He used to be the town supervisor in Mentz, New York, near Syracuse. He was charged with illegally selling guns, but vanished before his sentencing.

Formed in 1802, Mentz, New York, is located near Auburn, and much of the town’s land was given to soldiers who served in the Revolutionary War as a place to call home.

Officials in Cayuga County, New York say that William L. Jones, the former town supervisor of Mentz, was arrested in Waverly on Sunday after fleeing New York in 1997 to avoid sentencing on a ...

Mentz, NY — The New York State Department of Transportation Commissioner announced that work has begun on a project to rehabilitate the bridge carrying State Route 38 over the Erie Canal.

When a police officer in Waverly, Ohio, stopped to help a limping man, he solved a mystery that has been lingering over the town of Mentz, New York, for more than 23 years, according to the ...