According to the Evening Sun, Richard Michael Cobb, who had retired from the Chenango County Sheriff’s Office in 2018 after 20 years of service, died unexpectedly on July 30 at Chenango Memorial Hospital. He was 53.
To many working at the Chenango County Sheriff’s Office, they remember Cobb as not only a colleague but also a mentor, counselor and friend.
Undersheriff Dustin Smietana said Cobb taught deputies about self-discipline and to be the best versions of themselves.
Sheriff Ernest R. Cutting Jr. described Cobb as an “honorable and distinguished officer” and “tremendous husband and parent.”
https://www.evesun.com/news/stories/2023-08-04/38752/Chenango-County-Sheriff%E2%80%99s-Office-mourns-the-loss-of-retired-Lt.-Richard-Cobb