Madison County, N.Y. - An Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office deputy has died after a motorcycle crash.

William Pufky, 58, died Monday at Upstate University Hospital after a motorcycle crash in Madison County on Sunday, according to the Onondaga County Sheriff’s Department.

The crash happened while he was riding with friends, according to a Facebook post by the sheriff’s office.

Pufky, a custody deputy, was a 23-year veteran of the department.

In 2022, he was honored as the sheriff office’s employee of the month after uncovering drug contraband three times in about a month while working in the booking area. He also was honored in 2019 when he and two other deputies helped save an inmate who tried to hang himself.

An obituary for Pufky said he “died doing what he loved.” He “loved his fa

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