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Unity Council appeal denied

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Unity Council appeal denied
That didn’t take long. The Interior Board of Indian Appeals Thursday denied an appeal by a group of Cayuga Indian Nation members who challenged a decision to name the Cayuga Nation Council, led by Clint Halftown, as the official governing body of the tribe. The appeal was filed July 28 by Unity Council attorney Joseph Heath of Syracuse. The Unity... more

Canandaigua man sentenced for threatening to shoot up VA hospital in Albany

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Canandaigua man sentenced for threatening to shoot up VA hospital in Albany
Federal prosecutors say 59-year-old Robert Seifert, of Canandaigua was sentenced last Thursday in federal court after threatening to commit a mass shooting at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Albany. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says Seifert was sentenced to three years of supervised release. Seifert spent more than a year in jail after being arrested in July 2016 and charged with... more

Auburn man denies burglarizing Tom Thumb, Classic Cones

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Auburn man denies burglarizing Tom Thumb, Classic Cones
An Auburn man accused of burglarizing two Cayuga County treat shops has claimed he was framed for the crimes. Patrick Langworthy, of 39 Nelson St., was arrested last month following an investigation by New York State Police and the Cayuga County Sheriff’s Office. According to a news release, Langworthy committed two separate burglaries in June — one at Tom Thumb... more

Steuben County man arrested in year-long Maryland child porn case

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Steuben County man arrested in year-long Maryland child porn case
A man from Avoca was arrested Monday after a year-long investigation into child pornography. Investigators said they were contacted in August 2016 by the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office in Maryland about a potential child pornography case. The investigators in Maryland said 26-year-old Nunziato Nirelli in Steuben County was soliciting photos from a 15-year-old girl in Maryland. Investigators in Steuben County... more

Karle gets enough signatures to make bid for Ontario Co. DA

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Karle gets enough signatures to make bid for Ontario Co. DA
Kristina ‘Kitty’ Karle of Honeoye, has collected enough signatures to qualify on the Republican, Conservative, Independence, and Reform party lines in this year’s race for Ontario County District Attorney, according to her team. Qualification for each of these lines requires the candidate to get a certain number of signatures from members of each party. In total Karle got the nod... more

MURDER IN ITHACA: Man indicted on arson, murder charges

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MURDER IN ITHACA: Man indicted on arson, murder charges
An Ithaca man has been indicted on arson and murder charges, according to Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten. Houten says that 45-year-old Michael Davis started a fire in a building that caused the death of 28-year-old Josie Berrios in June. Davis was formally charged with first-degree murder and first-degree arson, according to the District Attorney. There was “no... more

Mateo guilty on weapons charge, acquitted of others

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Mateo guilty on weapons charge, acquitted of others
The Geneva man accused of shooting local boxer Aleem “Hammer” Whitfield was convicted Friday on a weapons charge but acquitted on other counts. Ontario County District Attorney R. Michael Tantillo said Nelson Mateo Jr. was found guilty in county court of the top count he faced, second-degree criminal possession of a weapon. That charge is a class C felony. Mateo... more

Weedsport woman admits using stolen credit cards to ‘get drugs’

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Weedsport woman admits using stolen credit cards to ‘get drugs’
A Weedsport woman pleaded guilty to two felonies Tuesday for using stolen credit cards in Cayuga County. Brittany Tansley admitted to two counts of fourth-degree criminal possession of stolen property. During her plea, the 25-year-old told Judge Mark Fandrich that she used two stolen credit cards in December 2015 to “purchase alcohol to get drugs.” “I ended up with stolen... more

Mexican national arrested in Ithaca pleads guilty to federal charge

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Mexican national arrested in Ithaca pleads guilty to federal charge
A Mexican national living in Ithaca, whose May arrest by federal agents sparked local protest, pleaded guilty Wednesday to possessing a fake alien registration card. Jose Guzman-Lopez, 32, had been taken into custody May 2 and detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. A counterfeit alien registration card bearing his photo and the registration number of another person was... more

Rideout trial: No verdict after Day 1 of deliberations

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Rideout trial: No verdict after Day 1 of deliberations
Jurors in the Craig Rideout murder trial will return to deliberations Thursday morning to consider the fate of the four accused of the homicide. Throughout a day of deliberations Wednesday, jurors asked for some trial testimony to be read back, and also had state Supreme Court Justice Thomas Moran re-read them some legal definitions, such as the requirements for someone... more

Victim, DA spar in Mateo shooting trial

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Victim, DA spar in Mateo shooting trial
An Ontario County jury is expected to hear the confession of the Geneva man accused of shooting boxer Aleem “Hammer” Whitfield. Several police officers testified Wednesday in the trial of Nelson Mateo Jr. Whitfield also testified, getting into testy exchanges with District Attorney R. Michael Tantillo and saying Mateo didn’t shoot him during the early-morning hours of April 29, 2016.... more

Attorneys point fingers as closing arguments continue in Rideout murder trial

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Attorneys point fingers as closing arguments continue in Rideout murder trial
The day started with Laura Rideout’s attorney, David Pilato, who says despite what’s been said, Laura had no motive to kill Craig Rideout. On Monday, Collins and Alex’s attorneys pointed the finger at Laura saying that the boys were there cleaning up after what fellow family members, namely Laura, had already done. Pilato calls that pure fiction. “Yesterday, Colin Rideout’s... more

Auburn heroin dealer’s 50th conviction lands him in prison for four years

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Auburn heroin dealer’s 50th conviction lands him in prison for four years
An Auburn man with an extensive criminal history was sentenced to prison Tuesday for selling heroin in Cayuga County. Karl Diggs, 44, of 191 Genesee St. Apt. 30, was arrested in November 2015 and charged with four felonies — two counts of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and two counts of third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance.... more

Blood spatter analysis links Laura Rideout, Colin Rideout to murder scene

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Blood spatter analysis links Laura Rideout, Colin Rideout to murder scene
The prosecution says they have now linked Laura Rideout and Colin Rideout to the scene of Craig Rideout’s murder. A blood spatter analyst, Paul Kish, took the stand Friday and testified that a pair of blood-soaked jeans with the DNA of Colin Rideout had patterns indicating it was at the scene of the murder. Kish also testified a pair of... more
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