Help Crime Stoppers Find This Wanted Person of the Week

Mohawk Valley Crime Stoppers is asking for the public's help in finding this week's Wanted Person of the Week, a Rome man on a bench warrant, according to New Hartford Police Department Investigator Patrick Sacco.

Police are looking for 43-year-old Matthew E. Cummings whose last known address was in the city of Rome. Investigator Sacco says Cummings is wanted on charges of Grand Larceny in the 3rd, PL 155.35. Police say, on May 13, 2024, the New Hartford Police Department received a complaint that Cummings collected over $6,000 as a down payment for a home construction project on May 4, 2023, Cummings subsequently failed to perform any work or refund the payment, according to police.

Cummings is currently wanted by the New Hartford Police Department Warrants Unit for the above Arrest Warrant issued by Town of New Hartford Court. Any information is confidential, and can be forwarded to the Mohawk Valley Crime Stoppers, or the New Hartford Police Department’s Warrants Unit at (315) 724-7111.

MOHAWK VALLEY CRIME STOPPERS WANTED PERSON OF THE WEEK

Agency: New Hartford Police Department

Name: Matthew E. Cummings

DOB: 08/12/82

Descriptors: Caucasian, 5’10, 160 lbs, brown hair, brown eyes

Location: LKA in Rome, NY.

Charges: Grand Larceny 3^rd, PL 155.35

Police are asking for calls and tips to be made to the Mohawk Valley Crime Stoppers tip line, anonymously at 1-866-730-8477. The Warrants Unit can also be reached at (315) 223-3580.

Police added as a reminder that "everyone is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law."

Authorities say, sharing this story with friends and family and on social media increases the chance of keeping our neighborhoods safe. Mohawk Valley Crime Stoppers is 100% anonymous and cash rewards are given to people who deliver credible and accurate information which results in the arrest of wanted persons.

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Mohawk Valley Crime Stoppers is a community based program that is 100% completely anonymous, allowing people to deliver tips privately without fear of retribution. Crime Stoppers also offers cash rewards to people who provide information that lets to a suspect's arrest.

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If you have any information about Cummings, contact Mohawk Valley Crime Stoppers. You can place a 100% anonymous tip several ways.

1) Through this site by clicking submit a tip

2) Directly at www.p3tips.com

3) By calling 1-866-730-8477 (TIPS)

4) by downloading the Android app P3TIPS

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Crime Stoppers asks that tips are not submitted through Facebook Messenger. All tips must go through the tip lines.

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