Tompkins County

A hatchet-wielding homeless man has been arrested for robbing the Ithaca Lowes Store located on Fairgrounds Memorial Parkway. 31-year-old Zachary Burlingame was charged with first-degree robbery and second-degree menacing. A store worker told Ithaca police that the suspect stole several items, including chainsaws. When... Read More.

New York State Police at Ithaca are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying the woman pictured. The woman is accused of stealing over a dozen items from the Kinney Drugs on North Triphammer Road in Lansing on Friday, May 24.  Troopers do know she... Read More.

On 05/11/19 at approximately 0206 a.m., an Ithaca Police Officer on patrol heard the sound of numerous gunshots coming from the 200 block of South Cayuga Street. Tompkins County Dispatch advised that a 911 caller had stated there had been a shooting in a... Read More.

Ithaca Police Department is currently investigating vandalism to the iconic Child of Ithaca statue on the Ithaca Commons. The statue is of a female sitting at a table with a cup in her hand. Video surveillance shows that on April 21 about 9:55 an unknown... Read More.

Over the past few nights, Ithaca police have received complaints from several individuals who say they might have been drugged at bars located on the Ithaca Commons.   If you have knowledge of these incidents, or think you may have been a victim in a similar... Read More.