First ‘Rye Day’ suspect goes to prison for firing gun - and he wasn’t even in the big gang shootout
Updated 3:01 PM;
Today 12:08 PM
Emergency personnel respond to a shooting at the park on the corner at Marcellus and Wyoming streets (behind WCNY TV) at about 8:30 p.m. June 20, 2020, putting an end to a peaceful neighborhood picnic. This woman is taken to the hospital after being treated at the scene.
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Syracuse, NY A Syracuse man who admitted firing a gun during the infamous Rye Day party last year will spend five years in prison.
Eric A. Williams, 37, was the first of 10 indicted defendants to plead guilty and be sentenced following the mayhem in June 2020.
Syracuse murder suspect barred from own court appearance over smuggled cell phone
Updated Mar 09, 2021;
Syracuse, NY James Everson was finally supposed to find out the date for his murder trial on Tuesday, a year after the pandemic canceled his original day in court.
Both Everson and the fired worker, Shannon Roach, now each face prison contraband charges, prosecutors said. Roach is accused of sneaking in a cell phone to Everson at the jail.
In explaining Everson’s absence from his own court date, County Court Judge Thomas J. Miller first said only that there were “security concerns” involving Everson. He later confirmed that they were related to the contraband incident.