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Cutting, accused of homicide, admits placing 911 call Defendant admits to slaying in recording
The case is slated to go to trial in December. The 911 recording was one of six items entered as evidence at a hearing held before Judge Richard B. Meyer in Essex County Court. Cutting has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
By Kim Dedam
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MORIAH | A tape of the emergency 911 call placed after a shooting at the Adirondack Eagles Club in Moriah last April was played in court Friday. Defendant Cody R. Cutting placed the call, admitting to police that he fatally shot Derek “Boomer” Sprague in a parking lot outside the club. The call reached dispatch at about 8:09 p.m. on April 22. Cutting has been charged with second-degree murder, a class A felony; second-degree manslaughter, a class C felony; and seconddegree menacing, a class A misdemeanor.
Ti teen indicted in slaying
“Hey, I just killed a guy,” Cutting said in a shrill voice through what seemed like high-pitched sobs. “He was about to beat me up,” the accused man said sounding out of breath. “I liked Boomer,” Cutting told Essex County Dispatcher Chelsey Crossman, who took the call. Crossman testified that the recording was the call placed by Cutting. “Is there people with you?” she asked “I ran like hell,” Cutting said. “I’m running from these f***ers.” The courtroom was about half filled and very still as the tape rolled.
The tape indicates Cutting, seeming breathless, stayed on the phone as State Police Trooper Jason Peters got on the line. After running from the club, he hid behind the Mineville Oil building and waited for police. Crossman stayed on the line, muted. Peters asked if he had a gun. “No, no gun on me. I’m clear,” Cutting said. “Do you want to turn yourself in?” Peters asks. “Yeah, I’m fine with that,” Cutting responds. “Are you behind the building?” Peters asks. “Yeah, I’m hiding here,” Cutting says. Scattered bits of information come through the sobbing as he spoke with police. There were a “bunch of people” at the bar and there was a “fight going on all night,” according to Cutting’s call. “I promise I didn’t mean to do that,” he says of shooting a fellow Moriah resident. Cutting then asks to call police back in
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two minutes. The tape and Crossman’s testimony suggests he disconnected the phone. The call lasted 10 minutes and 49 seconds. » Cutting Cont. on pg. 2
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Sawyer charged with killing his friend with a machete
AdkAction to aid local officials with state dialogue
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FORT EDWARD | A Washington County grand jury has indicted a Ticonderoga teen for killing his friend with a machete in July during a dispute over a girl. The two-count indictment issued by a Washington County grand jury charges Adrian Sawyer, 16, with the intentional murder of 15-year-old Maverick Bowman on July 26, and with setting fi re to the abandoned house where the incident occurred. The fi re fizzled before doing much damage.
PORT HENRY | A nonprofit has stepped forward to serve as a conduit between local government and the state agency overseeing the broadband build-out effort. AdkAction Broadband Committee Chair David Wolff attempted to lasso in lawmaker concerns during a presentation to the Essex County Board of Supervisors last week. Wolff said he has been in contact with the state Broadband Program Office (BPO), the office overseeing the state’s universal broadband build-out, and will relay local concerns up the food chain. “What information would you like to see to help you manage the rollout of the program?” Wolff asked lawmakers. “How can we streamline that process?”
» Sawyer Cont. on pg. 7
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