Chelsea Marie Beardslee (36) 124 Flower Ave E Apt# 2 -  Beardslee is charged with Criminal Possesion of a Controlled Substance in the Seventh Degree. Reports state she did knowing and unlawfully possess the controlled substance Fentanyl. She was processed and held pending arraignment.

Chelsea Marie Beardslee (36) 124 Flower Ave E Apt# 2 - Beardslee is charged with Petit Larceny. Police reports state she did steal a glass bottle containing approximately $75 from Donald Osborn. 

Steven Phillip Wolcott Jr (30) 1650 State St. - Aggravated Unlicensed Operation in the Third Degree, Operating a Motorvehicle Without Insurance, Operating an Unregistered Motorcycle. He was processed at the scene and issued apperance tickets for city court.

Lynn Marie Pond (35) 512 Stone St. - Pond is charged by city police with Disorderly Conduct. Police reports state that Pond made unreasonable noise when she started screaming and yelling obscenities on the sidewalk of 512 Stone St after being told numerous times by officers to refrain from her behavior with several children and other members of the public in the area observing her behavior, during the course of a domestic incident. He was transported to PSB, processed, and held pending arraignment.

Benjamin Harrison Horn III (47) 164 Sith St. - Horn is charged with Harassment in the Second degree & Resisting Arrest. Reports state Horn  did, with intent to harass, and annoy a Watertown Police Officer when he threatened to subject the officer to unwanted physical contact by being aggressive towards officers by yelling and stepping towards them with both arms out with clenched fists in a threatening manner. When placed under arrest he straightened his arms and pulled away to prevent himself from being handcuffed. He was arrested on the above charges and released with an appearance ticket for city court.

Peter Stanley Nagrodski (62) 140 High St Apt.# 2 - Nagrodski is charged by Watertown Police with Petit Larceny & Criminal Mischief in the Fourth Degree. Reports state Nagrodskidid intentionally steal thirty three magazines, valued at $247.50, belonging to Five and Dime Tatto, 95 Public Sq. 407 as well as damaging propert when he tore pages from the magazines without permission. He was arrested on the above charges and issues an appearance ticket for city court.

Elijah Frey Kleinhans (36) Homeless - Kleinhans is charged with Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the 7th Degree. Police reports state that Kleinhans did knowingly and unlawfully possess 13 glassine envelopes containing a substance that tested positive for fentanyl. Adittionally he was arrested on a warrant out of city court for a previous charge. He was transported to PSB and processed before being turned over to JCSO.

Christopher John Leone (39) 519 Stone St. - Leone was charged by city police with Disorderly Conduct. Police say he was observed yelling at Shelly Ferguson on the 500 block of Stone St. and alarming several people who were currently outside, and causing more to step out of their residences. The was transported to PSB, processed, and released with an appearance ticket for city court.

I never expected when I titled my article as the "Cliff Olney Chronicles" that i would have to waste more time writing about him. But I woke this morning to find Olney didn’t just respond to my reporting—he had a full-blown meltdown in print.

In a letter to the Watertown Daily Times' NNY360, Olney traded facts for flair, dodging accountability with the finesse of a guy cornered in his own contradictions. He wants the public to believe that anyone who dares to report on his actions must be part of some grand conspiracy—one that includes ethics boards, court records, petitioners, and, apparently, meme pages.

Let’s be honest: this isn’t a rebuttal. It’s a tantrum. And it says a lot more about Cliff Olney’s character than it does about mine.

Olney opens his screed with a jab at me and my publication—Trash Media—as if the size of my operation somehow invalidates the facts I report facts. That’s the move of a man more concerned with optics than truth. Sorry Cliff, but you don’t get to dismiss journalism just because it’s independent. If anything, it’s the independence that makes it honest.

He then claims my editorial “reads less like journalism and more like an angry meme with spellcheck.” Cute line. But here’s the thing: I didn’t fabricate his ethics violations. I didn’t make up the petition concerns. I didn’t invent his long history of bullying behavior, combative public comments, or the legal threats he lobs at constituents who dare to criticize him. I just documented them—and that documentation clearly hit a nerve.

Olney also insists the ethics complaint about the golf course deal was “already ruled legitimate by a court.” What he doesn’t say is that the court didn’t rule on the ethics—it ruled on the sale process. Ethics aren’t confined to legality. The public has every right to question whether a sitting councilman steering a city purchase to a property he personally negotiated for is appropriate. Spoiler: It’s not.

Then comes the real kicker: his attempt to spin the petition scrutiny as some kind of political hit job. He paints the woman who raised the red flags as a partisan operative—completely ignoring the actual concern, which is that his petitions were suspicious enough to spark formal complaints. This is his fifth time doing it “this way,” he says. That’s not a defense, Cliff—that’s a confession.

Olney ends his letter with a dramatic flourish, claiming he’s simply “turning on the lights” and exposing the so-called smear machine. But here’s the truth:

Sunlight doesn’t bother honest men.

It only makes the rot easier to see.

Cliff Olney isn’t the victim of a witch hunt—he’s the subject of legitimate scrutiny. And instead of answering questions or clearing the air, he lashes out at journalists, ethics boards, legal processes, and everyday citizens. That’s not leadership. That’s damage control.

This community deserves elected officials who respond to criticism with transparency, not theatrics. They deserve representatives who see accountability as a duty, not a personal attack. If Olney truly believes in serving the people, then he should welcome tough questions—not hide behind punchlines and projection.

Because the lights are on, Cliff. And we’re all watching.

Chris O'Neil © Trash Media Group 2025

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