Town of Onondaga, New York – The Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office has charged two men for falsely reporting an incident after fabricating an armed robbery.
On August 14th, at approximately 1:38 P.M., deputies responded to the parking lot of the Key Bank located at 4892 West Seneca Turnpike in the Town of Onondaga for a reported armed robbery that just occurred. The alleged victim reported that while attempting to make a business deposit for his employer, he was approached by an unknown male, described as wearing a white hooded sweatshirt, blue mask, black sunglasses, who was armed with a knife and who demanded money from him. The alleged victim complied with the suspects demands and handed over approximately $3,700 in U.S. currency before observing the suspect flee on foot behind the Post Office located at 4912 West Seneca Turnpike.
Deputies along with the assistance from the New York State Police searched the area for the suspect, who was quickly located in the wooded area behind the Post Office with the proceeds nearby.
Both the suspect and alleged victim were interviewed by detectives, who found discrepancies in their statements, which led detectives to believe the report was false.
Subsequently, detectives charged the suspect, identified as Jeddidia Manning 25 and the alleged victim Josh Phillips 31 both of Syracuse, with grand larceny in the 3rd degree, falsely reporting an incident in the 3rd degree and conspiracy in the 5th degree. Both were arraigned yesterday evening before Judge Mantione, who remanded Manning held without bail and Phillips pretrial released.
