Saturday | via New York Daily News
A New York consortium offered the Empire State's wide-open spaces and network of air bases - active and inactive - as ideal for drone testing program. Comment?
Fort Drum soldier charged with sexually abusing two ...
Thursday May 24 | via Empire State News
State Police in Watertown arrested James Costigan, 32, of Calcium, NY, on two counts of criminal sexual act in the 1st degree, a class "B" felony, and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child, a class "A" misdemeanor for having oral sexual conduct with an 8-year-old female and 5-year-old female during 2012. Comment?
Fort Drum soldier accused of criminal sex acts with ...
Wednesday May 23 | via NewsChannel 9 WSYR
A Fort Drum soldier was arrested on Wednesday on charges that he engaged in criminal sex acts with two little girls. Comment?
Active duty soldier faces sexual abuse involving two...
Wednesday May 23 | via WUTR
An active duty soldier stationed in Fort Drum is facing serious charges involving two little girls. Comment?
Fort Drum solider arrested for criminal sex acts inv...
Wednesday May 23 | via WSTM-TV Syracuse
Read more: Local , Crime , News , Watertown , James Costigan , Calcium , Sex Acts Children , Fort Drum , Child Sex Abuse , Town of Leray , Jefferson County , Child Protective Services WATERTOWN -- State Police in Watertown say they arrested 32-year-old James N. Costigan, of Calcium, for allegedly engaging in sex acts with two young girls; an ... (more) Comment?
Fort Drum teen jailed after stolen car is wrecked in...
Monday May 21 | via Watertown Daily Times
A Fort Drum teenager is free on $1,000 bail after police allege she stole a car in Carthage early Saturday morning and flipped it while driving too fast on a dirt road in the town of Diana. Comment?
Man charged with trespassing, mischief
Monday May 21 | via Watertown Daily Times
City police charged William D. Vaughn, 23, of 4422 Camp Swift Road, Apt. 241, Fort Drum, with third-degree criminal trespassing and fourth-degree criminal mischief after he allegedly broke into a business. Comment?
Saturday May 19 | via Watertown Daily Times
Angelina B. Pagan, 22, of 821 Tamarack Drive, Apt. B, West Carthage, was charged with aggravated DWI, failure to keep right and speeding at 55 mph in a 30-mph speed zone at 1:10 a.m. Friday in the 500 block of Eastern Boulevard. Comment?
Three injured in Watertown apartment building fire, ...
Tuesday May 15 | via WSTM-TV Syracuse
Read more: Local , Crime , News , Fire , Arson , Watertown , High Street , Paul Fitzgerald , Rick Frazier , Watertown Fire Department , Gasoline , Apartment Fire According to Jefferson County 911, around 3:13 a.m. a call came in for a structure fire at 239 High Street. Comment?
Fort Drum soldiers proud bin Laden mission is over
Saturday May 12 | via Your News Now
The news of Bin Laden's Death was met with a feeling of great victory for those who've been fighting the war on terror since 2001, especially up near Fort Drum. Comment?
Motorists accused of driving while intoxicated
Friday May 11 | via Watertown Daily Times
Nicholas A. Sgorrano, 24, South Glens Falls, was charged by Potsdam village police with aggravated DWI at 3:23 a.m. April 29, when he was stopped for failing to signal a lane change on Main Street. Comment?
State and local briefs for May 9
Tuesday May 8 | via Winston-Salem Journal
The Department of Defense said Tuesday that Spc. Junot M.L. Cochilus, 34, of Charlotte was killed May 2 when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device in Logar province. Comment?
Charlotte native killed in attack in Afghanistan
Tuesday May 8 | via Myrtle Beach Online
The Department of Defense says a Charlotte, N.C., native based at Fort Drum, N.Y., has died after an attack in Afghanistan. Comment?
Beer truck driver arrested for DWI
Tuesday May 8 | via MyFoxNY
The New York State Police say they received a report of a truck being driveN erratically on the I-87 northbound lanes at about 4 p.m. Troopers saw the beer delivery truck near exit 12 and followed it off I-87 onto State Route 9. Troopers then stopped the truck and interviewed the driver. Comment?
N.Y. considers ban on indoor tanning for minors
Tuesday May 8 | via MyFoxNY
New York is moving toward banning indoor tanning for anyone under 18 years old, pushed by advocates who blame booths for a dramatic rise in skin cancer among teenagers. Comment?
Pine Plains Gang caused a flap in 1890s
Sunday May 6 | via Watertown Daily Times
How much more could 72-year-old Judge James H. Dawley take before he'd pound his gavel and send everybody home, including the notorious Pine Plains Gang? The man on trial was Charles Carr, who at 22 was considered the ringleader of 'an organized band of thieves and plunderers,' as a Syracuse newspaper described them. Comment?
Ontario woman arrested at Fort Drum on drug charge
Saturday May 5 | via Watertown Daily Times
Brittany S. St. John, 26, Brockville, Ontario, was charged by Jefferson County sheriff's deputies Friday morning with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance after Fort Drum police said they found three hydromorphone tablets in her car. Comment?
Third Fort Drum soldier arrested in burglary spree
Friday May 4 | via Watertown Daily Times
State police made a third arrest Wednesday in the investigation of a burglary spree by Fort Drum soldiers, and were said Thursday to be seeking more suspects. Comment?
North Fork Soldier Ride shifts course to Shelter Island
Mar 27, 2012 | via Shelter Island Reporter
What doesn't the Cutchogue-New Suffolk Park District advertise the time and date of their monthly meetings in the public notice section like the other neighboring park districts The North Fork Soldier Ride took off from Greenport's Mitchell Park last year, but will be on Shelter Island this time around. Comment?
Sexual assault conviction a shocking end to military...
Sep 30, 2009 | via Stars and Stripes
A registered nurse working in the River Hospital emergency room near Fort Drum, N.Y., she was used to seeing trauma and trouble. Comment?