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Endicott Police K-9 Unit Receives CertificationsMar. 14, 2012Police Service Dog Tarah and her handler Officer Vanek of the Endicott Police received certification from the United States Police Canine Association in Middletown, NY on March 14, 2012 as a Police Narcotics Team. This is the second consecutive year that they have been able to pass certification with the United State Police Canine Association for the Police Narcotics Dog Team.Officer Vanek and Tarah recently returned from Boston, MA after certifying with the International Police Working Dog Association achieving certifications as a Police Narcotics Dog Team and one of the few in the nation to certify as a Narcotics Courier Detection Dog Team on March 8, 2012.Officer Vanek and Tarah are also certified as a Police Narcotics Dog Team with the North American Police Working Dog Association in the fall of 2011 in Scranton, PA.the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services as an Advanced Narcotics Detection Dog Team and with the Eastern Police Canine Association as an Advanced Police Narcotics Detection Dog Team, which they have been able to accomplish for the last three years.
New York State Police arrest a Syracuse, NY man for assault a female on Day Hollow Road, West Corners, NY
Mar. 10, 2012New York State Police and the Broome County Sheriff’s Department responded to a report of a female covered in blood. On arrival it was determined that the female had been assaulted by an acquaintance who then fled on foot. The Endicott Police K9 Unit was requested to respond for a track. Police Service Dog Tarah located the track following it through the streets for approximately two miles to a location where the assailant had been picked up by a second female that was not involved in the attack, which lead to the apprehension.
Endicott Police Make Arrest for Burglary of Salvation Army StoreMar. 23, 2012The on-going investigation into the burglaries of the Salvation Army Thrift Store in Endicott during 2011 has resulted in one arrest and more arrests are pending. The Thrift Store was burglaries on at least three occasions, the last being on September 2, 2011 during which the Endicott Police K9 Unit was utilized to track the suspects. Police Service Dog Tarah tracked from the scene to the residence of the suspect(s), this and additional newly developed leads have lead to the arrest.
Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin
Feb. 23, 2012
Endicott police: 'Very active' heroin dealers shut down (Endicott Police K-9 Tarah)
7 arrested in pair of sweeps
ENDICOTT -- Two sweeps in the past week have led to the arrest of seven people described by police as heroin dealers or acquaintances in Endicott and the Town of Union. The sweeps, conducted by village police and New York State Police C-Net, shut down two "very active" drug groups and led to 31 felony charges, according to Endicott detective Lt. Steven Noyes. One of the arrests Thursday included a SWAT team operation to get Rowshanda M. Bullard, 26, from a residence at 724 Robinson Hill Road in Johnson City. Bullard was charged with two felonies. Also arrested Thursday was Derek Greco, 26, and Kelsey Greco, 19, siblings who lived at 302 Cyprus Lane in Endicott. Each faces two drug-related and two conspiracy charges. Akanni K. Amberslie, 28, of Yates Avenue in Bronx, was arrested Thursday and charged with 12 counts of criminal sale of drugs and conspiracy, all felonies.
A week earlier, Endicott police also nabbed another Bronx resident and two village men in a separate drug bust. Frankie J. Capellan, 30, of East 140th St., was charged with five felonies for sale and possession of drugs. He had 50 bags of heroin and $600 cash when arrested, said Noyes. Capellan and Daryll B. Michaletz, 24, of 521 South St., Endicott, were both arrested after a traffic stop on Delaware Avenue. Michaletz faces one drug-related felony. During last week's bust, police also found 100 bags of heroin and $1,500 cash in the residence of Jeffery S. Demkovich, 23, at 1049 Taft Ave in Endicott. He faces three felonies for sale and possession.
Noyes said all defendants have been remanded to the Broome County jail. Police did not release details of last week's arrests to keep Thursday's arrestees in the dark about their pending fate, added Noyes.
-William Moyer
Scranton man charged in video game store robbery (Scranton Police K9 Yogy)
Published: January 15, 2012A Scranton man is facing felony charges after a video game store clerk told police he recognized the man who robbed him at gunpoint Saturday afternoon.
Anthony Marsico, 27, 1227 Rundle St., was charged with three counts of felony robbery and related charges after a brief standoff with police at his home.
The incident began about 12:12 p.m. Saturday at the Video Game Store, 1150 S. Main St. The clerk, who was not named in the criminal complaint, told police a man walked into the store and pointed a black handgun at him before taking several video game consoles.
The robber was wearing a mask but the clerk believed the man was Mr. Marsico, who had stolen an Xbox 360 from two customers at the store Friday, according to police.
Police viewed surveillance footage of the robbery and called for a police dog to track the robber. The dog led police to the rear of a home in the 1100 block of Watson Street, where they found several items of clothing that appeared to match those worn by the robber.
The police dog continued to follow the trail to Mr. Marsico's home, the criminal complaint said, where several officers had already gathered and were attempting to contact him by cellphone.
Mr. Marsico did not answer the calls, nor did he immediately comply with orders delivered over a loudspeaker to come out with his hands up. Eventually, Mr. Marsico called his mother, who told him to surrender, according to the criminal complaint.
In a search of the house, police found a black BB gun that appeared to match the one used in the robbery and several video game consoles that matched those taken in the robbery.
There was no information on whether Mr. Marsico was taken to Lackawanna County Prison on Saturday.