AWOL sailor charged after high speed town chase
Camillus police report an AWOL Navy sailor, 20, Robert McMahon, led officers on a weaving chase at 70 mph in a 35 mph zone before crashing into a snow bank. He faced charges of drunken driving littering and traffic violations. three teen passengers were charged with littering. No injuries occurred.
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Camillus
Navy
Robert McMahon
Diane Terrace
Leslie Balanut
Turner Road
Richard Northrup
Beverly Drive
Mary Devine
Crestview Drive
Robert LaRochelle
Route 6
LaRochelle
McMahon
Howlett Hill Road
Seneca Turnpike
Kasson Road
Route 175
Public Safety
Fire destroys four-plex on Townsend Street
A Christmas fire at 819 N Townsend St left residents of a four unit brick building temporarily homeless. Jimmy Stewart reported smoke from a heating vent around 7 p.m. Firefighters said flames spread through ductwork on the first and second floors. First floor walls were charred and opened to extinguish hidden embers. All nine tenants evacuated safely, five were home at the time. Fire Chief Edward Scott attributed the blaze to the furnace with fuel oil heating part of the building. About 50 onlookers watched the battle amid early snow flurries.
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N. Townsend St
Jimmy Stewart
Fire Department
Edward Scott
Scott
Stewart
Joe Ganley On Vacation
Herald Journal informs readers columnist Joe Ganley is on vacation and his next column will appear Tuesday January 10.
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Herald-Journal
Joe Ganley
Syracuse Man Held on Forgery Charge
Wesley E. Dupee, 21, of Syracuse, was jailed in Oswego on $250 bail after being charged with third degree forgery. He allegedly altered a prescription for Darvocet tablets from a dentist and tried to fill it at Keys Drug Store.
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Oswego
Syracuse
Oswego City
Wesley E. Dupee
Slocum Ave
Farnham Center
Robert Barnes
Dupee
Keys Drug Store
OCWA Buys Salina Gennor Building for Expansion
OCWA will purchase the Gennor Building on Northern Concourse in Salina from Bowery Savings Bank. The 70000 plus square foot facility and nine acre property will expand OCWA space for Onondaga County water supply operations. Renovation under James J. Welch begins soon with completion hoped for next summer.
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Onondaga County Water Authority
Gennor
Northern Concourse
Salina
OCWA
Ephraim E. Shapero
Bowery Savings Bank
New York City
General Electric Company
U.S. Post Office
Shapero
Onondaga County
Hancock Airport
James J. Welch
Ates
Amn Scanlon transfers to Keesler AFB
Airman Edward J. Scanlon, son of Mr and Mrs Francis J Scanlon of Camillus New York, after basic training at Lackland AFB Texas, completed the Air Force mission and customs education and will attend the Air Training Command communications systems operator course at Keesler AFB Mississippi He is a 1977 graduate of West Genesee High School.
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Air Force
Lackland Air Force Base
Texas
Edward J. Scanlon
Francis J. Scanlon
Sherwood Drive
Keesler Air Force Base
Miss
Air Training Command
West Genesee High School
Airman Gordon S Stowell Assigned To Lowry AFB
Completes basic training and prepares for supply field training at Lowry AFB Colo He is the son of Marilyn Voutsinas of 114 Griffin St and a 1975 Corcoran High School graduate.
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Gordon S. Stowell
Marilyn Voutsinas
Griffin St
Lowry Afb
Colo
Air Force
Stowell
Corcoran High School
Air Force Sgt Checksfield arrives for duty in Germany
Stationed in Germany Air Force Sgt. Donald A Checksfield Jr., son of Mr and Mrs Donald A Checksfield Sr of Jamesville, has arrived for duty at Hahn AB Germany. He is an environmental specialist with an Air Force in Europe unit and previously served at McChord AFB Washington. He is a 1972 graduate of Fabius Central High School. His wife Bobbi is the daughter of Robert Recor of Fabius.
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Air Force
Donald A. Checksfield Jr
Donald A. Checksfield Sr
Jamesville
Hahn AB
Germany
Checksfield
Ist
Europe
McChord Afb
Wash
Fabius Central High School
Bobbi
Robert Recor
Fabius
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Marietta
Bryan
Nancy Hines
St. Joseph Hospital
Steve Woiler
Blaze
Sq. Va
Armstrong Ye
India
Pakistan
INC
Thomas F. O’donnell
Einar Hansen
Upstate
Institute of Transportation Engineers
O'Donnell
Crouse-Hinds Company
Hansen
Amn
Scanlon
Keesler Afb
Syracuse Savings Bank
Clinton Square
New York
Keogh
Weer
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