On New Year’s Day, the Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office reports that a custody deputy was assaulted when inside an inmate’s cell at the Syracuse Justice Center. The sheriff’s office said that the ...

The deputy was removing garbage from a cell inside the Onondaga County Justice Center when Nyitaire Nelson, 24, attacked him, Tom Newton, a spokesperson for the sheriff’s office, said Wednesday.

The Sheriff's Office said, that on Jan. 1, the deputy was assaulted when he entered the cell of Nyitaire Nelson, 24, to remove garbage. The office said Nelson then unexpectedly struck the deputy ...

This story has been updated with new information. A Nelson County man faces criminal charges after he was shot by a sheriff's deputy during a welfare check Wednesday, officials from the sheriff's ...