A standoff with police in New York Mills ends without gun
fire tonight. Police received a call around 3 in the afternoon today.
Officials say 54-year-old James Mogle became upset with an
acquaintance and branched a handgun.
This all happened at the Carolyn Courts Apartments on
Clinton Street.
Mogle, who is a resident at the complex, was barricading
himself inside his apartment. Officials
were negotiating and speaking with him for almost five hours.
Captain Francis Coots of the State Police says Mogle was not
willing to give himself up. Police say Mogle was the only one in the apartment
and seemed to be intoxicated. Captain Coots says time was on their side this
time.
"It's not that he made threats against police. It's
just that when we tried to confront him we weren't sure where the hand gun was.
We know he has a hand gun, but we don't know where it is right now. We are
trying to make this as safe as possible right now and we evacuated the residents
adjoining his apartment," explained Coots.
Mogel is now in police custody. Captain Coots says they
could not find any criminal history involving Mogle. Some residents say they
are shocked to hear something like this happen in their neighborhood.
The fate of the Trenton Town
Supervisor is in the hands of an Oneida County jury.
Mark Scheidelman who has
held the elected position for over twenty years is accused of sexually abusing
a...
Village of Herkimer residents may have experienced some traffic delays on the way to work this morning. Route 28 between the Herkimer Thruway entrance and 5th Avenue was closed for a flood control a...
Even more thunderstorms are sweeping through Central New York. Almost 700 people were without power in Oneida and Madison Counties last night, others suffered flood damage, and more rain is heading...
It's day two of the Mark Scheidelman trial. He's the Trenton
Town Supervisor accused of sexually abusing a ten-year-old boy.
The ten-year-old victim took the stand today as did his
13-year-old...
Village of Herkimer residents may have experienced some traffic delays on the way to work this morning. Route 28 between the Herkimer Thruway entrance and 5th Avenue was closed for a flood control exercise.
The State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) and Herkimer officials conducted a training exercise to erect a flood wall located under the thruway bridge and then tear it down. DEC officials say it's especially important to perform flood control exercises in areas prone to flooding.
"This flood wall that's underneath the thruway bridge here is very important if the Mohawk River and Barge Canal comes up and overtops the flood capacity of the village, it will hold the flood waters out," says Stephen Litwhiler, NYSDEC Citizen Participation Specialist.
DEC says this exercise is part of an ongoing effort to provide village officials with hands-on training, should an emergency flood develop.
Even more thunderstorms are sweeping through Central New York. Almost 700 people were without power in Oneida and Madison Counties last night, others suffered flood damage, and more rain is heading our way.
"There was a car completely submerged under water in front of our house, right here in front of our house," says Shirley Lamphere, West Utica resident.
Lamphere lives on Lincoln Avenue in West Utica. She says she's never seen flooding like this.
"We were carrying our kids through the water. It was up to our chests. It was completely flooded in our house, up to our steps and the whole basement is completely flooded out," says Lamphere.
Several streets in West Utica and some streets in North Utica suffered flood damage. Area officials say they were responding to numerous calls to clean debris and close roads.
"You couldn't really pass through here. It was really, really flooded," says Laura Harris, West Utica resident.
Harris says there was nearly 5 feet of water almost touching her front door.
"I was really scared so as I was looking at my front door window, the water was coming up high," says Harris.
Living on the first floor, she wanted to get to higher ground so she stayed with a neighbor until the rain passed.
And now there are signs of another big storm. But Utica Department of Public Works (DPW) says you can prepare.
"Any green waste that you have in the street, get it out of the street, put it on the lawn for now. That interferes with the flow of water into the catch basin especially with heavy rains and that's what picks up the debris and puts it on the catch basins which then in return, floods the area," says Dave Short, Utica DPW commissioner.
And the commissioner says the DPW is preparing also.
"We are monitoring our creeks and ravines again and we're letting everyone just get ready for the inevitable. We know the rain's coming, its just a matter of how hard its gonna come down," says Short.
We've learned that disaster can strike anywhere and anytime. Officials are again urging residents to keep an emergency starter kit, water, and flashlights on-hand.
It's day two of the Mark Scheidelman trial. He's the Trenton
Town Supervisor accused of sexually abusing a ten-year-old boy.
The ten-year-old victim took the stand today as did his
13-year-old brother who claims he saw Scheidelman inappropriately touching the
younger boy.
The incident reportedly happened last year on veteran's day
weekend at the victim's uncle's house where Scheidelman also lived.
It was an unplanned weekend at their uncle's house. The
victim and his brothers wanted to spend time with their cousin. Although the
kids didn't have a change of clothes the mom let them go anyway.
The ten-year-old victim checked in with his mom. "He
let me know that they were there and that everyone was safe," said the victim's
mother.
That was Saturday night. It was the car ride home on Monday
when the victim's mother became concerned.
She says the child was upset, but didn't want to talk about
it. The next day the boy spoke up and what came out of his mouth made his mom
go to the police.
The ten-year-old boy took the stand today- he told the jury Scheidelman
went under his clothing and touched his bare genitals.
He says he was sleeping next to Scheidelman. Defense
attorney, George Aney questioned the child asking why he told police and the
grand jury in his initial statement that mark touched him over his clothing.
The ten year old boy said he was embarrassed.
Investigator Todd Grant of the New York State Police
assigned to the Child Advocacy Center also took the stand.
He told the jury that in different crimes police can get all
the information at once, but with children and sex abuse crimes it can be
different.
"A lot of time with children they are so shy and embarrassed
about what happened to them that they give a little bit of information to
start," said Grant.
A recorded conversation between investigator grant and Scheidelman
was also played for the jury Wednesday afternoon.
The prosecution rested and tomorrow the jury is expected to
hear from Scheidelman as he is expected to take the stand Thursday morning.
