Two Herkimer men were sentenced to prison this week in Herkimer County Court on drug charges stemming from separate cases, prosecutors said.
A New York City man was charged with felony first-degree promoting prison contraband recently after cocaine allegedly was found in his possession at the Herkimer County jail, the Herkimer County Sheriff’s Office said.
A Little Falls woman faces multiple charges stemming from a traffic stop on Burwell Street on April 26, city police said.
A Little Falls woman was charged with felony third-degree criminal mischief Wednesday in connection with a domestic dispute earlier this month, Little Falls police said.
Three people recently were arrested for welfare fraud in Herkimer County, including two Little Falls women who face felony charges, the Herkimer County Sheriff’s Office said Monday.
A Little Falls man was killed and another injured Saturday afternoon in a car accident on Barker Road in the Town of Manheim, according to State Police.
Zachary T. Brisbane, 18, of 199 Timmerman Road in Little Falls, was killed after a collision with another vehicle, police said.
A 32-year-old Ilion man has been charged with allegedly sending pictures of himself naked to an underage teenager, police said.
A Herkimer woman faces two felony charges, according to Ilion police.
A Richfield Springs man died at the scene of a two-car motor vehicle accident on Monday afternoon.
State police said they are investigating the accident that occurred at 3:10 p.m. on State Route 28 in the town of Columbia, where driver Conrad Lupardo, 70, was traveling southward.
West Winfield Fire Chief Kevin Brown said a reported fire at The Federated Church on East Main Street Wednesday morning turned out to be nothing more than smoke caused by a smoldering crayon.
“It was kind of a welcome let down,” Brown said of discovering no actual flames in the building.
Rescue crews Wednesday morning were called to the area of Gravesville Road in the town of Russia at about 10 a.m. for a report of a man struck in the head by a tree.
The man reportedly suffered head, chest and ankle injuries as a result, and required an off-road rescue as he was about 400 feet into the woods at the time.
A fire broke out at 121 N. Main St. in Herkimer during the early hours of Saturday morning.
According to Herkimer Fire Department Acting Deputy, Allen Nasypany, the Herkimer Fire Department received the call from a person in the apartment building next door of the “old Vinny’s building” at 1:47 a.m.
A Little Falls man suffered a fractured skull and broken jaw in a motor vehicle accident in which the driver was charged with driving while intoxicated Friday night, state police said.
Passenger Raymond Dean, 21, was airlifted by Life-Net to Albany Medical Center following the 6:40 p.m. accident, police said.
An Ilion man was charged with felony criminal mischief Wednesday after allegedly intentionally ramming his vehicle into another car that was occupied at the time, Ilion police said.
A Little Falls man was sentenced to prison Monday for sexually abusing a child less than 11 years old in Herkimer, prosecutors said.
A Stratford man arrested in Dolgeville Thursday is accused of having sexual contact with a 14-year-old, village police said.
Darrin Jodway, 21, allegedly provided alcohol to two underage girls – one 14 and one 20 – and then had sexual contact with the 14-year-old while she was highly intoxicated, police said.
A 17-year-old Herkimer man was charged with third-degree burglary and third-degree criminal mischief Wednesday after allegedly breaking into a Dolgeville building and doing more than $8,000 in damage to the property, police said.
Herkimer County Court announced on Thursday an individual was found guilty after a four-day jury trial.
Ewan Reid, 36, whose last known address was in the village of Herkimer, was found guilty of two counts of third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance. The conviction stems from two incidents at America’s Best Hotel — on North Washington Street in Herkimer — on Jan. 14 and 16, 2011, where he sold crack cocaine out of room No. 17. He was indicted on April 29, 2011.
State police are investigating a fatal one-car accident on State Route 28.
On April 16, at about 5:15 p.m., troopers responded to the scene of the accident just north of Jordanville Road. The investigation revealed that a 2004 Chevrolet 2DS was northbound on Route 28 when the driver apparently lost control and crossed the roadway, exiting the west shoulder.
An Ilion man was charged with criminal trespass Sunday after Herkimer police found him in the area of a business that had been broken into, police said.
Officers located 22-year-old Shane Rakentine and another man after responding to an alarm and finding the door and window of the business unsecured, police said.
