Arrest History in Broome County
The Broome County Sheriff's Office, Binghamton Police, Johnson City Police, Endicott Police, New York State Police, Vestal Police, Port Dickinson Police, Binghamton University Police, and other municipal agencies can make arrests here. The agency that made the arrest owns its incident and arrest report. The Sheriff's Records Division cannot supply a Binghamton Police narrative, and a village cannot release a State Police report.
After intake, the Broome County Sheriff's Correctional Facility holds the booking and custody record. The criminal court holds filed charges and the disposition. Fingerprintable offenses can create or update a cycle at the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services. A sound search follows the record through those custodians instead of treating a single release or roster result as a complete history.
Broome Arrests Without a Web Roster
No public browser-based Broome County inmate roster was located on the Sheriff's official site. For current custody, call 607-778-1911 and choose option 2. The official directory also lists Jail Information at 607-778-2105 and Inmate Records at 607-778-6007 or 607-778-2940. VINE adds custody search and notification, while the official Broome County Sheriff app offers inmate and family information.
The Sheriff's Corrections page describes the local facility and its contact channels.
The jail is a 536-bed direct-supervision facility at 155 Lt. VanWinkle Drive. It opened in 1996 and added a medical unit during a 2015 expansion. A current-custody answer does not establish the final court outcome.
How to Look Up Broome County Arrests
Start with the channel that answers the immediate question. Weekly releases help identify some recent Sheriff events. The jail line answers present custody. The arresting agency supplies its report, and the court certifies what happened after arraignment. DCJS is reserved for the subject's own fingerprint record.
- Check the Sheriff's weekly release archive for a recent BCSO event, then call the jail line or use VINE and the Sheriff app for current custody.
- Contact the arresting agency. Use 607-778-1911 option 4 for Sheriff records, or the city, village, State Police, campus, or town agency that created the report.
- File a focused FOIL request. Give the full name, date of birth, short date range, incident location, report number, and desired format.
- Contact the local criminal court for the arraignment and filed charges. A felony can start locally and later move to Broome County Court.
- Obtain a certificate of disposition for the outcome. For one's full fingerprint-supported New York record, use DCJS Personal Record Review and its challenge process.
Note: The Sheriff app supplements the phone and records channels; its inmate feature is not proof of a complete historical roster.
Broome Arrest FOIL Requests
The Sheriff's Records Division maintains records tied to BCSO police work and answers its law-enforcement FOIL requests. Mail goes to Broome County Sheriff's Office, Attn: Records, 155 Lt. VanWinkle Drive, Binghamton, NY 13905. The shared email is RecordsDivision@broomecountyny.gov. The main dispatch menu reaches records at 607-778-1911 option 4.
Use the Broome online FOIL form for Sheriff material. It asks for requester contact details, a county department, and a clear record description. Sheriff requests should include date of birth and a bounded period. Without a period, staff may need to search back to the person's birth date and may take more than five business days.
Each municipal arrest route remains separate, even after the person reaches the Broome County jail.
| Arresting agency | Broome County records route |
|---|---|
| Binghamton Police | Use the City Clerk FOIL channel for the city police report. |
| Johnson City Police | Call 607-729-9321; file village FOIL through the Clerk at 60 Lester Avenue. |
| Endicott Police | Call 607-785-3341, then choose Records option 5; FOIL goes to the Municipal Building. |
| New York State Police | Use the State Police FOIL process for a Troop C record. |
| Campus or other municipal police | Request from the department or municipality that created the arrest report. |
Broome County Sheriff's Records Division
155 Lt. VanWinkle Drive
Binghamton, NY 13905
607-778-1911, option 4
RecordsDivision@broomecountyny.gov
FOIL can permit redaction or withholding for an active investigation, privacy, protected victims, confidential sources, investigative methods, or safety. It does not open sealed records.
