News of the suspension of Sgt. Charles “Chip” Amati — a Woodstock police officer who was disciplined for purportedly sending an inappropriate text message to a 12-year-old girl and improperly using a police database — has left some area residents rankled. “It seemed like the punishment [Amati] got was very light,” Woodstock’s Joseph Monack told […]
By R.M. Brands news@thewoodstockindependent.com 14-year-old Jackson Brimberry, a freshman at Marian Central Catholic High School, worked with publishi…
October 16, 2026


