A 1999 Chevrolet Lumina being operated by Cassey Seaton of Ilion was traveling westbound on State Route 5 when he lost control of the vehicle and left the roadway via the north shoulder. The vehicle flipped over numerous times and Seaton was ejected. He was transported to St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center by MOVAC for non- life threatening injuries to his head, arms and legs.

The investigation into the accident is ongoing. The State Police were assisted at the scene by members of the East Herkimer Fire Department and Mohawk Fire Department.

Case Agent

Trooper Michael L. Benedetto

SP Herkimer

Arrested were STEVE MARCUM, age 25, Phoenixville, PA, and ANTHONY SPENCER, age 27, Westchester, PA, both for selling nitrous oxide.

RAYMOND KACZMAREK, age 30, of Lyons, IL was charged with criminal sale of a controlled substance second degree for selling hallucinogenic mushrooms.  All three were committed to the Herkimer County Jail.

Also arrested were:

CHRISTOPHER AMES, age 30, from Hornell, NY

CALEB G. AMEDEN, age 20, Peru, VT

CHRISTOPHER ADAMS, age 45, Stephentown, NY.

All were charged with unlawful possession of marihuana and issued appearance tickets returnable at a later date.

Case Agent: Sr. Inv., Frederick Stefanik

Bruce D. Rohacek, 56, was last seen on July 7 when he left his residence in Little Falls. At approximately 11:30 p.m. Rohacek’s vehicle was located parked at the end of River Street in the City of Little Falls.

State Police personnel including a canine unit responded to assist the City of Little Falls Police in locating Rohacek. After a search of River Street and the shoreline near the Barge canal, Rohacek’s body was found near the riverbank of the Barge Canal.

Investigation into the death is ongoing and an autopsy has been scheduled for July 9, 2010

Case agent: Investigator Frank Spatto, SP Herkimer.

The arrests came as a result of a complaint from an individual who reported that he was assaulted by both father and son on July 2, 2010 while at the West Winfield Field Days in the West Winfield Town Park.  The victim’s jaw was broken during the assault and he was later treated at St. Luke’s Hospital in Utica.

The father, Michael R. Massey, was arraigned in the Town of Winfield Court on July 4 and was remanded to the Herkimer County Jail in lieu of $10,000 cash bail or $20,000 bond.

The son, Michael J. Massey, was arraigned in the Town of Winfield Court on July 5 and was released on $1,500 cash bail.

Both are scheduled to reappear in the Town of Winfield Court on July 21, 2010.

Case Agent:  Inv. Reece Treen, SP Herkimer (315) 866-7275.

His arrest occurred in the City of Utica upon the completion of an investigation conducted by the State Police Internal Affairs Bureau.   He was released on his own recognizance to appear in the City of Utica Court at a later date.

Trooper Kopec is 26 years old and has been a member of the State Police for nearly 3 years.  He was assigned to the Herkimer barracks and has been suspended without pay.

The investigation resulted in the arrest of 41 year-old, Eric A. Champlin, AKA Eric A. Stilson, from 778 County Route 26, Fly Creek, Otsego County. Champlin was arrested on Route 28 in Herkimer County in possession of more than ten (10) ounces of cocaine, which was secreted in the bottom of a cereal box. Champlin was also in possession of an illegally possessed loaded .380 semi-auto handgun, which was secreted between the driver’s seat and center console of the vehicle he was driving.

Seized in addition to the cocaine was over $1,500 in US currency as well as a 2004 Dodge Ram 4 x 4 Pick-up truck.

Subsequent to the arrest of Champlin, a search warrant was executed at his residence in Fly Creek. This search resulted in the discovery of an additional 1.5 ounces of cocaine, nearly an ounce of crack cocaine, more than two pounds of marijuana, four (4) more illegally possessed semi-auto handguns, an AK 47 Assault Rifle as well as three (3) more long guns.

Also located on the property of Champlin was a storage shed used exclusively for re-pressing cocaine, which contained a large cocaine press and steel molds.

Also seized during the search warrant was a large quantity of ammunition for the seized weapons as well as scales and packaging materials for weighing and packaging cocaine.

The drugs seized during the investigation were estimated to be worth in excess of $30,000.

Champlin was arraigned in the Town of Herkimer for Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 1^st Degree, (an A-1 Felony) and committed to the Herkimer County Jail with NO BAIL.

Additional charges in Herkimer and Otsego County are pending.

(Town of Lincoln, NY – June 2, 2010) Madison County Sheriff Allen Riley reports that deputies are continuing their investigation into the death of a 30 year old man that occurred at about 1:19 PM this afternoon at the Madison County landfill located on Buyea Road in the Town of Lincoln.

Vincent R. Unczur, age 30, 1102 Center Street, Frankfort, New York was in the process of dumping refuse from the rear hydraulic box of his ten wheel truck when the hydraulic box collapsed down on top of him. The preliminary investigation appears to indicate a mechanical failure occurred that caused the box to come down when it was in an upright position. Unczur was employed with the Feher Rubbish Removal of Utica, Inc.

A nearby commercial hauler rushed to the man’s aid as a County landfill worker called the 911 Center. The County landfill employee used a backhoe bucket to raise the box and free the victim. The Town of Lincoln Fire and Rescue Department and Greater Lenox Ambulance Service responded to the scene.

The death investigation is being conducted by members of the Sheriff’s Office.

Assisting in the investigation are the Madison County Safety Office, New York State Police Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Unit and the United States Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).

Jeffrey S. Day of Bolton, CT was traveling southbound on Dairy Hill Rd when he lost control of his three wheeled Honda ATV. Day was ejected from the ATV and suffered serious injuries as a result.

Day was air lifted by Life-Net to Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse where he is listed in critical condition.

The State Police were assisted at the scene by S&S Ambulance and the Town of Salisbury Fire Department.

David A. Bower, 58, of Carder Lane, Frankfort, was sentenced in Oneida County Court after pleading guilty to violating the Workers’ Compensation Law. He paid $3,500 in restitution at sentencing.

Bower was arrested last December following an investigation by the New York State Insurance Department’s Frauds Bureau. The investigation revealed that Bower filed a work activity report declaring that he was unemployed and unable to work because of a job-related back injury while he was actually working as a disc jockey at Peepers, a bar in Utica.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Bernard Hyman.

Bolen was observed consuming alcohol in a vehicle. Open containers of alcohol were also observed in the vehicle’s center console.

Bolen provided a breath test that resulted in a .13% BAC. He was issued tickets for DWI, Unlicenced Operation, and Consumption/Possession of open container containing an alcoholic beverage in a vehicle.

He is to appear in the Town of Trenton court on June 8, 2010 at 7:00 pm.