What an Arrest Record Shows
A Broome County arrest record can combine agency facts with intake fields, though public copies vary. The arrest report may show the allegation and probable-cause narrative. The booking master summary can show intake and release facts. Medical, security, youth, victim, and active-investigation information may be withheld or redacted.
| Booking Number | The jail's identifier for the intake event or commitment. |
|---|---|
| Booking Date & Time | When the person entered the Broome County custody process. |
| Arresting Agency | The Sheriff, police, State Police, campus, or other agency that made the arrest. |
| Charges | Alleged arrest or lodged charges, which can differ from later court counts. |
| Bail or Hold | Release terms, commitment status, or another lawful hold when public. |
| Booking Photo | A photo may exist, but existence does not guarantee public release in every case. |
| Release Status | Custody, discharge, bail, or transfer information held by the jail. |
Use a report or booking number to distinguish people with similar names. Confirm any lodged charge with the court, since the prosecutor may decline, reduce, replace, or add charges.
Broome Arrest Custody Stages
A person held at the Broome County jail can later leave on release, remain for a local sentence, transfer to New York state prison, or enter a federal system. Search the system that matches the present stage. The DOCCS Incarcerated Lookup covers state custody, not the county jail. New York VINE provides notifications rather than a certified sentence record.
For county custody, the official Broome County Sheriff app is available through the Apple App Store and Google Play. It includes inmate and family information plus agency services, but it does not replace the jail's direct phone response or a historical FOIL request.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons locator is the official federal custody tool.
BOP searches by name and identifying filters or by a federal register number. It cannot answer whether someone is currently booked in Broome County.
Recent Arrests and Booking Logs
BCSO posts Weekly Arrests in its official news-release archive. The Sheriff states that not all arrests or investigations are posted. Each selected release can summarize the date, agency context, allegations, and filed charges. It is an official blotter, but it is not a full Broome County booking database or disposition source.
The official weekly arrest archive provides the dated entries.
Use a release to identify the arresting agency and date. Then call the jail for custody and the court for the case result. Binghamton also posts arrest reports through its police page, while unposted city and village records require the creating agency's request channel.
Broome Arrest Charges Can Change
The first arrest charge records what police alleged at intake. The prosecutor decides what to file, and the court records a plea, verdict, dismissal, or other disposition. A felony complaint may begin in a local court and later become a County Court indictment or superior-court information. Those documents can use different counts or charge classes.
The Broome County District Attorney prosecutes local criminal proceedings and staffs the grand jury.
The DA record shows the charging stage, not the entire police file. Final results belong in the court docket or certificate of disposition.
Arrests vs Convictions
An arrest proves that an agency took a person into custody or issued the relevant process. It does not prove guilt. A conviction requires a guilty plea or verdict followed by judgment. In Broome County, the arresting agency and jail create the first set of records, while the court creates the filed case and final outcome.
| Arrest Record | Conviction Record |
|---|---|
| Created by the arresting agency and, after intake, the jail. | Created by the court after a guilty plea or verdict. |
| Shows an allegation, arrest, and possible booking. | Shows a judicial finding of guilt and judgment. |
| Held by police, Sheriff records, and the correctional facility. | Held by the court clerk and reported to OCA and DCJS. |
| May end in release, no filing, dismissal, or acquittal. | May lead to sentence, appeal, supervision, or later sealing. |
Note: A Broome County arrest is not proof of guilt, and the court file must supply the final outcome.
Broome Arrests and Arraignment Counsel
After booking, release and counsel are addressed at arraignment through the originating court or Broome's Centralized Arraignment Part. A missed or stale custody listing says nothing about whether the criminal case remains open. Call the named court to confirm the docket and the next appearance.
The Broome County Public Defender represents qualifying accused people and keeps attorneys and investigators on call around the clock for recent arrestees.
The office is at 45 Hawley Street, sixth floor, and its main number is 607-778-2403. Eligibility and legal representation are separate from public-record access.
Correcting Broome Arrest History
A fingerprintable Broome County arrest can create a DCJS arrest cycle. That cycle should later receive the prosecutor and court disposition, but reporting gaps occur. If one's own Personal Record Review lacks an outcome or shows a wrong one, obtain the certified disposition from the court and follow the challenge instructions in the DCJS packet.
DCJS Personal Record Review is fingerprint-based and available to the subject or their lawyer. Enroll through IdentoGO with service code 15464Z for a suppressed record or 15465F for an unsuppressed record. The current fingerprint-processing charge is $17.50, and DCJS mails the response in about three to four weeks. It is not a public name search.
A dismissed case may seal under CPL 160.50. Binghamton's Records Bureau reported carrying out 435 adult and juvenile arrest-sealing actions in 2025, which shows why a stale copy should be checked against both the court and DCJS.