Help Oneida police and detectives find the strangulation suspect

The Oneida City Police Department and Crime Stoppers are asking for the public’s help in locating a man who is now considered homeless due to a number of warrants, including for strangulation.

According to CID Sgt. Mike Burgess, MS, police are searching for 43-year-old Charles S. Cook on charges of criminal contempt, dissemination of an intimate image and second-degree strangulation. Three arrest warrants were issued for Cook in Madison County.

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Police are asking for calls and tips to the Mohawk Valley Crime Stoppers hotline anonymously at 1-866-730-8477.

Police added as a reminder that “everyone is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.”

Authorities say sharing this story with friends and family and on social media increases the chance of keeping our neighborhoods safe. Mohawk Valley Crime Stoppers is 100% anonymous and cash rewards are offered to individuals who provide credible and accurate information leading to the arrest of wanted individuals.

Mohawk Valley Crime Stoppers is a community-based program that is 100% completely anonymous and allows people to privately provide tips without fear of retaliation. Crime Stoppers also offers cash rewards to people who provide information leading to the arrest of a suspect.

If you have any information about Cook, contact Mohawk Valley Crime Stoppers. There are various ways to submit a 100% anonymous tip.

1) Submit a tip via this website by clicking

2) Directly at www.p3tips.com

3) Call 1-866-730-8477 (TIPS)

4) by downloading the P3TIPS Android app

Crime Stoppers asks that tips not be submitted via Facebook Messenger. All tips must go through the tip lines.