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June 10, 2016
To: The Honorable Mayor Woodard
Members of the Board of Trustees
Village of Cayuga Heights
Re: Report of the Police Department for May, 2016
In the month of May the police department received 385 calls for service. In addition to these calls 77 uniform traffic
tickets were issued and 5 parking violations were cited. A breakdown of the calls for service is as follows:
There were no Felony complaints reported.
4 penal law misdemeanor offenses were handled including 1 for Larceny, 2 for Fraud and 1 for Menacing. In the Larceny
complaint the resident stated that her lawn mower had been taken from her property during the daytime hours. A suspect
has been described however has not been identified. The Fraud complaint consisted of a resident stating that their credit
card had been used by an unknown subject to make an online purchase. The resident has been reimbursed for the
purchase and is taking steps to secure his accounts in the future. In the second complaint of fraud the complainant reports
that his pedigree information has been used at least one time by an unknown subject to apply for a loan, in which the
funds had already been dispersed. The loan company has been in contact with the complainant and the investigation is
ongoing. Charges of Menacing 2nd were filed after investigation of a domestic dispute. Officers responded to a report of a
family member in possession of weapons that were causing them to be in fear for their safety. The items were seized and
the subject was transported to a local hospital where the charges were served.
3 vehicle and traffic stops led to 3 misdemeanor charges including: 3-Aggravated Unlicensed Operation of a MV 3rd.
5 Penal Law Violations were reported, 2 for Harassment and 3 for Drugs. The first harassment complaint began as a
student stating that her ex-boyfriend was sending her harassing text messages and tweets to her cell phone. Upon
investigation the officer determined that the messages did not constitute harassment, however advised the student that they
should pass this on to the university police. The student was also advised to contact CHPD if more specific messages
were sent. The second call for harassment came from the same student as her iPhone and email accounts had been
hacked. There is a suspect in this case and Cornell University Police are continuing with the investigation. After
investigation of 3 vehicle and traffic stops officers found subjects in the vehicles to be in possession of marijuana and
charges were filed. All 3 subjects were arrested for unlawful possession of marijuana.
1 ABC Law incident was handled. During a vehicle and traffic stop 2 subjects under the age of 21 were found in
possession of alcohol. The two subjects were both issued appearance tickets for the ABC law violation.
10 Local Law violations were received, 6 for Noise, 1 for Soliciting, 1 for Firearms, and 2 for Dog Control. After
investigation of the 6 Noise complaints only 1 was determined by officers to be a violation of the Village’s local law.
After responding to the residence, officers did not consider the level of noise to be unreasonable. The complaint in which
a violation was observed prompted officers to submit a referral to Cornell Fraternity Affairs. In the soliciting complaint
two subjects were found to be canvassing the village distributing religious information. As this type of canvassing is not a
violation of the Village’s local law the subjects were encouraged to respond to the police department to register their
information and free to continue. A firearms complaint was reported in which a subject was found to be in possession of a
fire arm and was discharging it on his property. The officer advised the subject and his family of the dangers and the laws
concerning the discharge of a firearm within the village. A citation was issued for the Local Law, Unlawful Discharge of
a firearm. Two dog complaints were handled, 1 for a barking dog and the other for 2 dogs on the loose. The owners were
contacted in both incidents and were notified of the village’s dog control ordinances and that the next step entails citations
being issued.
1 Subject was taken into custody under the Mental Hygiene Law. After investigation of the above referenced domestic
dispute, officers arrested the suspect under the MHY 941 Law and they were transported to a local hospital.
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2 Warrant arrests were made. CHPD officers came into contact with subjects which showed active bench warrants out of
other agencies. The other agencies were notified and the suspects were turned over to the respective police department.
There were 2 Motor vehicle accidents investigated, none of which involved deer.
There were no other deer incidents reported.
In summary, 11 persons were arrested and the following 11 charges were filed: 1- Menacing 2nd, 3-Aggravated
Unlicensed Operation of a MV 3rd, 2- Unlawful Possession of Alcohol by a Person Under the age of 21, 3- Unlawful
Possession of Marijuana, 1-Mental Hygiene Law/9.41 and 2- Police Officer Execute Bench Warrant, and 1- LL Carrying
a Loaded/Discharging a Firearm.
Over the course of this month police department members took part in the following trainings and events: On May 14th
Chief Steinmetz, Officer Pete Hughes, Officer Dan Tier provided traffic control for the annual Cayuga Heights
Elementary School PTO 5K Run.
The full time officers worked a total of 6 of overtime and the part time officers worked a total of 493.5 hours.
Sincerely,
Chief James Steinmetz