DELHI – Delaware County District Attorney Shawn Smith announced that Eric A. Black, 37, of Walton, New York was indicted by the Delaware County Grand Jury on June 6, 2024, with a Two-Count Indictment.  

Both counts of the Indictment charged the defendant with Grand Larceny in the Fourth Degree, a Class E Felony.  The defendant is alleged to have stolen two guns from his mother’s private residence which were secured in locked storage cases.

District Attorney Shawn Smith commended New York State Police Investigator Adam Cernauskas and New York State Trooper Mitchell Reed for their thorough investigation of this case.   

Chief Assistant District Attorney Richard D. Northrup Jr. presented the case to the Grand Jury.

As are all persons accused of a crime, the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Shawn J. Smith

District Attorney

Delaware County