County deputies seek ax-wielding hunting camp intruder

When a local man checked on his hunting camper located near Short Cut Road in Sterling on Saturday, he found an ax wielding intruder on his property, the Cayuga County Sheriff's Office said.

Deputies said Monday that the intruder threatened the owner with an ax found on the property and then used it to cause extensive damage to his pickup truck before running away in a southwesterly direction on the county nature trail.

A search by deputies and a state police helicopter was unable to find the suspect, deputies said.