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Bullying Prevention Rally Held in Honor of Tompkins County Bullying Prevention Day

By Ari Dubow | October 8, 2019

According to The Sophie Fund’s website, a non-profit mental health advocacy group based in Tompkins County, in the 2016-2017 school year, almost one in five American high school students experience bullying at school — that is 22.3 percent of high school girls and 15.6 percent of high school boys. This number is one in three for LGBTQ+ students. Cyberbullying also occurred at a slightly lower percentage of 14.9 percent.

City

Acting Chief Dennis Nayor Named New Ithaca Chief of Police

By Maryam Zafar | September 9, 2019

Since his appointment in June, Nayor served as Acting Chief during a summer that saw two fatal stabbings and a downtown shooting.

City

Police Identify Suspects, Victim in Green Street Shooting

By Maryam Zafar and Sarah Skinner | September 4, 2019

Police say the primary suspect, Andre Martin, used a .357 caliber revolver, firing five shots. A search for Martin is ongoing.

arrest

Cadji Ferguson, 1 of 2 Black Residents Controversially Arrested on Commons, Found Not Guilty

By Johnathan Stimpson | September 2, 2019

Cadji Ferguson, who was controversially arrested last April for his alleged involvement in an Ithaca Commons fight, was acquitted of disorderly conduct by Tompkins County Judge Scott Millerthe, who cited lack of evidence in a bench trial.

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Ithaca Commons Arrests of Two Young Black Residents Will Continue to Trials, as Protesters Call for Dropped Charges and Reparations

By Girisha Arora and Sarah Skinner | August 27, 2019

Both Ithacans charged said that they hadn’t expected their cases to go to trial. In the meantime, a community movement has risen up around them both.

City of Ithaca Posts Body Camera Videos from Controversial Commons Arrests

By Maryam Zafar | May 4, 2019

Videos from the early April arrest in the Ithaca commons show a chaotic scene. Svante Myrick ’09 shared the footage with the public following demands from the community and accusations against the Ithaca Police Department of racial bias.

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Ithaca Police Chief to Retire After 27 Years of Service

By Amanda H. Cronin | April 18, 2019

After nearly 28 years of service, Ithaca Police Chief Pete Tyler will retire from his post on May 31 after spending just two years as the City’s top cop.

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Ithaca Police Department Responds to Subject With Handgun

By Maryam Zafar | April 11, 2019

The Ithaca Police Department responded to an incident of a subject with a handgun Thursday afternoon. The subject, Jalin Boutwell, “pointed a handgun at multiple people,” at West Village Place IPD said in a statement.

Crime

Ithaca Police Charge Woman With Assault, Saying She Punched 2 Officers on Commons in ‘Chaotic’ Scene

By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs | April 9, 2019

Officers arrested the woman on the Commons shortly after bars closed Saturday morning, tackling her to the ground in front of a small crowd.

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Two Men Charged With Stealing Motorcycles From Cornell’s East Campus, Police Say

By Maryam Zafar | February 6, 2019

Over the course of the last two months, local police charged two men with larceny for motorcycle thefts that occurred on Cornell’s East Campus. Four motorcycles were reported stolen in October 2018, valuing together at about $7,500, Cornell Police said.