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CRIME & SAFETY
Shots Fired Incident Targeted Event, Leads to Four In Custody
ROME, N.Y. -- Four people were taken into custody following a shots fired incident on Williams Street in Rome on Friday morning and Police believe it was a targeted event. According to Rome Police, they responded to the 500 block of William Street for a report of shots fired. During the investigation patrol located several spent shell casings and a residence that had been damaged by the gunfire.
Utica Police Investigating Multiple Stabbings at Fourth of July House Party
Fireworks erupted at a house party in Utica early Friday morning and not the good kind. Utica Police are investigating several stabbings that occurred at a July 4th house party sending multiple individuals to Wynn Hospital. Even in the midst of all that the Utica Police are going through right...
Local man arrested on warrant for alleged domestic incident earlier this spring: OCSO
FLOYD- A man from the local region is faced with a list of accusations after being arrested on a warrant for an alleged domestic incident earlier in the spring, authorities say. Joseph Dunn (no age provided), of the town of Ohio, NY, was arrested by the Oneida County Sheriff’s office...
Syracuse.com video shows new look at Utica police foot chase, fatal shooting of boy, frantic CPR
Utica, N.Y. — Nyah Mway and his friend were stopped by Utica police Friday night by officers on the lookout for two suspects in past robberies and because they walked in the street. Thirty-one seconds later, a 13-year-old boy was shot in the chest in a struggle with officers....
6 People Hospitalized After Car Crashes into Building
UTICA, N.Y. -- Six people are in recovery following a car crashing into a building in Utica. It took place on Tuesday afternoon at the intersection of Mary Street and Kossuth Avenue in East Utica. The car left behind visible large stone fragments from the building and toppled hedges. Two...
Oneida County Sheriff's Office issued 852 citations for passing stopped school buses
With the recent completion of the 2023-2024 school year, the Oneida County Sheriff’s Office has issued a total of 852 citations for passing stopped school buses thanks to the Verra Mobility’s CrossingGuard school bus stop-arm enforcement program, officials said in a statement. This program provides state-of-the-art stop-arm safety technology to capture stop-arm events effectively. When...
Onondaga County Sheriff details the difficulties of identifying real and replica guns
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Utica police body camera video shows the exact moment 13-year-old Nyah Mway pulls out a handgun and aims it at police. The officers tackled him to the ground and shot him as he held on to the weapon.That gun was later revealed to be a pellet gun. “Unless you walked in […]
Lower 48 police department explains different body camera policy after 4 Anchorage police shootings
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - As Anchorage welcomed its new mayor on Monday, some of the public were in protest. During Mayor Suzanne LaFrance’s inauguration in Town Square Park, members of the Party for Socialism and Liberation could be heard protesting nearby, calling for not only the immediate release of body camera video for the officer-involved shootings, but also the creation of a civilian oversight committee.
Spotlight on Youth-Police Interaction: Save Our Streets Aims to Save Our Children
Spotlight on Youth-Police Interaction: Save Our Streets Aims to Save Our Children. Healing is hard. Sometimes, it helps to do it together. That's the goal this Friday with a pop-up cookout for area kids.
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