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Thursday, April 25, 2013  New York officials have unveiled a new system that will allow cellphone users across the state to receive free, automatic Amber Alert notifications.

Wednesday, December 12, 2012  Police in Cicero are asking for the public's help after a report of a "suspicious incident" involving a teenage girl.

Saturday, August 18, 2012  Syracuse police say Bobby Loper Jr., 16, is facing a misdemeanor charge after faking his own abduction.

Friday, August 17, 2012  A Syracuse teenager is alive and well after police say he falsely reported his own kidnapping.

Wednesday, July 25, 2012  The apparent attempted abduction of a woman in the Price Chopper parking lot has turned out to be a hoax.  Three teens admitted their involvement tonight to the Syracuse Police.

Sunday, July 15, 2012  Syracuse police say they're looking for two men who they say tried to force teenagers into a van.

Tuesday, March 13, 2012  A Rome man is accused of trying to abduct a woman from a Wal-Mart store.

Wednesday, January 11, 2012  A soldier charged with abducting and killing a 65-year-old Wilmington woman has waived a preliminary hearing.

Friday, December 16, 2011  Authorities have issued an Amber Alert for a New Jersey man wanted for questioning in the murder of his ex-wife and abduction of their two children.

Thursday, July 14, 2011  DeWitt Police say a one-year-old child has been found safe a week after being abducted from Pennsylvania.

Thursday, January 20, 2011  A truck driver from New York has pleaded guilty to a federal kidnapping charge in the abduction of an 8-year-old girl from a western Nebraska truck stop, according to court documents filed Wednesday.

Saturday, July 03, 2010  A 5-month-old baby who police said was taken from a New York foster home by her biological parents has been found in Tennessee and the parents have been arrested.

Friday, June 25, 2010  A truck driver from the Finger Lakes area has been charged with abducting an 8-year-old California girl from a travel center in western Nebraska.

Thursday, June 17, 2010  A 58-year-old janitor who authorities say was obsessed with a woman at his western New York workplace has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for trying to abduct and kill her.

Thursday, January 14, 2010  Sheriff's deputies are searching for the man who abducted and robbed a 77-year-old woman at knifepoint.