Crime

The Cortland Police Department is searching for a vehicle and driver involved in an alleged road rage incident.

Cortland County Undersheriff Chad Burhans graduated from the FBI National Academy on Sept. 4, 2025.

The Tompkins County Correction Officers’ Association have a new 4-year contract, which goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2025.

On September 24, police arrested Noah Tappan-Bright for leaving the scene of an accident in Sayre on September 5.

Joseph Zikuski has been on paid administrative leave since July 20, two days after his girlfriend was caught on video yelling at two teenagers and striking one of them, a 16-year-old.

33-year-old Dillin Wilcox is charged with multiple felonies after deputies responded to a reported disturbance on September 22nd.

The New York State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the New York State Attorney General’s Office are investigating a fatal incident in Chemung.

26-year-old Brandon Szyszkiewicz is accused of driving to Onondaga County on September 12 and luring a 12-year-old away from her home for sexual relations.

On September 26, Superintendents at Lansing, Ithaca, Dryden, and TST BOCES all received an email suggesting a school shooting was possible at an unspecified district in the county.

Police in Bath say 36-year-old Damian Vanvleck and 40-year-old Nathaniel Tucker robbed someone at knifepoint at a residence on West Steuben St. in November.