanns man who
was arraigned in Delaware
County Court in November on
eight charges related to two
burglaries appeared in court
Monday with his recently assigned
attorney, Richard Gumo
of Delhi.
Matthew C. Galunas, 41,
was arrested Oct. 30 and was
charged with eight felonies.
The alleged incidents took
place in Margaretville during
Christmas of 2007.
Galunas pleaded innocent
to two counts of first-degree
criminal possession of a controlled
substance _ morphine,
morphine sulfate, oxycodone,
oxycotin and methadone; two
counts of third-degree burglary;
two counts of third-degree
grand larceny; and two
counts of petit larceny.
The charges stem from alleged
burglaries at the CVS
pharmacy and the A&P; supermarket
in Margaretville.
A large amount of pharmaceutical
drugs and cigarettes
were stolen from the CVS,
troopers said, and a large, undisclosed
amount of cash was
stolen from the store registers
and the ATM machine within
the A&P;, along with cartons of
cigarettes.
Gumo said a recently received
DNA report eliminates
Galunas as one of the people
involved. Gumo requested bail
be set for Galunas so he can resume
his contracting business
and support his family.
Delaware County District
Attorney Richard Northrup
disagreed with the characterization
of the DNA report.
Northrup said Galunas is
awaiting sentencing in Ulster
County on charges related to
the sale of stolen prescription
drugs.
Ulster County deputies arrested
Galunas on Feb. 26,
2008, and charged him with
two counts of criminal sale
and possession of a controlled
substance. He also faced a
reckless endangerment charge
for allegedly selling more than
300 tablets of morphine to undercover
officers and more
than 400 tablets total during
an investigation.
Judge Donald Cerio asked
for a written request for bail
and promised to render a decision
this week.
Other cases included:
ä Richard O. Wood, 49, Walton,
pleaded guilty to two reduced
counts of criminal sale
of a controlled substance. He
was sentenced to two consecutive
one-year sentences in jail
and $80 restitution.
Local News -
April 2, 2009
Alleged burglar in court
Pleads innocent to eight felonies
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