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Yesterday at 7:58 AM  Federal authorities have fired and demoted U.S. probation officers in the monitoring of a man charged with killing Liverpool librarian Lori Bresnahan raping a 10-year-old girl during a carjacking at Great Northern Mall in Clay.

Friday, June 14, 2013  A Syracuse man was indicted by an Onondaga County Grand Jury related to the stabbing death of Germain Haywood, 32, on May 3.

Wednesday, June 12, 2013  A Schenectady man accused of killing the mother of his child and a friend who tried to save her has been charged with murder.

Monday, June 10, 2013  A second person has been charged with murder in connection to a homicide on Sabine Street last weekend.

Monday, June 10, 2013  Federal prosecutors don't oppose adding a death penalty expert to the defense team for a man charged with raping a 10-year-old girl and killing Lori Bresnahan in Clay but say it may be premature.

Wednesday, June 05, 2013  Authorities say the upstate New York man suspected of killing the mother of his child and a friend who came to her aid is in serious condition with self-inflicted injuries.

Tuesday, June 04, 2013  59-4 vote would allow prosecutors quicker access to sealed juvenile court records in sex crime cases.

Tuesday, June 04, 2013  Update: Rome Police have released the identities of the victims killed in Rome Tuesday morning.

Tuesday, June 04, 2013  Syracuse police have charged a man with murder in the Sabine Street shooting over the weekend.

Friday, May 31, 2013  A Syracuse man was fatally shot in Syracuse’s Southside neighborhood early Friday morning.

Wednesday, May 29, 2013  A Carthage mother admits to choking her infant niece to death because the baby wouldn't stop crying.

Thursday, May 16, 2013  Lawmakers are responding to our series of exclusive interviews this week with the man who was first on the scene the night of the Clay horrors.

Thursday, May 16, 2013  Based on what he knows right now, Congressman Dan Maffei (D - Syracuse) says it appears someone or some people at the New York Northern Probation Office in Syracuse should be fired following the murder, rape and carjacking tragedy in Clay.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013  In part three of Michael Benny’s exclusive interview with Bill Cregg, the man who was first on the scene of the Clay carjacking, rape, and murder says he is taking action.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013  In part two of Michael Benny’s exclusive interview with Bill Cregg, the man who was first on the scene of the Clay carjacking, rape, and murder says the first responders are selfless heroes.