Auburn man sentenced to prison for assaulting Vietnam War veteran

Published: 02/03/2017 @ 05:00 am

An Auburn man with an extensive criminal history was sentenced to prison Thursday for assaulting a 68-year-old Vietnam War veteran last year. Darius E. Brown, 26, of Auburn, pleaded guilty in December 2016 to felony second-degree assault. At the time, he admitted to attacking a veteran in his home at around 2 a.m. on May 22, 2016. Cayuga County District... more

ATTEMPTED MURDER TRIAL: Victim testifies to being beaten, violently assaulted by Sipp

Published: 02/03/2017 @ 05:00 am

Jamelle Callon doesn’t know how she got the wounds that have likely scarred her face for life. What she does remember is being beaten to the point of unconsciousness by the man police believe cut her up — and how she begged him to stop. “I asked him please to stop, that he was going to kill me,” Jamelle Callon... more

Inmate pleads guilty after slashing another during violent incident at Auburn Correctional Facility

Published: 02/03/2017 @ 05:00 am

A Cayuga County inmate pleaded guilty on Friday in Cayuga County Court to one count of first-degree promoting prison contraband, as well as second-degree attempted assault before Hon. Mark H. Fandrich, who is presiding over the case. Cayuga County District Attorney Jon Budelmann says that Shabay Bonnett, 24, admitted that while an inmate at the Auburn Correctional Facility — he... more

LAZZARO: Cuts to services are imminent as Seneca Falls faces litigation over Local Law #3

Published: 02/04/2017 @ 05:00 am

UPDATE The cuts are coming. In a conversation Saturday morning, Seneca Falls Town Supervisor Greg Lazzaro told FingerLakes1.com that the litigation announced on Friday “Would cost the Town hundreds of thousands of dollars.” He said that the Town Board would begin looking at cutting services and that future budgets would likely be impacted. “Recreation and Public Safety are our two... more

CLAY MINE: Court rules in favor of Concerned Citizens in SMI lawsuit

Published: 02/04/2017 @ 05:00 am

It was a good day for those who had been fighting the clay mine operation in Waterloo for the last several years. On Friday the New York State Court of Appeals reversed a decision made by Justice W. Patrick Falvey in the case Dixie D Lemmon and Concerned Citizens of Seneca County v. Seneca Meadows, James Cleere, Waterloo ode Enforcement,... more

Sipp acquitted of attempted murder, guilty of lower assault charge

Published: 02/07/2017 @ 05:00 am

In what his attorney described as a best-case scenario, a Covert man was convicted of assault for injuring his estranged girlfriend with a knife — but was acquitted on more serious charges. After deliberating for about two hours, the last 90 minutes of which occurred Monday, a Seneca County jury found Don Sipp guilty of second-degree assault, a class D... more

BY THE NUMBERS: Ontario Co. Sheriff’s Dept. busy in 2016

Published: 02/07/2017 @ 05:00 am

Sheriff Philip C. Povero reports that during the month of January members of his staff have been busy gathering information for the Ontario County Office of Sheriff annual report for the year 2016. While work continues to produce the annual report, Sheriff Povero would like to share some of the data that has been collected to this point: Total events... more

Former Cornell fraternity president accepts plea deal after sexual assault accusation

Published: 02/08/2017 @ 05:00 am

The former Cornell fraternity president who was accused of attempted rape, pleaded guilty to forcible touching, a misdemeanor, in court Tuesday. Wolfgang Ballinger, 22, was arrested back in February 2016. Court documents alleged he led a female student to his bedroom at the Psi Upsilon fraternity house and tried to force her into having sex with him. CNY Central: Read... more

Man pleads guilty to robbing Kwik Fill in Auburn

Published: 02/08/2017 @ 05:00 am

A 22-year-old man will likely spend several years in prison for robbing a gas station in Auburn last year. Weston Rhodes pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of second-degree robbery, a class C violent felony. During his plea, Rhodes told Cayuga County Court Judge Mark Fandrich he was visiting from Florida when he robbed a Kwik Fill in Auburn last... more

