Crime

New York State Police are looking to identify a man who broke into the old Quality Inn Hotel in Owego on the morning of Friday, May 30th.

65-year-old Gilbert Acevedo and 59-year-old Gayle Lomax of Scranton are accused of posing as agents with a federal banking agency to scam a Truxton resident out of several thousand dollars.

64-year-old Randy Plasterer of Elmira was arrested Wednesday, May 28th and will be sent back down to Texas.

43-year-old Terry Murray of Lockwood is facing felony charges after crashing into a home in Chemung while allegedly driving under the influence on May 27th.

53-year-old Jason Scutt Sr. allegedly stole over $1,000 worth of merchandise from the Walmart on Bennie Road in Cortlandville.

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.