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JC police officer stabbed
JOHNSON CITY -- A village police officer was stabbed around 8 p.m. Saturday in Calvary Cemetery off Harry L Drive, setting off a massive manhunt in the area around the Oakdale Mall.
The injuries were not considered life-threatening, Mayor Harry G. Lewis said late Saturday. The officer was not identified, although Lewis said the victim was a male patrol officer.
After the incident, police closed the cemetery and began a search of the cemetery and nearby neighborhoods, including areas off Robinson Hill Road where a resident reported seeing a helicopter and patrol cars. Lewis confirmed that a New York State Police helicopter assisted in the search.
Police concentrated their efforts on finding a white Acura with no license plates that fled the cemetery in an unknown direction. The vehicle was reportedly occupied by two black males in their late-20s or early-30s. One of the men may have had dreadlocks, which were possibly pulled back into a ponytail, according to a police bulletin.
The search for the vehicle and the two men included a sweep of the commercial parking lots across Harry L Drive from the cemetery, as well as the motel parking lots near the Oakdale Mall. At one point, Binghamton police were asked to survey motel parking lots in the city, as well as several streets on the West Side for the white Acura. Police also checked out a white Acura at an apartment complex parking lot near the Oakdale Mall.
Sue Edwards was taking out the trash in front of her Grant Street home around 10:50 p.m. Saturday when she said police, who were searching the wooded area at the end of the street, told her to get back in the house and close the door.
A Union Volunteer Emergency Squad ambulance was seen leaving the cemetery with the injured officer who was rushed to the emergency room at Wilson Regional Medical Center in Johnson City. A police radio report said the officer had been stabbed, although Lewis could not confirm the injuries.
Binghamton city police were called to bring their portable lighting units to the cemetery, where New York State Police also were called to assist with the crime scene investigation.
Full details about what led to the assault were not immediately available late Saturday. Lewis said the officer called dispatchers shortly after 8 p.m. Saturday and said he was checking on a vehicle in the cemetery. A few minutes later, the officer radioed for assistance. Officers who responded to the scene discovered he had been assaulted, according to a Johnson City police news release.
and now this today
JC policeman arraigned, accused of lying about attack
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A Johnson City police officer was arraigned in Broome County Court today on a sealed indictment, after he was accused of falsely reporting that he had been stabbed by an unknown black man in a village cemetery.
Matthew C. Romano, 30, of Owego was arraigned on charges of first-degree offering a false instrument for filing, a felony, and third-degree falsely reporting an incident, a misdemeanor.
The indictment alleges that Romano falsely reported that he was attacked in Calvary Cemetery on Dec. 30 while on duty, and later filed a supplemental police report on the matter. Romano had been hospitalized for injuries to his abdomen, and a massive manhunt for the perpetrator followed the reported incident.
The charges are a result of a seven-month investigation by the Johnson City Police Department and New York State Police.
The FBI was called in on this case and he was recieving pay while recovering.
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This could get really interesting
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