An 18-year-old from Utica was released on appearance tickets despite allegedly getting into a fight with and punching a Utica Police Officer several times.
An Oneida County jury has found Jaleak Scarborough and Hakim Muhammad guilty of second-degree murder in the shooting death of Lemeke Pittman in May of 2021.
Two people were in a minivan when it was hit with gunfire around 3:15 Saturday afternoon. A nearly home was struck as well, police said, but no one was injured.
It was a violent night Thursday into Friday morning in Utica as police continue to investigate three separate incidents that were reported within 8 hours: two involving fights that led to victims being stabbed or cut, and another where a man says he shot while walking on Neilson Street.