Chemung County Arrest History
Arrests in Chemung County may be made by the Sheriff's Office, Elmira Police Department, Horseheads Village Police, Elmira Heights Police, or New York State Police. Rural towns often rely on the Sheriff or state troopers. The agency named on the arrest paperwork remains the right source for its incident and arrest report, even when another municipality is nearby.
One arrest can create four distinct records. Police describe the reported event and grounds for arrest. Chemung County Jail records intake and custody. A local court records arraignment and filed charges. For a fingerprintable event, the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services links the reported arrest and later disposition to the subject's official state history. The prosecutor's filed charge may differ from the officer's initial charge.
Chemung Arrests Without a Roster
No official Chemung County public web roster or daily booking log was located. For a recent custody check, call the Chemung County Jail at 607-737-2934 with an accurate full name and date of birth or approximate age. VINELink New York can provide custody status and notifications where available. Sheriff Records is the route for a releasable booking record. These official channels are more reliable than social posts or commercial mugshot pages.
Chemung Sheriff Records
203 William Street area
Elmira, NY 14901
607-737-2948
Fax: 607-737-2931
Call for current counter hours
Chemung County Jail
211 William Street
Elmira, NY 14901
607-737-2934
Call for custody information
If VINELink and the jail phone appear to differ, verify the spelling and identifiers, then ask whether the person was released, transferred, or entered under an alias. Systems can update at different times. A no-result is not proof that no Chemung County arrest occurred.
Looking Up Chemung County Arrests
A complete Chemung County arrest lookup follows the event from custody to the filed case. There is no single county search box that combines every agency report, booking record, court docket, and fingerprint-linked state history. Keep the identifiers gathered from each step so the next custodian can match the same event.
- For recent custody, call Chemung County Jail and check VINELink. Ask which agency booked the person and which court will handle arraignment.
- Request the arrest or incident report from the named agency. Use Sheriff Records for county arrests, the appropriate municipal police channel for village or city arrests, and NYSP Central Records for state-trooper reports.
- Submit a focused FOIL request when a report is not routinely supplied. Include full names, aliases, date of birth, incident date and place, report or booking number, and the exact records sought.
- Search or call the originating court after charges are filed. A felony may later move to Chemung County Court, where the final case record can be confirmed.
- For a fingerprint-linked copy of your own statewide New York record, schedule DCJS Personal Record Review through IdentoGO. This subject-only process is not a public name search.
OCA WebCrims may help identify a court and docket, but it does not replace the arresting agency's report or the jail's custody information. OCA Criminal History Record Search is a separate paid statewide court-data search. Neither product is the same as a DCJS rap sheet.
Chemung Arrests at Elmira Records
The Elmira Police Records Bureau at 312 Lake Street maintains EPD reports, processes City and County Court warrants, protects evidence and property, handles consent-based local checks, and administers police-record FOIL requests. Elmira accepts requests through City NextRequest, an electronic public-access form, or a hard-copy route through the City Clerk. Police paperwork can be faxed to Records at 607-737-5633.
The official Records Bureau source shows the Elmira channel used for Chemung County arrest and report requests.
This source belongs with an Elmira arrest trail because city police records, county jail custody, and the later court file remain separate even when the offices are close together.
An EPD local check covers department files, not statewide history. For a report request, specify the event number when known, incident date and location, involved person's role, and whether the request seeks an arrest report, incident narrative, warrant record, property entry, or another identified record.
Inside a Chemung County Arrest Record
A Chemung County arrest record should be read as a time-stamped account of an allegation and custody event. Fields can be spread between the agency report and jail booking record. Privacy, juvenile status, victim protection, an active investigation, and safety needs can lead to redaction or withholding under New York law.
| Event or Booking Number | Connects the agency report or jail intake to the right event. |
|---|---|
| Arrest and Booking Time | Separates the time of arrest from the later jail admission. |
| Arresting Agency | Identifies the office that holds the incident and arrest paperwork. |
| Alleged Charges | Lists the arrest-stage offenses and statutes, which may change after prosecutor review. |
| Court and Bail Status | Points to the arraigning court and records the release, bail, or remand order then in effect. |
| Booking Photo Policy | Release is reviewed under New York privacy and law-enforcement limits and is not guaranteed. |
| Release or Transfer | Shows the custody outcome when releasable, not the final criminal disposition. |
The booking record may also contain fingerprints, identifying descriptors, property inventory, transport, and internal classification data. Some details are not public. Obtain the later court disposition before treating an arrest-stage charge as the final charge.
