Tompkins County

Early Monday morning, State Troopers arrested 21-year-old Samantha Townsend on an outstanding bench warrant from the Cayuga County Court. The warrant was for a felony charge of Possession of a Forged Instrument. Townsend was located at an apartment in Ithaca. Upon arrest, drugs were... Read More.

An improperly used hot plate was the cause of a fire last week in Ithaca College’s East Tower. The hot plate was prohibited from use in the college’s dormitories. The 10th floor fire was extinguished by the building’s sprinkler system, but the building had... Read More.

A multi-jurisdictional task force has arrested a subject connected to two bank robberies committed in the Ithaca area over the last several weeks. 32-year-old Chaio Slater of Ithaca has been arrested and charged with two felony counts of Robbery. Slater is alleged to have... Read More.

An arrest has been made in three armed robberies in the Ithaca area. 32-year-old Curt Rosenfeld of Ithaca is charged with three counts of felony robbery.Rosenfeld is alleged to have robbed the Mirabito Convenience Store on Dryden Road in Dryden on December 17th,... Read More.

The Ithaca Police responded to a Sunday robbery of the Quik Shoppe on Third Street in Ithaca. The suspect approached the counter and asked the clerk for all the money in the register. He displayed a handgun that was tucked into his pants. The... Read More.

Ithaca Police have completed an investigation of a personal injury accident that occurred last week. At about 10:30 in the morning, a bicyclist ran a stop sign and collided with a City of Ithaca Department of Public Works vehicle. The bicyclist suffered serious injuries... Read More.

Jury selection continued Tuesday in the second degree murder trial of Justin Barkley of Dryden. Three alternates are required in addition to the twelve jurors already selected. Barkley is alleged to have shot UPS driver William Schumacher of Candor in a Walmart parking lot... Read More.

There were no injuries in a Tuesday evening house fire on Danby Road in Ithaca. The home was heavily damaged. One person was home at the time. The man was alerted to the fire by a neighbor around 9PM Tuesday. Fire companies were called... Read More.

Early yesterday morning, the Ithaca SWAT Team served two Search Warrants in the city of Ithaca. One warrant was served at a residence on East Falls Street and the other was served at a residence on Linn Street. Inside one of the residences officers... Read More.