According to Oneida County Sheriff Robert Maciol, a Town of…

According to Oneida County Sheriff Robert Maciol, a Town of Whitestown man was arrested after two separate incidents in the City of Rome.

At approximately 7:00 on July 13, 2022, the Rome Police Department was dispatched to Rome Labs located on the grounds of Griffiss Business and Technology Park regarding a male that arrived on scene and began making threats to kill employees. After the threats were made, the male suspect left the scene in a green Toyota Tacoma pickup truck. While assisting the Rome Police Department, the Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to a criminal mischief complaint regarding damage to a fence gate located on Perimeter Road in the City of Rome. The fence and gate surround the secured portion of the Griffiss International Airport which is operated by Oneida County.

It was determined that the damage to the fence gate was caused from a male operating a green Toyota pickup truck. Shortly after, the Utica Police Department assisted and located the green Toyota Tacoma pickup truck being operated by an Edward A. Wolak, age 34, on Sunset Ave in the City of Utica. Wolak was then transported to the Sheriff’s Office for questioning and the case was turned over to the Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Unit. At the conclusion of the investigation, the Sheriff’s Office arrested Wolak for Criminal Mischief in the Second Degree, a D Felony and the Rome Police Department arrested Wolak for Making a Terroristic Threat, a D Felony. The Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Unit also filed charges against Wolak for Criminal Mischief in the Third Degree, an E Felony, stemming from an incident that was reported on May 31, 2022, in the Town of Verona.

The New York State Police responded to the Sheriff’s Office and filed charges against Wolak for Menacing in the First Degree, an E Felony, and Criminal Mischief in the Fourth Degree, an A Misdemeanor, stemming from an incident in the Town of Marcy which was previously reported to them.

Wolak was processed and held at the Oneida County Jail pending an arraignment at the Centralized Arraignment Court located at the Oneida County Correctional Facility.