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Wednesday, May 08, 2013  A Cleveland man arrested after three women missing for a decade were found alive at his run-down home was charged Wednesday with kidnapping and raping them.

Tuesday, May 07, 2013  Federal prosecutors may seek the death penalty against the man accused of killing a Liverpool school librarian and raping a 10-year-old girl.

Wednesday, May 01, 2013  A Phoenix man has been arrested and charged with knowingly distributing, receiving, and possessing child pornography via the internet.

Saturday, April 27, 2013  Syracuse police arrest man after he refuses to drop a handgun, resists arrest.

Tuesday, April 16, 2013  Two Syracuse University students are facing drug-related charges as a result of a police investigation into the death of SU student Marianne Guppenberger earlier this month. Police say there is no indication of any criminal activity directly connected to her death.

Friday, April 12, 2013  David Renz, 29, was arraigned in Onondaga County Court Friday morning and pleaded not guilty. Renz appeared in court shackled at the waist and wrists and stood quietly as his attorney entered the not guilty plea.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013  The man accused of murdering a Liverpool school librarian and raping a 10-year-old girl last month has been indicted by a grand jury.

Tuesday, April 09, 2013  A Lebanon Town Justice and Elmira City Court judge have resigned after being served with formal disciplinary charges.

Thursday, March 28, 2013  The Cicero man accused of killing a Liverpool librarian and raping a 10-year-old girl has now been indicted on federal child pornography charges.

Friday, March 15, 2013  An Auburn man is accused of sexually abusing two young girls, in separate incidents. James Quinn, 76, faces sexual abuse and coercion charges, as well as two counts of endangering the welfare of a child.

Friday, March 08, 2013  Time Warner Cable customers in 10 upstate towns and villages will be refunded $2.2 million under a settlement with New York.

Thursday, February 21, 2013  Platinum-selling rapper Ja Rule has left an upstate New York prison after serving most of his two-year sentence for illegal gun possession, but is heading straight into federal custody in a tax case.

Monday, February 18, 2013  Investigators say they seized a small quantity of cocaine, approximately 130 grams of marijuana with a street value of $2,600 and nearly $11,000 in cash.

Thursday, January 24, 2013  State Police, the U.S. Marshals Service and the U.S. Secret Service involved in investigation of Elbridge man.

Thursday, January 17, 2013  An audit finds national grid overcharged upstate electric and gas customers $8.5 million in 2009. Downstate customers may have been overcharged $35 million in gas usage around the same period. Now the Public Service Commission is working to determine whether customers should be refunded.