{"id":84753,"date":"2017-09-20T13:47:16","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T17:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=84753"},"modified":"2017-09-20T13:47:22","modified_gmt":"2017-09-20T17:47:22","slug":"state-police-are-investigating-a-drowning-incident-in-skaneateles-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=84753","title":{"rendered":"State Police are investigating a drowning incident in Skaneateles Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"contentArtDisplay\">\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?attachment_id=61900\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-61900\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-61900\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/state-police-seal-150x150.jpg?resize=226%2C226\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/state-police-seal-150x150.jpg?w=226&amp;ssl=1 226w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/state-police-seal-150x150.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/a>On Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017, at approximately 8:25 a.m., State Police responded to the area of Shady Bend Lane in the Town of Spafford for a report of a possible drowning.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Investigation at the scene revealed that\u00a0Joshua D. Sharpe, 38, of LaFayette, was fishing with a friend approximately 80 yards from shore prior to entering the water to swim. After swimming for several minutes, Sharpe swam underwater and did not resurface. Sharpe\u2019s friend attempted to locate him underwater several times with negative results.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>State Police, Onondaga County Sheriff\u2019s Deputies, Skaneateles Fire and Rescue, Skaneateles Ambulance Volunteer Emergency Services and Borodino Fire Department all responded to the scene. Skaneateles Fire rescue divers recovered Sharpe\u2019s body approximately 80 yards from shore, in approximately 25 feet of water.<\/p>\n<p>An autopsy is scheduled to determine the official cause of death. The investigation continues.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017, at approximately 8:25 a.m., State Police responded to the area of Shady Bend Lane in the Town of Spafford for a report of a possible drowning. Investigation at the scene revealed that\u00a0Joshua D. Sharpe, 38, of LaFayette, was fishing with a friend approximately 80 yards from shore prior to entering [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[32,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-top-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-m2Z","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/state-police-seal-150x150.jpg?fit=226%2C226&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=84753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84753\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/61900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}