Police/Fire

'How staggering is that?'

Twenty-two years. Twenty-two years of grief, of anger, of a sense of lost innocence. As Taps echoed Monday across Courthouse Park in Cortland to mark the 22nd anniversary of the attacks on the …

Accused: Chase M. Hopkins, 30 Charges: Second-degree assault, third-degree criminal possession of a weapon, felonies; possession of a synthetic drug, second-degree menacing, misdemeanors …

TULLY — An Onondaga County man died Wednesday in a one-car crash on Interstate 81 in Tully, state police said. Oleg Stepaniuk, 49, of North Syracuse, was traveling north on the interstate …

Accused: Hope A. Eades, 48, of Cortland Charges: Third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a felony; seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, petit larceny, …

Victim: ‘I know now he was grooming me’

A misdemeanor forcible touching charge was filed against Roman Catholic priest last week because he had pressed his groin against a teenage girl during a church bus trip to Ohio in 2021, the girl …

Accused: Ereik L. Alexander, 27, of Cortlandville Charges: Second-degree criminal contempt, a misdemeanor Details: Cortland County sheriff’s officers found Alexander in the presence of a person …

State Police have charged a Dryden woman in the kidnapping and killing of an Ithaca man, the 11th person charged, they announced Friday.   The first 10 arrests were announced Monday in …

A Roman Catholic priest was charged Thursday night with sexually abusing a minor while serving at churches in the greater Cortland area. The Rev. Nathan W. Brooks, 36, of Lafayette was charged …

Coming soon to a Groton near you: A new fire station

GROTON – Groton firefighters have been discussing a new fire station since 1990. By next summer, they’ll have it. And new offices for village administration, too. The $4.2 …

Accused: Albert M. Thompson, 66, of McGraw Marathon Road, Cortlandville Charges: Criminal obstruction of breathing, a misdemeanor Details: Thompson was arrested at 7:38 p.m. Wednesday after a victim …

‘It happens in rural America’

Snak:           kconlon@cortlandstandard.com About two months ago, just up Route 13 from the Truxton Fire Station, a man was trying …

Dryden fire departments win $400,000 grant together

DRYDEN – Fire departments often assist each other with putting out fires. The Town of Dryden fire departments have taken mutual aid to another level - applying for and winning a $400,000 grant. …

Accused: Ereik R. Alexander, 27, of Forest Drive, Cortlandville Charges: Second-degree criminal contempt, a misdemeanor Details: Alexander violated an order of protection about 3:11 p.m. Tuesday at …

10 charged with murder, kidnapping in Ithaca

ITHACA — Ten people have been charged with kidnapping and killing an Ithaca man from behind a Lowes in Ithaca, an area known as the “Jungle,” state police said Monday A hundred …

Accused: Valkyrie Niles, 36, of Sutton Road in Cincinnatus Charges: Third-degree grand larceny, third-degree welfare fraud, four counts of first-degree offering a false instrument for filing, …

A woman in her 60s died Saturday afternoon in a motorcycle crash on Interstate 81 in Cortlandville, state police reported. Four motorcycles were headed north about 3:21 p.m. when one of the …

The man arrested following a 3 1/2-hour standoff Aug. 11 faces another appearance in September in Cortland City Court, where he stands accused of breaking into a neighbor’s apartment in his …

‘All it is is a lifesaving tool’

Truxton’s historic bell, located in front of the Truxton Fire Department, will now be historic for an additional reason. The town will be the first of 15 towns in Cortland County to have a naloxone distribution box, with Truxton’s right by the bell.

Accused: Benjamin C. Truitt, 28, of Front Street, Marathon Charges: Two counts of seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, resisting arrest, second-degree obstructing …

Owego Street standoff ends in arrest

Cortland police and Cortland County sheriff's officers cordoned off a building at Owego and Squires streets in Cortland late Friday, as a special response team pointed their weapons toward the …

150 years of Homer history bows to its future

For an event that purported to focus so much on the past — the 150 years past — the Homer Fire Department’s celebration of its sesquicentennial on Saturday certainly featured a lot …

The state office of Fire Prevention and Control is investigating the cause of a fire Thursday night that largely gutted Cortland Floorcraft on North Homer Avenue Extension in Cortlandville. …

A Cortland woman has been charged with falsifying business records after a petit larceny investigation, a news release from the Cortland County Sheriff’s Office says. Daniella Dellow, 34, of …

Michael Catalano, Cortland’s retired police chief, will speak from noon to 1 p.m. July 20 at United Presbyterian Church, 25 Church St., Cortland. Catalano, who retired in 2021, will discuss “ …

Two arrested in bank robbery

Two people have been arrested and charged in connection with a bank robbery Friday on Main Street, Cortland police said. Daniel A. Thilburg, 53, of 133 Corson Road, Maine, and Angela M. Schmidt, …

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