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Friday, June 14, 2013  An Oswego County inmate was arrested Thursday for allegedly sending sexually explicit letters to children from jail, and additionally for an arrest warrant for allegedly having sexual contact with a child in Florida.

Wednesday, June 05, 2013  Onondaga County is bracing itself for the expense of a major expansion at the Onondaga County Justice Center jail.

Tuesday, June 04, 2013 

Thursday, May 23, 2013  A state judge has ordered a company in northern New York to stop selling service dogs that its owner claims help people who suffer from seizures by sensing them in advance and signaling for help.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013  Attorney General Eric Holder is defending the Justice Department's secret examination of Associated Press phone records, while at the same time declaring he had played no role in it.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013  The Justice Department has secretly obtained two months of telephone records of journalists for The Associated Press in what AP's top executive says is an "unprecedented intrusion" into newsgathering.

Monday, May 06, 2013  State Sen. John Sampson has been indicted on charges of embezzlement, obstruction of justice and lying to the FBI.

Monday, May 06, 2013  A man who allegedly had been living in Oswego County under an assumed name for a number of years was arrested on Friday for being a Fugitive from Justice from Collin County, Texas.

Friday, May 03, 2013  Onondaga County will pay $385,000 to the mother of a pregnant woman who died at the Justice Center.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013  The Syracuse Police Department says that it has arrested 29-year-old Oriel Williams, of 401 East Willow Street in Syracuse, and charged her with robbery

Friday, April 19, 2013  The Syracuse Police says it has arrested a man and a woman for a strong arm robbery that happened on Butternut Street on Thursday morning

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

Thursday, March 21, 2013  A government study finds that despite growing awareness of hate crimes, the share of those crimes reported to police has fallen as more victims of violent attacks express doubts that police can or will help.

Friday, March 15, 2013  The man accused of raping a 10-year old girl and killing a woman in Clay was injured in a fight with another inmate in the Onondaga County Justice Center Friday

Wednesday, March 13, 2013  A state judge has refused to block New York's tough new gun law in a lawsuit by more than 1,000 people who claim it violates the state constitution because it was passed too quickly and restricts the rights of its citizen militia.