Crime

47-year-old Michael Jones Jr. and 32-year-old Ynasia Adams are facing charges after being accused of stealing from a business on the Ithaca Commons.

27-year-old Alexander Lowman of Horseheads is facing felony charges after State Police began investigating him this spring.

Cayuga County District Attorney Brittany Grome Antonacci says the decision to release Dain Schneider early is an insult to the memory of Chloe Calhoun, who he pled guilty to hitting and killing while driving under the influence in 2016.

47-year-old Charles Wilcox of Owego failed to appear in court and is receiving an upgraded criminal charge.

Skeletal remains found in the Town of Elmira in 2022 have been identified as Randy S. Seck by investigators in Chemung County, with his death and surrounding circumstances still unclear.

Sheriff Derek Osbourne says the investigation into an apparent overdose of a student in Dryden is ongoing, with charges unlikely.

Cortland County Sheriff Mark Helms says the county jail is still feeling the strain of the statewide strike of corrections officers.

Unarmed community responders are under consideration for Ithaca.

Fatiuna Massaline of Ithaca was sentenced to 12.5 years in state prison on May 19th.

29-year-old Cassandra Morgan of Cortland allegedly attempted to bribe a woman that she physically assaulted on April 28th to keep her from pressing charges.