NORWICH – A Norwich man who allegedly confessed to shooting two others with buckshot during an alcohol and drug influenced dispute was released without bail in Chenango County Supreme Court Monday.

Lee M. Bush, 49, appeared before Justice Kevin M. Dowd with his attorney Aaron A. Dean to request that he be released on his own recognizance.

Dowd granted the request at the objection of the Assistant District Attorney Stephen M. Dunshee. Bush had previously been held on $10,000 cash bail.

“Mr. Bush will concede, and I will too, that he has had numerous court appearances over the years and he has regularly appeared when asked by the court,” said Dean.

Dunshee said Bush had been arrested 27 times and convicted of 17 misdemeanors. “Yes, you honor, and in those 17 cases, Mr. Bush only ever missed two scheduled appearances,” said Dean.

Dean also said that the victims in the case were “two miscreants” who beat the defendant’s girlfriend. Dunshee said the police investigation did not substantiate those accusations.