The new Onondaga County Sheriff has already fulfilled one of his campaign promises. On Jan. 18 and Wednesday, the office conducted two full-facility shakedowns of the County Justice Center in Syracuse and Jamesville Correctional Facility.
The search resulted in the confiscation of more than 60 illegal pills and a homemade knife in Jamesville. Two homemade knives were found at the County Justice Center and one inmate was arrested for possession of illegal narcotics.
Sheriff Toby Shelley credits his team for removing the weapons and pills. Unrelated to the shakedowns, the Commission of Corrections was also in town on Tuesday in regards to the proposed closure of the Jamesville facility.