Auburn woman sentenced to prison for trafficking heroin in Cayuga County

Published: 02/10/2017 @ 05:00 am

An Auburn woman will spend the next two years in prison for possessing 600 envelopes of heroin in Cayuga County. Stephanie Sweeting, of 19 McMaster St. Apt. 125, pleaded guilty in December 2016 to one count of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. At the time, the 37-year-old admitted she helped two co-defendants traffic heroin from Connecticut to Cayuga... more

Terminated nurses secure unemployment benefits; judge says misconduct didn’t meet threshold

Published: 02/10/2017 @ 05:00 am

A nurse terminated by Cayuga Medical Center has succeeded securing unemployment benefits after a judge found her actions did not “rise to the level of misconduct” regarding a blood transfusion. This comes as the National Labor Relations Board is investigating why two nurses were terminated at Cayuga Medical Center. The hospital claims it fired two Intensive Care Unit nurses —... more

Guilty plea but no jail time in Yates case

Published: 02/13/2017 @ 05:00 am

Despite pleading guilty to six felony charges, a former Yates County legislator and Penn Yan village trustee won’t be spending any time behind bars. Pat Galvin, 55, pleaded guilty Friday in county court to three counts each of second-degree forgery and first-degree offering a false instrument for filing. Both are class D felonies punishable by up to seven years in... more

Auburn man who pleaded guilty to passing counterfeit cash faces new felony, possible prison time

Published: 02/13/2017 @ 05:00 am

An Auburn man who recently admitted to passing counterfeit money in Cayuga County has been charged with another felony. Mathew L. Danforth, formerly of 131 E. Genesee St., was arrested last summer and charged with two counts each of first-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument and first-degree falsifying business records and one count each of petit larceny and fifth-degree... more

Karlsen’s murder conviction stands

Published: 02/14/2017 @ 05:00 am

An appeals court has affirmed the Seneca County murder conviction of Karl Karlsen for killing his son in 2008. In a decision posted on its website, the Fourth Judicial Department of state Supreme Court’s Appellate Division in Rochester upheld the second-degree murder count against Karlsen. He pleaded guilty to the charge in 2013 and was sentenced by Seneca County Judge... more

Penn Yan man facing even more felony drug charges after investigation ends

Published: 02/14/2017 @ 05:00 am

A Penn Yan man is facing multiple charges after an investigation into drug sales, which spanned months. Officers arrested Todd J. Becker, 30, of Penn Yan on an array of drug related charges. The arrest took place on Monday at 6:51 pm. Becker was charged with third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance, third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance... more

Man sent to prison for attacking ex-girlfriend in Cayuga County

Published: 02/15/2017 @ 05:00 am

A Tompkins County man will spend the next one to three years in prison for attacking his ex-girlfriend in Auburn last summer. Harry R. White, 31, of Groton, was arrested in August 2016 after an altercation with his ex-girlfriend. At the time, the Auburn Police Department said an argument broke out between White and the victim on Lansing Street where... more

Man charged with attempted rape of young teen in Ithaca

Published: 02/15/2017 @ 05:00 am

A man charged with attempted rape is alleged to have attacked a young teen over the weekend, court records show. Ray J. Dennis, 47, is charged with felony first-degree attempted rape and is currently being held on $15,000 cash bail or $30,000 bond. According to court records, Dennis grabbed a young teen by the arm, pushed her to the ground... more

Man in Border City standoff gets prison term

Published: 02/16/2017 @ 05:00 am

The local man involved in a police standoff last year in the Border City area is heading to prison. Joshua Manko, 31, was sentenced Tuesday by Seneca County Judge Dennis Bender to 2 1⁄2 to 5 years behind bars after pleading guilty to third-degree criminal possession of a weapon and second-degree menacing. The weapons charge is a class D felony... more

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