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UPDATE: Justice charged with grand larceny, scheme to defraud in Ontario County

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UPDATE: Justice charged with grand larceny, scheme to defraud in Ontario County
In an official update Thursday morning, the Ontario County Sheriff’s Office reported that Erika Martin, 45, of Manchester was charged with fourth-degree grand larceny, one count of first-degree scheme to defraud, four counts of petit larceny, as well as two counts of issuing a bad check. The charges are a result of crimes that were discovered in the personal and... more

Skaneateles CEO says employee tried to extort him to hide her $89,000 embezzlement

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Skaneateles CEO says employee tried to extort him to hide her ,000 embezzlement
A Skaneateles business owner said in court today that a former employee tried to extort him when he learned of her $89,000 embezzlement. David Rossi, chief executive officer of Empire of Empire Technical Associates, gave a statement at the sentencing of his former employee Julie McGinn. McGinn admitted in September to stealing $89,000 from Empire. At her plea hearing, she... more

Police: Waterloo man failed to appear on drug charges, arrested again

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Police: Waterloo man failed to appear on drug charges, arrested again
On November 21st at approximately 11:20 am the Seneca Falls Police Department arrested Mark P. Pontius, 53, of Waterloo, on a Bench Warrant for Failure to Appear for original charges of Criminal Possession of Controlled Substance Seventh Degree and traffic violations. Pontius was arraigned in the Town of Tyre Court and released on his own recognizance and is scheduled to... more

Court hears Rose Chase appeal in Rochester

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Court hears Rose Chase appeal in Rochester
More than four years after she was convicted of murder for pushing her husband down a flight of stairs, an appeals court heard arguments Monday in the case of Rose Chase. Judges from the Fourth Judicial Department of state Supreme Court’s Appellate Division heard brief oral arguments from Ontario County District Attorney R. Michael Tantillo and Rochester-area attorney Gary Muldoon,... more

Cornell grad sues university after investigation of sexual assault accusation

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Cornell grad sues university after investigation of sexual assault accusation
A Cornell graduate is suing the university, saying he was discriminated against and denied a hearing following a Title IX investigation into a sexual assault allegation. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York, accuses Sarah Affel, Title IX coordinator for Cornell University, of discrimination based on the student’s ethnicity, sex and religion.... more

Husband and wife appear in court for conspiring to sell crack cocaine in Cayuga County

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Husband and wife appear in court for conspiring to sell crack cocaine in Cayuga County
On Tuesday morning, Joeroy Baker Sr. and Crystal Baker held hands on a bench in the Cayuga County Courthouse, waiting for their cases to be heard. The Auburn couple had been arrested earlier this year for conspiring to sell crack cocaine in the county. Both were charged with several felonies, including third-degree criminal sale and possession of a controlled substance.... more

Owner of Auburn logging company sentenced to prison for $83k workers’ comp fraud

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Owner of Auburn logging company sentenced to prison for k workers’ comp fraud
The owner of a New York logging company will spend between one and three years in prison after being convicted of stealing more than $83,000 in workers’ compensation benefits — all while incidentally failing to provide those benefits to his employees. That’s according to the office of the New York State Inspector General, which investigated the owner, David C. Sigl,... more

Court hears Rose Chase appeal in Rochester

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Court hears Rose Chase appeal in Rochester
More than four years after she was convicted of murder for pushing her husband down a flight of stairs, an appeals court heard arguments Monday in the case of Rose Chase. Judges from the Fourth Judicial Department of state Supreme Court’s Appellate Division heard brief oral arguments from Ontario County District Attorney R. Michael Tantillo and Rochester-area attorney Gary Muldoon,... more

Cornell grad sues university after investigation of sexual assault accusation

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Cornell grad sues university after investigation of sexual assault accusation
A Cornell graduate is suing the university, saying he was discriminated against and denied a hearing following a Title IX investigation into a sexual assault allegation. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York, accuses Sarah Affel, Title IX coordinator for Cornell University, of discrimination based on the student’s ethnicity, sex and religion.... more

Husband and wife appear in court for conspiring to sell crack cocaine in Cayuga County

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Husband and wife appear in court for conspiring to sell crack cocaine in Cayuga County
On Tuesday morning, Joeroy Baker Sr. and Crystal Baker held hands on a bench in the Cayuga County Courthouse, waiting for their cases to be heard. The Auburn couple had been arrested earlier this year for conspiring to sell crack cocaine in the county. Both were charged with several felonies, including third-degree criminal sale and possession of a controlled substance.... more

Owner of Auburn logging company sentenced to prison for $83k workers’ comp fraud

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Owner of Auburn logging company sentenced to prison for k workers’ comp fraud
The owner of a New York logging company will spend between one and three years in prison after being convicted of stealing more than $83,000 in workers’ compensation benefits — all while incidentally failing to provide those benefits to his employees. That’s according to the office of the New York State Inspector General, which investigated the owner, David C. Sigl,... more

Skaneateles CEO says employee tried to extort him to hide her $89,000 embezzlement

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Skaneateles CEO says employee tried to extort him to hide her ,000 embezzlement
A Skaneateles business owner said in court today that a former employee tried to extort him when he learned of her $89,000 embezzlement. David Rossi, chief executive officer of Empire of Empire Technical Associates, gave a statement at the sentencing of his former employee Julie McGinn. McGinn admitted in September to stealing $89,000 from Empire. At her plea hearing, she... more

Police: Waterloo man failed to appear on drug charges, arrested again

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Police: Waterloo man failed to appear on drug charges, arrested again
On November 21st at approximately 11:20 am the Seneca Falls Police Department arrested Mark P. Pontius, 53, of Waterloo, on a Bench Warrant for Failure to Appear for original charges of Criminal Possession of Controlled Substance Seventh Degree and traffic violations. Pontius was arraigned in the Town of Tyre Court and released on his own recognizance and is scheduled to... more

David Sweat, infamous prison escapee, moved by state from Five Points

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David Sweat, infamous prison escapee, moved by state from Five Points
David Sweat, one of the two escapees from the Clinton Correctional Facility in 2015, was moved Friday to the famous Attica prison in western New York, state officials confirmed Tuesday. Sweat, a convicted murderer, was captured after a three-week manhunt after he and fellow inmate Richard Matt escaped from the Dannemora prison in June 2015. Matt was shot and killed... more

Felon sentenced for attacking inmate, officer at Auburn prison

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Felon sentenced for attacking inmate, officer at Auburn prison
A 29-year-old man was given more prison time Tuesday for assaulting an inmate and a corrections officer at Auburn Correctional Facility in 2015. Ashton Jacobs pleaded guilty in August to two reduced counts of second-degree attempted assault, a class E felony. At the time, Jacobs said he was incarcerated at Auburn prison in December 2015 when he used the lid... more

Rochester man sentenced for possessing crack cocaine in Cayuga County

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Rochester man sentenced for possessing crack cocaine in Cayuga County
A two-time convicted drug dealer will spend the next two years in jail for possessing crack cocaine in the city of Auburn. Following a jury trial in September, 38-year-old Sid S. Harrison was convicted of seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, second-degree obstructing governmental administration and second-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, all misdemeanors. He was found... more
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