Marion, NY

On Monday, Macedon Police arrested 40-year-old Ryan Lawliss of Marion following an encounter, during which he was accused of seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. Lawliss was issued an appearance ticket to answer the charge in Macedon Town Court at a later date. The fact that a defendant has been charged with a crime […]

On Sunday, Wayne County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a 31-year-old Town of Marion man following an investigation into a domestic incident. Coty Vancuyck of Chaintree Drive in Marion was charged with Assault in the Third Degree, two counts of Endangering the Welfare of a Child, Criminal Mischief in the Third Degree, and Criminal Contempt in the […]

State Senator Pam Helming joined the family of Pete Ververs on Thursday to call for legislation eliminating the statute of limitations for prosecuting fatal hit-and-run crimes. Ververs, 23, was struck and killed on Skinner Road in Marion on October 22, 2006. The driver was never identified. According to Helming, the five-year statute of limitations expired […]

On Wednesday, deputies with the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office arrested Devonte Harris, 30, of Rochester following a traffic stop in the Town of Marion. Harris was pulled over for an inadequate headlight and operating an uninspected vehicle. Upon further investigation, deputies determined that he was allegedly operating the vehicle while impaired by drugs. Harris was […]

MARION, Ill., (KBSI) — Authorities have identified two suspects connected to an August bomb threat at Marion High School, including a 13-year-old from New York and an 18-year-old from Maryland. According to an update released Tuesday, Oct. 20, by the Marion Police Department, investigators identified the suspects with assistance from New York State Police and the Washington County Sheriff’s Office...

AUTHOR’S NOTE: In the early 1920s in New York’s rural Oneida County, the Browne, Cole and Ingersoll families became acquainted. The Coles were raising foxes at Alder Creek. The Brownes were operating a dairy farm in Remsen. And teenagers Marion Ingersoll (from Steuben) and Milton Cole were falling in love. In the mid- to late 1920s, the Brownes and Coles hatched a plan to move to Kasilof, Alaska, acquire a homestead and start fox farming there. Marion Ingersoll tagged along, pla

A Fairport man was arrested for driving while intoxicated following a 911 hang-up call in the Town of Walworth. Deputies with the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office responded to Walworth Marion Road after dispatch received the dropped emergency call. Upon arrival, deputies located 38-year-old Sean Odonnell and observed damage to his vehicle. Following an investigation, deputies […]