Gun violence is a regular occurrence in the City of Utica. There are countless active investigations related to this violence in the city, but an arrest has been made in one of them.
The New York State Police are hard at work keeping travelers to the Great New York State Fair safe. That includes the arrest of a North Carolina man for possession of an AR-15 near the fair entrance.
The Utica Police Department just awarded several members prestigious and well-deserved awards for their service protecting the community. Most of the cases involved taking illegal weapons off the streets. Now, that work continues as Utica Police made an arrest this week and took custody of five more illegal handguns.
The Utica Police Department has been keeping busy and they've arrested two individuals in two separate incidents. Both incidents involve people who engaged in alleged threatening behavior.