The Ithaca Police Department conducted an evening warrant sweep on Thursday, arresting 16 people and serving 19 warrants, according to an IPD press release.

Police arrested four suspects on Friday in connection with the reported armed robbery of a Burger King on Elmira Road on Jan. 24, according to a Ithaca Police Department press release.

Recently inaugurated Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 announced Friday that he would personally look into the investigation of Marlon Byrd, a lieutenant in the Ithaca Police Department accused of assisting drug dealers. We hope Myrick’s decision to tackle this problem is evident of a leader looking to improve the department both internally and in its dealings with the citizens of Ithaca.

Six burglaries in the Collegetown area were reported to the Ithaca Police Department from Wednesday to Sunday. A seventh burglary was also reported to the Cornell Police over the Thanksgiving break.

A 48-year-old woman from Rockland County, N.Y., was arrested Thursday by the Ithaca Police for allegedly raping a 15-year-old male Ithaca resident on two separate occasions.

A Cornell student was assaulted in Collegetown early Friday morning, the Ithaca Police Department said. IPD also reported two incidents near the Commons, one of which included a stabbing, early Friday.

The reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person that set fire to Sgt. Bryan Bangs' home doubled on Friday to $20,000.

Cornell University Police and the Ithaca Police Department have decided to crackdown on jaywalking on campus, saying that they will begin handing out tickets to offenders.

In an effort to address the tense student-police relations in Collegetown regarding the City of Ithaca Noise Ordinance, Ithaca Mayor Carolyn Peterson assembled a group to discuss the issue. In attendance were Ed Vallely, the new Ithaca Police Chief, Nancy Schuler (D-4th Ward), Mary Tomlan ’71 (D-3rd Ward), Svante Myrick ’09 (D-4th Ward) and Student Assembly President Ryan Lavin ’09.

According to Peterson, she called the meeting after Lavin ’09,came to a Common Council meeting to address the problems with the noise ordinance and deteriorating student-police relations.

According to the City of Ithaca Noise Ordinance, a noise violation can be issued when a party or social event produces disruptive noise that carries at least 25 feet.