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Oral arguments are scheduled for Feb. 8 in Sheriff Toby Shelley's case challenging the closure ordered last year by County Executive Ryan McMahon and the county legislature.
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The Ways and Means Committee approved the one-year pause while the proposed closure of the jail works its way through the courts.
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The NYS Attorney General's office released a video obtained from a nearby home.
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Sheriff Toby Shelley says the suspects attempted to run over the deputy while investigating burglaries.
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The April 1 deadline for the merger between Jamesville Correctional Facility and the Onondaga County Justice Center has passed with no resolution, Sheriff Toby Shelley states.
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Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon on Tuesday shared with a state commission his plan to close the Jamesville Correctional Facility and consolidate inmates and staff at the downtown Justice Center.
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The letter dated February 3 confirms that it will conduct an "evaluation" of County Executive Ryan McMahon's consolidation plan with the Justice Center. It also makes it clear the commission's enforcement authority.
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Sheriff Toby Shelley has said merging the inmates into the Justice Center downtown would put the facility dangerously close to overcrowding if inmates needed to be separated.
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The measure effectively forces the closure of Jamesville after 40 years of operation.