NORWICH – A Chenango County grand jury met last week and indicted nine people, including several high-level felonies for sex crimes and assault.

At the proceedings, the District Attorney’s Office presents evidence against those they wish to prosecute for a felony level crime and the jurors decide if there is enough reasonable cause to charge a person.

• Justin R. Zimmerman, 21, of Oxford, was indicted with one of the highest level sex felonies in New York State, two counts of predatory sexual assault against a child, a Class A-II felony. The indictment accuses Zimmerman of having sexual intercourse and molesting a three year old female victim on at least two separate occasions, Feb. 9 and 11, in the Village of Oxford.

He was also indicted on two counts of first degree rape, two counts of first degree criminal sexual act, all class B felonies, and first degree sexual abuse, a class D felony.

Zimmerman was arrested after an investigation by Chenango County Sheriff’s Office and Child Protective Services. He was arraigned in Oxford Village Court Feb. 20 and remanded to the Chenango County Correctional Facility without bail.

• Roberto Jose Otero, 24, Norwich, was indicted on three counts of first degree assault, a Class B felony, and tampering with physical evidence, an E class felony.

Investigators said Otero was wielding a three-inch collapsible blade during a Feb. 21 Norwich fight in which he allegedly injured four other people.

The incident began at about 10:30 p.m. on a Saturday when police were called to a disturbance on North Broad Street in front of the Broad Street Tavern after a fight broke out among a group of patrons on the sidewalk.

Police Chief Joseph Angelino said the first officer to arrive found one of the victims laying on the pavement, screaming and grasping his neck as blood gushed from between his hands. The officer immediately rushed the man to Chenango Memorial Hospital.