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Sheriff suspends
2 deputies
Two longtime Onondaga
County deputies, including
the president of the jail dep-
uties’ union, were sus-
pended last week for un-
specified allegations of
misconduct.
Deputies Daniel Mathe-
ws and Joseph Caruso were
suspended for 30 days with-
out pay on Friday, Sheriff
Kevin Walsh said. Walsh
said he could not disclose
the reason because it’s an
ongoing personnel matter.
He did say the allegations
involve ‘‘internal issues at
the jail,’’ and that the cases
were related.
Mathews, 64, has been a
deputy for 25 years and
president of the Deputy
Sheriffs Benevolent Associ-
ation for nearly 12 years.
He’s been elected to six
Mexico grad charged in spy case
Documents say Bryan
Minkyu Martin sold secrets
to agent posing as a spy.
By Debra J. Groom
Staff writer
The Navy has filed charges
against Bryan Minkyu Martin,
the former Mexico resident
and 2006 Mexico High School
graduate who is suspected of
selling classified documents to
someone he thought was a for-
eign operative.
A court-martial trial date
has yet to be scheduled.
Navy Intelligence Spec. 2nd some of the documents he is
Class Martin faces four
charges of violating Uniform
LOC AL
Code of Military Justice Arti- formation relating to national dercover agent he could be a erty and information of the
cle 106a, attempted espionage, defense, including documents, ‘‘very valuable’’ source of in- United States relating to the
and 11 charges under Article photographs and images. formation during the 20 years national defense.’’ Martin was
134, mishan- Martin was arrested Dec. 1 he planned to remain in the paid another $1,500.
dling classi- Navy. Martin met with the under-
by agents with the Naval cover agent again Nov. 19 and
fied informa- Criminal Investigative Service Martin offered to bring the
tion. The undercover agent two docu- provided 51 pages of classified
and the FBI in Fayetteville, documents — 48 pages
charges are ments at their next meeting,
N.C. and he accepted $500 in cash marked secret and three
for attempt-
ing to for- He is being held in Naval from the agent ‘‘with the marked top secret, the applica-
tion says. He was paid $1,500
ward classi- Brig, Norfolk, Va. promise of additional money
in exchange for the documents and signed a receipt for the
fied After he was assigned to
information at the next meeting,’’ the money.
Fort Bragg in North Carolina,
Martin to a person search warrant application An agent with the Naval
Martin met an FBI undercover Criminal Investigative Service
not authorized to receive the agent posing as a foreign intel- says.
The document also says that in early December searched
information. ligence officer, according to a
at a Nov. 16 meeting, Martin the home of Martin’s parents,
The charge sheet listing the search warrant application. He Peter and Barbara Martin, who
gave the agent two documents,
charges against Martin says met with the officer several one labeled secret and one la- live on state Route 3 in Mexi-
times in November. co. Agents confiscated com-
beled top secret. The warrant
suspected of offering con- The search warrant applica- pact discs, a Kodak digital
application says the ‘‘docu-
tained secret and top secret in- tion says Martin told the un- ments contained military prop- AGENT, PAGE A-6

Proposed
two-year terms since 1999.
Mathews did not return
phone messages.

Caruso, 49, a deputy for
23 years, told a reporter he
would do an interview
Monday afternoon, but was
later not available for com-
ment.
F-M dance marathon
collects $127,000
The Fayetteville-Manlius
Dance Marathon, held over
the week at F-M High
School, raised more than
$127,000. The amount
raised is $2,000 more than
this year’s goal, said advis-
er Erin Concannon, and
money is still coming in to
be counted.
The marathon also
reached a major milestone:
the event has raised more
than $1 million since it
started 20 years ago as a
fundraiser for Camp Good
Days and Special Times, a
camp on Keuka Lake that
gives seriously ill children
and their families a needed
break.
‘‘We are very, very
pleased,’’ Concannon said.
‘‘Everyone worked so hard,
and we had huge attendance
that day; at least 1,200 kids
cuts come
under fire
at J-D
School district faces a
budget revenue gap of
more than $2 million.
By Elizabeth Doran
Staff writer
Nearly 150 Jamesville-De-
Witt employees, parents and
students jammed a school
board meeting Monday night
to speak out against proposed
staff cuts.
The district is proposing to
cut about 20 instructional posi-
tions, including some teachers,
a librarian, guidance counselor
and high school social worker
to help cope with a $2 million
revenue gap caused by increas-
ing costs and cuts in state aid
and other revenue sources. J-D
Stephen D. Cannerelli/ The Post-Standard
is facing a $1.8 million loss in
CHRIS DIETZ (back) and Matt Stepanoff, of Brunswick Bowling and Billiards. Monday work on leveling the support
panels for the 48 bowling lanes at the Nicholas J. Pirro Convention Center, Syracuse. They are preparing for the state aid, along with the loss of
about $500,000 in federal
women’s national tournament in April. The men said the panels have to be level within 20,000th of an inch.
money.

