Cortland, NY – A Cortland man has been charged with two counts of felony reckless endangerment and several misdemeanor charges after a shooting incident early Saturday in Cortland. Cortland police said Aric M. Sirowatka, 30, of 6 ½ Park St., Apt. 7, was among several people who got into an argument with a resident of 60 E. Court St.,...
Aric M. SirowatkaCortland, NY – A Cortland man has been charged with two counts of felony reckless endangerment and several misdemeanor charges after a shooting incident early Saturday in Cortland.
Cortland police said Aric M. Sirowatka, 30, of 6 ½ Park St., Apt. 7, was among several people who got into an argument with a resident of 60 E. Court St., left the house, returned, got into another argument and left again.
The second time, shortly before 5:26 a.m. Saturday, Sirowatka fired several rounds from a .22-caliber rifle from a car, police said. Bullet holes were found at 60 E. Court St., 58 E. Court St. and in a car parked at the second home, police said.
Police said they found Sirowatka at home and found live rounds and spend shell casings in his car and a .22-caliber rifle, a shotgun and ammunition in his home.
Besides the reckless endangerment counts, Sirowatka was charged with prohibited use of a weapon, criminal possession of a weapon and three counts of criminal mischief, all misdemeanors, police said. He was arraigned Sunday in Cortland City Court and ordered held at the Cortland County Jail on bail of $10,000 cash or $20,000 bond, a jail deputy said.