Bureau du shérif du comté de Tompkins

On November 19, 2024, at 1:57 AM, Tompkins County Sheriff's Deputies observed a blue Toyota Prius operating with an equipment violation and no visible registration displayed on State Route 13 near Mazourek Road in the Town of Newfield.  When deputies attempted to stop the vehicle, the vehicle…

The Tompkins County Sheriff's Office has received many media requests regarding this incident. 

On November 16th, 2024, at 4:31 AM, Tompkins County Sheriff's deputies were dispatched to the 300 block of Mineah Road in the Town of Dryden for a reported personal injury accident. While en …

Victoria E. Rose was charged with: 

• Attempted Assault upon a Police Officer - Class C Felony,
• Attempted Assault in the First Degree - Class C Felony
• Grand Larceny in the Fourth Degree - Class E Felony (Four Counts)…

On 10/30/24 at about 5:45 pm deputies responded to the intersection of West Dryden Rd and Sheldon Road in the Town of Dryden for a reported two-vehicle crash with injuries. Daniel L. Heath, age 63, of Dryden NY was transported to SUNY Upstate Medical Center by LifeNet where he succumbed to his…

On October 11th, 2024, at approximately 8:55 P.M., the Tompkins County Sheriff's Office responded to Cemetery Lane in the Town of Groton for a reported personal injury accident. Upon arrival, deputies located a one-car rollover. The sole occupant and operator of the vehicle, 21-year-old Zachary…

On October 9th, 2024 at approximately 2:36 PM, members of the Tompkins County Sheriff's Office were dispatched to West Lake Road near Chaffee Road in the Town of Dryden, for a reported personal injury accident. 

Upon arrival, deputies located a white Ford Bus owned by First Transit Inc.…

On Thursday, 09/12/2024, Sheriff Derek R. Osborne, Undersheriff Jennifer K. Olin, and Lieutenant Kyle Koskinen…

On September 7, 2024 at 12:57 PM, Tompkins County Sheriff's Deputies were running radar on Waterburg Road in the Town of Ulysses.  While running radar, Deputies observed a dark colored Chevrolet pick-up traveling west bound and speeding.  Deputies pulled out and once behind the vehicle and…

In the early morning hours of September 3rd, 2024, a deputy was conducting routine property checks of closed business' in the 600 Block of Elmira Road (SR13) in the Town of Ithaca, when they observed a suspicious male subject walk away from the rear area of a closed business. 

Knowing…

On Saturday August 31, 2024, on Dryden Road in the Town of Dryden, Tompkins County Sheriff's Deputies conducted a vehicle & traffic stop on a black Chevrolet pick-up truck for a suspended registration. While speaking with the operator, Deputies observed an AR-15 style rifle on the back seat…

The NYS STOP-DWI Program was established by historic legislation in November 1981. Today there are 58 counties that operate STOP-DWI Programs led by a STOP-DWI…

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On July 21st, 2024 at around 9:05 AM, Tompkins County Sheriff's Deputies responded to an address on Winston Drive, Town of Ithaca when a concerned neighbor called about their missing 69 year old neighbor.  The missing person was a dementia patient and Deputies learned, with the assistance of the…

On July 10, 2024, at 8:34 AM, Tompkins County Sheriff's Deputies and Dryden Police Officers observed a wanted person, Joshua F. Conklin, age 35 of Groton, NY leaving…

On June 7, 2024, at 1:15 AM, Tompkins County Sheriff's Deputies assigned to the Gun Involved Violence Elimination Task Force (GIVE) were patrolling in the Village of Lansing. While patrolling, they conducted a traffic stop on a blue Chevrolet Malibu on Sheraton Drive. The registered owner, Terri…

The Sheriff's Office, in partnership with Tompkins County Information Technology Services, has finalized another dashboard within the Tompkins County Sheriff's Office Transparency Hub located on our website.

The latest dashboard provides detailed information pertaining to traffic stops…

On May 29, 2024 at 11:30 AM, Tompkins County Sheriff's Deputies responded to the 100 block of Troy Road, Town of Ithaca for a report of a motor vehicle accident.  Deputies arrived a found that a vehicle had driven off the roadway and crashed. The driver had already removed themselves from the…

On 05/13/2024, Sheriff's Office deputies making up our GIVE task force conducted an 8-hour detail in the City of Ithaca. Deputies were assisted by a member of the Tompkins County Probation Department. The following interdictions and arrests were made:

Jamie N. Gerhart, age 45, of…

On May 11, 2024, at 3:10 AM, Tompkins County Sheriff's Deputies observed a 2007 Dodge traveling south on West Danby Road near Elmira Road in the Town of Ithaca crashing into a guard rail at a high rate of speed.  

The driver was identified as Stephen P. Lavigne, age 37 of Lansing, NY.  …

On 4/29/2024, Sheriff Derek R. Osborne charged Mark A. Vanderhoof of Union Springs, New York with Official Misconduct, a Class A Misdemeanor and Harassment 2nd, a Violation. Vanderhoof was processed and arraigned in CAP Court on 4/29/24 at 8:30 PM. He was released on his own recognizance. …