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July 21, 2009

By Patricia Breakey The Daily Star Tue Jul 21, 2009, 04:00 AM EDT

DELHI _ Delaware County Court will be the site of rape and burglary trials during the latest trial term, which begins today.

One case will be the rape trial of a Bainbridge man, which is being heard by county Judge Carl Becker.

Kyle R. Olsen, 49, was arraigned Oct. 20 on felony charges of first-degree course of sexual conduct against a child, first-degree rape, first-degree rape by forcible compulsion and first-degree sexual abuse. The charges all involve a child younger than 11.

Olsen's case was scheduled to go to trial April 28, but after an order to show cause, the case was postponed.

Sidney lawyer Joseph Ermeti represents Olsen.

The other case to be heard involves a Fleischmanns man who was arraigned in county court in November on eight charges related to two burglaries.

Matthew C. Galunas, 41, was arrested Oct. 30 and charged with eight felonies. The alleged incidents took place in Margaretville during December 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.

Delhi lawyer Richard Gumo represents Galunas.

Delaware County District Attorney Richard 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.

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