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December 12, 2017

Charges to be dropped against former Olean dispatcher who allegedly lied about checking on suicidal prisoner

OLEAN — Charges alleging a former Olean Police Department dispatcher lied about how often she checked on an arrestee who hanged himself and later died could soon be dropped.

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