Homer police warn of phone scam
Officers of the Homer Police Department would like to advise people of the most recent phone scam.
The person calling will claim that they are from the local police department and there is a warrant for your arrest or there has been allegations made against you.
The person will advise you to return a call to them immediately or further actions will be taken. This is similar to the several other phone scams thieves have been using in an effort to trick people in giving them money.
Please don’t fall for it and simply hang up or don’t call the person back. Thank you.
— Homer Police Department
Failing to register as sex offender
Name: Robin S. Stevens
Location: Homer, N.Y.
Summary: On Friday, April 20, at approximately 11:30 a.m., officers from the Homer Police Department arrested 35-year-old Robin S. Stevens on an arrest warrant issued by Homer Town Court. T
The defendant is a convicted sex offender and officers determined that he moved into a Cortland Street address sometime in February and failed to register a change of address within 10 days as required, police said.
Stevens was made aware of the arrest warrant Friday morning and attempted to change his address at the sheriff’s office where he was taken into custody without an incident.
Homer man charged following traffic stop
Name: Andrew J. Fiorentini, 35
Location: Homer, N.Y.
Summary: On Monday, April 23, 2018, at approximately 4:40pm, as officers from the Homer Police Department and a state trooper from Homer were investigating a suspicious person complaint in the parking lot of a Homer elementary school, they observed the 35-year-old Andrew J. Fiorentini operating a motor vehicle in the wrong direction on Central Park Place. Upon speaking with the defendant, officers determined that he did not have a driver's license and his operating privileges were suspended. The defendant was taken into custody without an incident and charged with Aggravated Unlicensed Operation of a Motor Vehicle (misdemeanor) and traffic infractions. He was arraigned in Homer Town Court and remanded to the Cortland County Jail on $1,000 cash bail or $2,000 bond.
