Man arrested after bar disturbance leads to officer injury in Auburn
A man was arrested in Auburn following a late-night disturbance at a State Street bar that escalated into a physical confrontation with police. Officers responded to the scene on May 25 after receiving reports of an unwanted guest causing problems and refusing to leave. The man, later identified as Christopher Bell,...
Truxton authorities charge 2 in alleged bank fraud scheme
TRUXTON — Two Scranton residents were arrested May 22 in connection with an alleged scheme to defraud a resident of several thousand dollars by impersonating federal banking agents, according to the Cortland County Sheriff’s Office. Gayle A. Lomax, 59, and Gilbert Acevedo, 65, both of Providence Road, Scranton,...
Man said he shot his new girlfriend in the head with a shotgun because...
A man offered an excuse of mistaken identity for the recent shooting death of his girlfriend, Volunteer State police say. Deangelo Mitchell, 27, stands accused of one count of murder in the second degree after Jyrah Smith, 23, a mother of three, died from a close-range shotgun blast during the early morning hours on...
Onondaga County pausing child care assistance funding
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Starting June 1, Onondaga County will temporarily stop accepting new applications for child care assistance in response to recent reports from the Department of Social Services-Economic Security, which revealed its funding is running out. In a letter addressed to child care providers and...
Help Crime Stoppers Find This Wanted Woman of the Week
Mohawk Valley Crime Stoppers is asking for the public's help in finding this week's Wanted Person of the Week, according to Oneida County Sheriff's Department Spoecial Investigator Sahid Karcic. Karcic says, 36-year-old Samantha Sullivan of Rome is wanted on a bench warrant issued in Oneida County Drug Court on...
A blast, heroic rescues, painful recoveries: A home explosion destroys everything but a family
Syracuse, N.Y. — When Fuje Alam Bin Abdul Rahman entered his basement on a Tuesday afternoon last June, a sparking wire caught his eye. He also heard a hissing noise near some old, unused appliances. He’d gone down into the basement looking for children. His five kids and four...
Syracuse Police Investigate Park Street Shooting
Syracuse police are investigating a shooting that occurred on Wednesday (May 28) on the city's North Side. A 40-year-old man was found with a gunshot wound to the abdomen near 1012 Park Street, across from the Stop and Shop Market. The victim was transported to Upstate University Hospital, where he is in stable...
Statements taken in killing of Neffy can be used against mom, mom’s boyfriend due...
Syracuse, N.Y. — A mother who is accused of killing her 5-year-old child, Neffy, and the woman’s boyfriend will have their statements to police used against them at trial due to a rare legal exception, a judge ruled Thursday. Investigators ignored the mom’s and the boyfriend’s Miranda rights...
Your Stories Q&A: With North Syracuse Rite Aid closing, what’s next for iconic Sweetheart...
The iconic Sweetheart Corner sign, located at the intersection of Taft Road and Route 11, has been standing since the early 1950's. The family that owns the prime piece of property said the sign won't be going anywhere.
Judge to decide whether woman and ex-boyfriend, accused of hiding girl’s body, should have...
A judge ruled that verbal evidence obtained through police interrogation can be used against Latasha Mott and Corrice Parks, and will decide in June whether they will face a joint or separate trial for the murder of Mott's five-year-old daughter.