On Monday, January 10, 2022 45-year-old William E. Mancusi was arrested following a non-fatal overdose in the Putnam County town of Southeast, New York.
A 23-year-old man, Jose Plaza, and a 20-year-old woman, Jonah Seymour, are facing felony drug and weapon charges after they and four minors allegedly led Syracuse Police on a chase after pointing a gun out of their car window.
A problem that was here long before COVID-19 is opioid addiction and substance use disorders. The Oneida County Sheriff's Office is announcing another tragic surge in overdose cases and deaths.
Rome Police have arrested two men after seizing heroin and a handgun from a residence there. On Tuesday afternoon members of a NY/NJ Regional Fugitive Task Force recovered a male from a Rome apartment on First Street. While there, they saw narcotics in the residence, and contacted Rome police.