Oneida City Police Joins Mohawk Valley Crime Stoppers
Published: February 8, 2021
Members of the Oneida Police Department pose for a photo after presenting a check to Ed Schmidt of Mohawk Valley Crime Stoppers. (Submitted photo)
The Oneida City Police Department is now a member of Mohawk Valley Crime Stoppers. On Thursday, the Oneida City Police PBA made a $500 donation to the community run program which enlists the help of local concerned citizens, to provide authorities with 100-percent anonymous information about criminal activity.
The program is community based and provides a path for concerned citizens to report anonymous tips associated with local criminal activity. Upon an arrest, the anonymous tipster could receive a cash reward.
Child airlifted with serious injuries, mother hospitalized in hit-and-run crash
A mother and her five-year-old child was injured following a hit-and-run crash in Indio Thursday evening.
The two-vehicle crash happened on Fred Waring Drive and Indio Boulevard at around 4:30 p.m. There was no word on a possible cause of what led to the crash.
According to Cal Fire, a child was airlifted with serious injuries. Ben Guitron of the Indio Police Department confirmed that the child was a five-year-old.
The child s mother was also injured in the crash.
Guitron told News Channel 3 that police are looking for the driver of one of the two vehicle. The driver was driving a black Toyota Highlander, possibly newer model. There was little description available on the driver other than he is a Hispanic male adult, unknown age, who was last seen wearing black clothing.
Father of 5-year-old speaks out after son was hospitalized in hit-and-run I truly wouldn’t want this to happen to anybody.
The father of a 5-year-old boy spoke to News Channel 3 in an exclusive interview on Friday after his son was hospitalized in a hit-and-run crash in Indio.
As of Friday Rafael Beltran s son, Elias, was placed on a ventilator in the intensive care unit at a hospital in Riverside.
The two-vehicle crash happened on Fred Waring Drive and Indio Boulevard at around 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. There was no word on a possible cause of what led to the crash.