Kevin Tarsia

David Sweat - convicted of killing Broome County sheriff's deputy Kevin Tarsia - is refusing to eat and state prison officials want permission to forcibly feed him.

The July 4th holiday in Broome County is a somber occasion for some who remember the murder of a Sheriff’s Deputy while on patrol in Kirkwood 18 years ago.

Area law enforcement officers, family and members of the community are remembering the death of a Broome County Sheriff’s Deputy 16 years ago.

A state senator took to Twitter to slam a man convicted in the killing of a Broome County sheriff's deputy who now is reportedly refusing to eat at Attica state prison.

The man who killed a Broome County Sheriff’s Deputy in 2002 will have to foot the bill for his escape from a maximum security prison in Northern New York last spring.