Police/Fire

Stabbing scene detailed

After Harold Young stabbed David SearsLopez in November 2021, police searched Young’s home and a vehicle he used. But other than a Swiss Army knife, they found no weapon, police testified …

Harold Young will claim self-defense in the stabbing death November 2021 of David Sears-Lopez, his attorney told jurors Tuesday in opening statements of Young’s trial on a murder …

A Cortland man was charged Friday with threatening to kill a woman, while he was holding a large kitchen knife, Cortland police said. Tristen C. Libbey of 37 Madison St. was charged with third-degree …

Cortland Fire applies for $1 million in FEMA grants

Firefighter Stephen Bradley looked through an air mask Tuesday. It was scratched and scuffed and if still serviceable, for now, not the easiest thing to see through. “When you’re in a …

Kitchen fire forces man from C-ville home

David Narby was working Tuesday in his office at 1016 Route 13, Cortlandville, when he smelled something funny coming from the kitchen. He'd just steamed some broccoli, and had microwaved some …

Opening statements to begin today for murder trial

Opening arguments begin today in Cortland County Court for the trial of Harold Young, who was charged with murder, accused of stabbing his daughter’s former boyfriend in 2021. Twelve jurors …

Accused: Summer E. Dixson, 27, of CortlandCharges: Third-degree burglary, a felony; petit larceny, a misdemeanorDetails: Dixson stole merchandise about 10:24 p.m. Thursday from the Walmart on Bennie …

Three people were injured in a two-car collision Saturday morning on Route 13 in Cortlandville, Cortlandville firefighters said. The accident was reported about 11:17 a.m. near the CountryMax store, …

Multiple crews battle early morning car dealership fire

Firefighters, investigators and hazardous materials teams remained on the scene Friday morning of a fire that heavily damaged the Cortland Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep dealership on Route 281 in …

Fire destroys dealership's service section

Firefighters, investigators and hazardous materials teams remained on the scene Friday morning of a fire that heavily damaged the Cortland Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep dealership on Route 281 in …

Murder trial begins Monday in Cortland stabbing

Jury selection is to begin Monday for the trial of Harold Young, who was charged with murder after stabbing his daughter’s former boyfriend to death in 2021. Harold John Young, commonly …

Accused: Anthony W. Booker, 29, of Dryden.Charges: Driving while intoxicated, aggravated driving while intoxicated, misdemeanors; and several traffic violations. Details: Booker was involved in a …

Accused: Anthony R. Monk, 38, of CortlandCharges: Driving while intoxicated, driving with a blood-alcohol content of 0.08% or greater, aggravated driving while intoxicated, misdemeanors; open …

Accused: Shawn P. Keefe, 34, of Moravia Charges: Driving while intoxicated, driving with a blood-alcohol content greater than 0.08%, misdemeanors, and a traffi violation. Details: State police at …

Moravia man charged following October crashAccused: Alanson D. Burlingame, 38, of MoraviaCharges: Driving while impaired by drugs, a misdemeanorDetails: Burlingame was involved in a one-vehicle crash …

Four years after plans began to renovate a building for a new Cortland County 911 center, county lawmakers considered this morning bids for construction to begin later this year. The project at 22 …

LANSING — Three Syracuse women were charged Wednesday with shoplifting more than $3,000 in merchandise from Dick's Sporting Goods in Lansing, Tompkins County sheriff's officers said. Oriana M. …

Accused: David E. Thomas, 45, of VirgilCharges: Fourth-degree criminal possession of stolen property, a felonyDetails: Cortland County sheriff's officers were called Dec. 28 to Starr Road in …

Accused: Joshua K. Allen, 38, of MoraviaCharges: Driving while intoxicated, aggravated driving while intoxicated, fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon, seventh-degree criminal possession of …

Route 218 police chase ends in crash; One dead

The state is investigating a fatal crash Wednesday in which a Cortland County Sheriff’s officer’s vehicle and a sport utility vehicle it was chasing crashed on the Interstate 81 access …

The Cortlandville Fire Department rescued a man Thursday who was trapped in his car after an accident on Highland Road.After the roll-over crash at about 11:20 a.m., firefighters found the occupant …

Two houses lost in fires

Fire departments in Cortland County were busy over the long Christmas holiday weekend responding to house fires that displaced two families in Freetown and Cortlandville and a barn fire in …

Accused : Lucas D. Walley, 20, of Walton Charges: Driving with a blood-alcohol content of 0.08% or more and driving while intoxicated, misdemeanors; driving across hazard markings, a traffic …

Fires damage two houses

Cortland County fire departments responded Monday to fires that damaged two houses.A fire Monday afternoon heavily damaged a house in Freetown.Much of the exterior of the tan house next to The Church …

The Cortlandville Fire District Board of Fire Commissioners will have its annual organizational meeting at 5 p.m. Jan. 3 at the Cortlandville fire station, 999 Route 13, Cortlandville.

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