Chemung Arrest Agency Channels
Horseheads Village Police serves its own compact village from 202 South Main Street. Elmira Heights Police operates from the civic center at 215 Elmwood Avenue. Neither has a verified public arrest blotter or police app. Their records channels depend on the village records officer, FOIL request, telephone, or counter. New York State Police records go through Central Records in Albany rather than a Chemung municipal office.
| Arresting agency | Official records route |
|---|---|
| Chemung County Sheriff | Sheriff Records, 607-737-2948; Sheriff FOIL form; jail at 607-737-2934 |
| Elmira Police | Records Bureau, 312 Lake Street; City NextRequest or Elmira FOIL forms |
| Horseheads Village Police | 202 South Main Street; 607-739-5669; Village FOIL and records officer |
| Elmira Heights Police | 215 Elmwood Avenue; village records access channel |
| New York State Police | NYSP investigative records request through Central Records |
The Horseheads Police source identifies the village department and its local contact point.
The village source reinforces the agency-first rule: request the police report in Horseheads, then trace any booking to Chemung County Jail and any prosecution to the proper clerk.
Booking Logs and Recent Arrests
Chemung County does not publish a verified official daily booking log or open jail roster. Selected Sheriff or police news releases may describe significant arrests, but they are not a complete list. A person can be booked and released without appearing in a press release. Current custody and historical arrest history also answer different questions.
For a recent event, call the jail, use VINELink, and identify the booking agency. Then request releasable booking fields from Sheriff Records. For older county-agency records, submit the Sheriff public-access form by mail, fax, or in person. Call first to confirm counter hours and current delivery options.
FOIL's five-business-day rule requires a grant, written denial, or acknowledgment with an approximate response date. It does not promise record delivery within five days.
Routine booking-photo access is more restricted in New York following 2019 law changes and the privacy standard in Public Officers Law ยง87(2)(b). State the record sought with care and expect case-specific review. No names or booking photos are republished here.
Chemung Arrest and Custody Boundaries
Chemung County Jail holds local pretrial and short-sentence populations. New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision custody is different. Once a sentenced person enters state prison, use the free DOCCS Incarcerated Lookup. Nearby Elmira Correctional Facility is a state prison, not the county jail. Calling one system for a person held in the other can produce a false impression that no custody record exists.
The DOCCS Incarcerated Lookup source provides the official state-custody search.
This statewide locator belongs after the county jail step, since a DOCCS result concerns state custody and does not replace the local arrest report or court file.
Use the legal name and other permitted identifiers in the official locator. For release notifications, VINELink may supply a separate service. For supervision status, the DOCCS Elmira Area Office covers Chemung and neighboring counties, while Chemung County Probation handles county probation sentences.
Arrests Are Not Convictions
An arrest record proves that an agency alleged legal grounds to take a person into custody. A conviction requires a guilty plea or finding in court. The prosecutor may file different charges, decline to proceed, or later amend counts. A court can dismiss a case or acquit the defendant. Always match the Chemung County arrest event to the Chemung County criminal court case before stating an outcome.
| Arrest Record | Conviction Record |
|---|---|
| Created by the arresting agency and jail | Created by the court after a guilty plea or finding |
| Shows an allegation, arrest, and booking | Shows a final guilty outcome on a count |
| Held by police, Sheriff Records, and the jail | Held by the originating court and reported to state systems |
| May end with release, no filing, dismissal, or later prosecution | May lead to sentence, appeal, or qualifying record sealing |
Note: A Chemung County arrest is not proof of guilt, and the first booking charge may not match the final court disposition.
Chemung Jail Intake and Amnesty
The 262-bed accredited Chemung County Jail uses direct-supervision units and close-confinement space based on classification and security needs. Intake includes authority and identity checks, property inventory, health screening, fingerprints, a photograph, warrant checks, and classification. The court's later bail, release, remand, sentence, or transfer order changes custody status. No fixed 24-hour outcome should be promised for every arrest.
The jail's local Amnesty Program allows contraband to be surrendered during intake without criminal prosecution or internal discipline for that surrender. When drug-related contraband is turned in, the person receives an offer of CASA-Trinity treatment services. County materials also describe mental-health counseling, education, parenting, and computer programs. These details explain what happens at intake but do not change the legal status of the underlying Chemung County arrest.
For releasable intake facts, ask Sheriff Records for defined fields rather than internal safety material. The jail supplies tablets for legal and educational content, video visits, phone service, and media through ViaPath. Call the jail to confirm current rules and fees before using any custody service.