Rolling Into Syracuse

participated.’’
The organizers needed
only about $50,000 to break
the $1 million for Camp
Good Days, but stepped up
their fundraising efforts
anyway.
Student council member
Carly Romano raised
$2,600, the most of anyone,
Concannon said.
Every student who par-
ticipated collected at least
The district’s budget this
year was $47.4 million.
Superintendent Alice Ken-
drick outlined the proposed
cuts and said that the aim is to
‘‘maintain all programs by
downsizing them,’’ and not
eliminating any.
Pirro center prepares for women’s bowling tournament
Word of the proposed cuts
has traveled through the school
buildings and teachers said it’s
By Lorenzo Arguello
Contributing writer ‘‘Things seem to be — floor. Measurements have to
precise throughout the process to en-
be very been a stressful few days at J-
D leading up to Monday’s
knock on wood —

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$50 in donations.
DWI charged
after SUV crashes
Two people needed to be
extricated from a crashed
SUV Monday afternoon
and one of them was
charged with driving while
intoxicated.
Onondaga County sher-
iff’s deputies responded to
crash on River Road in Ly-
sander shortly before 3:30
p.m. and found a 1994
Chevrolet Blazer on its side
in a ditch.
Deputies said Oscar Rob-
ins, 59, of Apricot Lane,
Clay, was driving south on
River Road when he cross-
ed lanes. The SUV crashed
and ended up on the passen-
sure that each bowling surface is level meeting.
ore than 30 workers are turn-
ing a 99,000-square-foot
going very smoothly.’’ to no more than a 20,000th of an inch, At the elementary school
space at Syracuse’s Nicholas
After the lanes are completed, a USBC
— Eric Pierson, inspector goes around making sure
level, the district is proposing
to cut one teacher because of
J. Pirro Convention Center into a state-
of-the-art bowling arena. The work
tournament manager each meets the specifications. lower enrollment, an art teach-
Total costs for the 42-day construc- er, librarian, guidance counse-
began Feb. 21, only eight days after traveling the country turning open tion are close to $1.5 million, requir- lor, instrumental teacher,
the Syracuse auto show ended.
spaces into bowling alleys. ing six miles of wiring and enough teaching assistant and a teacher
The convention center is undergoing A Brunswick Bowling and Billiards wood for five three-bedroom homes. and teaching assistant in the el-
a transformation as workers from crew puts together the 48 lanes needed The USBC offsets its construction ementary behavior-manage-
across the country are busy nailing to accommodate the more than 30,000 costs by charging bowlers $120 en- ment program.
down wood, running electrical cables bowlers expected to compete in the trance fees and selling merchandise Also cut would be five full-
and building vendor spaces in prepara- tournament. and concessions during the tourna- time equivalent high school
tion for the 2011 U.S. Bowling Con- Constructing the lanes is an intricate ment. teachers based on lower enroll-
gress Women’s Championships sched- process. First, two long wooden walls This is only the second year the ment in specific courses, a
uled from April 7 to July 3. are constructed 43 inches apart. Then, women’s competition has been taken high school social worker posi-
A USBC crew is in charge of build- a layer of wood is placed on top of the on the road. Last year it was in El tion, two languages other than
ing vendor and spectator spaces and walls. Finally, the actual bowling sur- Paso, Texas. The switch was made to English positions, two half-
putting together large video and graph- face is laid down. create greater interest in the tourna- time library aides and a high
ics boards. Many of the crew’s 16 Each 60-foot long lane is placed 18 ment and to attract new bowlers, said school clerical and hall moni-
members have years of experience inches above the convention center USBC, PAGE A-6 tor position. A part-time float-
ing nurse post also would be
eliminated.
Another 1.3 administrator

Storm pushes
ger side, requiring firefight- and supervisory positions in
ers to extricate Robins and special education and non-in-
a passenger, Gina Rosati, structional areas would be cut.

us to No. 4
52, of Salina. J-D staff, parents and stu-
Robins was charged with dents asked the board to con-
sider retaining some of the tar-

driving while intoxicated.
Both Robins and Rosati
were taken to an area hospi-
tal with minor injuries, dep-
uties said.
— Staff reports
Correction
A story published Monday
about a fatal Tompkins Coun-
ty house fire incorrectly
named the people in the
house when it caught fire.
Ryan Burris and Steven Miller
were inside the home, said
Lansing Fire First Assistant
Chief Darrell Rhoads. Miller
ran next door to wake up Mi-
chael Adams and Matthew
Adams, and the three men
ran back to 88 Buck Road to
try to save Burris, Rhoads
said. Sunday, the Tompkins
County sheriff told The Post-
Standard that Michael Adams
and Matthew Adams were in
the house during the fire.
on snow list
geted positions. Numerous
people asked the board to keep
By John Mariani the high school social worker
Staff writer job, which is an Alcohol-Drug
Abuse Prevention Education
The winter of 2010-11 now Program (ADA-PEP) counse-
is the fourth-snowiest winter in
the past 60 years. And fore-
lor. Student Brianna Suslovic
presented a petition signed by
casters say there’s more wintry
students and others to keep
weather ahead. Will Hartley’s post at the
The winter storm that school. She said his job helps
cruised through the Syracuse take the edge off adolescence
area from Sunday afternoon
and is important to preserve.
through Monday morning Others advocated for the el-
dumped 13.4 inches of snow at ementary librarian position,
Hancock International Airport, which several said would hurt
the National Weather Service’s all J-D students if it is cut.
Binghamton office reported.
Susan Fahey Glisson, a J-D li-
That vaulted the season’s brarian, said students will suf-
total to 173.5 inches, hurling fer if a librarian is cut.
this winter into fourth place on Dick Blume / The Post-Standard ‘‘The dysfunction of our
THE WEATHER CHANNEL’S Mike Seidel (left) works with Harvey Marshall on a live broadcast government at the state level
the list of snowiest Syracuse
Monday from Clinton Street, in downtown Syracuse.
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