Rochester Man Arrested for Assault

Delhi – Today, Sheriff Craig DuMond announced the arrest of a Rochester man on assault charges after an investigation.

On Monday evening, April 29^th, 2024, Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a residential facility in the Town of Delhi for a complaint of a staff member being assaulted by a patient. 

During the course of the investigation Sheriff’s Deputies identified the patient who had allegedly struck the staff member as Michale R. Murphy, age 67 of Rochester, NY. Sheriff Deputies interviewed and completed a full investigation, upon conclusion of the investigation Sheriff Deputies submitted for a criminal summons from the Delhi Town Court.

On May 1^st, 2024, Deputies received a criminal summons for assault in the third degree, a class A Misdemeanor, from the Town of Delhi Court. Sheriff Deputies learned that Murphy was currently in Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown in an unrelated incident, Sheriff Deputies were assisted by the Village of Cooperstown Police Department with the service of the summons.

Murphy was subsequently arrested and issued the summons and is scheduled to appear in the Town of Delhi Court at a later date.