Resident Charged in Attack on Owego Police Officer

A follow-up to a story we had yesterday: according to the Tioga County Jail, John Desmond is charged with assault on a police officer with a deadly weapon. He attacked a Village of Owego police officer Sunday night with a rake. Desmond was arraigned in the Town of Nichols Court and taken to the Tioga County Jail on $10,000 cash bail or $20,000 bail bond.