Brown indicted on Murder 1 charges

NORWICH – The Chenango County Grand Jury today indicted Daniel L. Brown on charges of first degree murder and rape.

Brown 45, 56 Henry St., has been indicted on two counts of first degree murder (Class A felony), second degree murder (Class A felony), first degree rape (Class B felony), first degree assault (Class B felony) and two counts of first degree robbery (Class B felony).

District Attorney Joseph McBride said, “Murder 1 is when you compulsively commit a homicide while attempting to commit other types of felonies. In this case, committing a homicide in combination with the assault and rape, resulting in the two separate counts for first degree murder.”