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Yesterday at 8:17 PM  Friends, family and strangers gathered Wednesday evening at Onondaga Lake Park

Yesterday at 7:55 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.

Friday, June 14, 2013  A woman convicted of poisoning her husband and attempting to murder her daughter was back in Onondaga County Court on Friday.

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.

Tuesday, June 11, 2013  The state's highest court is weighing in on the murder of a Fulton baby.

Tuesday, June 11, 2013  The state's highest court has reached a decision over the fate of Erin Maxwell's killer after the Oswego County District Attorney appealed the ruling from the an appellate court.

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

Thursday, June 06, 2013  Case of 15 year old suspect will be handled in Onondaga County Family Court.

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  Paige Archambeault is delighted by the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that says it's ok for police to take DNA at the time of arrest. She has been fighting for such a law in New York State since her mother, Carol Nelson was murdered in 2007.

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.

Monday, June 03, 2013  A man who gained Internet fame as "Kai the Hatchet-Wielding Hitchhiker" has pleaded not guilty through a lawyer to a murder charge.

Friday, May 31, 2013  Two Syracuse teens arrested in beating death of Michael Daniels, 51 at Los Amigos Market.