Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Schoharie County, New York, has about 30,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Schoharie County Sheriff's Office, two city agencies and two campus, state or other agencies. An arrest leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the District Attorney files charges, a case in the Schoharie County Supreme and County Courts. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Schoharie County public records, New York arrest records, New York inmate search and New York criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Schoharie County
The Schoharie County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Schoharie County. It reported 264 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside two of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Cobleskill, 4,533 residents: 137 arrests reported for 2022.
- Schoharie, 950 residents: 3 arrests reported for 2025.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Schoharie County: the Schoharie County New York City Department of Environmental Protection Police (other); the Cobleskill State University of New York Police (campus police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Schoharie County
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them on the Crime Data Explorer. These are the full-year totals, all offenses, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026; a year with months missing or not reported is left out.
- Schoharie County Sheriff's Office: 264 for 2025, 225 for 2024, 130 for 2023, 108 for 2022, 131 for 2020 and 206 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Schoharie: 3 for 2025, 0 for 2022, 0 for 2020 and 1 for 2019; 2021, 2023 and 2024 are missing months.
- Cobleskill: 137 for 2022, 200 for 2020 and 221 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 267 arrests that year. The one of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 264 in 2025 against 225 in 2024, up 17 percent.
Cobleskill reported only part of 2025 (5 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Schoharie County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Schoharie County is held at the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest, apart from the short stay some city departments' own holding cells allow; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked at all. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and the court file takes over from there.
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 26 people on an average day. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Schoharie County Sheriff's Office at schohariecounty-ny.gov/departments/sheriff/index.php (page title: County Sheriff), phone (518) 295-2295, 157 Steadman Way, Howes Cave, NY 12092, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision lists its inmates at nysdoccslookup.doccs.ny.gov.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Schoharie County
Whether someone was arrested in Schoharie County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: eCourts, the Unified Court System's free online case search (WebCivil, WebCrims and WebFamily), which shows whether charges were filed; the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at schohariecounty-ny.gov/departments/district_attorney/index.php, phone 518-295-2272).
New York is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: the Office of Court Administration sells a statewide search of criminal court records by name and date of birth, for $95 a search, through the New York State Office of Court Administration. That record shows what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Schoharie County
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. Under the Freedom of Information Law the agency must answer within 5 business days, at least with an acknowledgment and a date for the full answer, and it may charge copying at 25 cents a page.
- An arrest by the Schoharie County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (518) 295-2295.
- An arrest in Cobleskill or Schoharie: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the Schoharie County New York City Department of Environmental Protection Police or the Cobleskill State University of New York Police: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 518-295-2272, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based Record Review through the Division of Criminal Justice Services.
Cities in Schoharie County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for two of the six cities in Schoharie County: Cobleskill and Schoharie. Middleburgh, Richmondville, Sharon Springs and Esperance have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Schoharie County Supreme and County Courts.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Schoharie County each year?
The Schoharie County Sheriff's Office reported 264 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 267 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Schoharie County?
Ask the Schoharie County Sheriff's Office at (518) 295-2295; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at schohariecounty-ny.gov.
Where are people arrested in Schoharie County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Schoharie County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Schoharie County?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the New York State Office of Court Administration: the Office of Court Administration sells a statewide search of criminal court records by name and date of birth, for $95. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Freedom of Information Law.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Schoharie County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Schoharie County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Freedom of Information Law the answer is due within 5 business days, at least with an acknowledgment and a date for the full answer.
Is this the official Schoharie County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.