Category: Public Safety


  • NYC — Sebastián Zapeta, 33, has been indicted by a Brooklyn grand jury on charges of first-degree murder, second-degree murder, and first-degree arson in connection with the death of a woman on a New York City subway. The incident occurred on December 22, at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue station, where Zapeta allegedly set the sleeping…

  • ITHACA, N.Y. — A pick-up truck driver will not be charged after its vehicle crashed into the side of a house in the 300 block of Mineah Road in the town of Dryden early Saturday morning. The incident was reported over the weekend by the Dryden Fire Department and Dryden Ambulance and further detailed Wednesday…

  • FARMINGTON, N.Y. – A woman riding an e-bike died Monday after being struck by a car on Route 332, according to state police. Troopers reported that Analise L. Winterberger, 24, of Rochester, was driving north on Route 332 just before 5 p.m. when she hit the woman, who was crossing the northbound lane on her…

  • LANSING, N.Y. – Authorities from the Tompkins County Sheriff’s Office, with assistance from the Village of Cayuga Heights Police Department and the New York State Police, responded to a reported theft on Nov. 9 at 11:04 a.m. at a business in the 2300 block of N. Triphammer Road. Upon arrival, deputies encountered two suspects linked…

  • ITHACA, N.Y. — On Oct. 22, New York State Police in Ithaca arrested 28-year-old Ross Haley of Syracuse for Grand Larceny in the fourth degree, a class “E” felony. An investigation revealed that in 2022, Haley engaged in a text conversation with an unknown victim. During the exchange, the victim believed he received sexually explicit…

  • WHITNEY POINT, N.Y. — On October 24 at 11:47 a.m., New York State Police and EMS personnel responded to a fishing access site across from 2677 Main Street in the village of Whitney Point. Authorities discovered a 35-year-old male from Whitney Point deceased along the riverbank. The investigation is ongoing, but police do not believe…

  • Attorney General Letitia James announced Friday the indictments of three individuals involved in a gun trafficking operation that illegally sold 184 firearms in Queens County.

  • Governor Kathy Hochul today announced a new real-time weather data tool aimed at informing New Yorkers about increased wildfire risks. Developed by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) in collaboration with researchers from the University at Albany.

  • Governor Kathy Hochul Friday announced funding of $25 million to enhance facilities and response capabilities for New York’s volunteer firefighters.

  • ITHACA, N.Y. — The Ithaca Fire Department responded to an “uncontrolled brush fire that was extending up a hillside” on Wednesday morning, according to a press release early Thursday morning. Lt. Robert Shepherd wrote in a release that the fire department responded to the area of 272 Enfield Falls Road where the brush fire was…