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Wednesday, May 15, 2013  DNA evidence leads to the arrest of a Liverpool man, accused of raping a 12 year old girl more than a decade ago.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013  Congressman Dan Maffei (D, New York) recently wrote a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, demanding the Justice Department investigate the Syracuse U.S. Probation Office for the Northern District of New York and its failure to properly monitor Clay murder and kidnapping suspect David Renz.

Sunday, May 12, 2013  Michael Benny's exclusive series of interviews with Bill Cregg begin airing Monday at 5pm on CBS 5 and NBC 3.

Thursday, May 09, 2013  As the case against the man accused of holding three women prisoners against their will in his Cleveland home for a decade awaits grand jury action, details unravel in the case, with strings attached to one of his sons, a newspaper article, and even Western New York.

Thursday, May 09, 2013  A Cleveland man has been arraigned on charges of rape and kidnapping days after three women missing for about a decade were found alive at his home.

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.

Wednesday, May 08, 2013  Cleveland's police chief says the three women held captive in a house for nearly a decade were restrained with ropes and chains and allowed out into the back yard occasionally.

Tuesday, May 07, 2013  The three women who disappeared a decade ago in Cleveland and were found alive are out of the hospital.

Monday, April 29, 2013  State Senator John DeFrancisco, R-Syracuse, has proposed legislation that would allow for Family Court Clerks to provide juvenile records to prosecutors when a defendant is charged with a sex offense. Currently, those records are automatically sealed.

Friday, April 12, 2013  The case of accused murderer and child rapist David Renz may result in a significant change in the way sealed juvenile records of sex offenses are handled.

Tuesday, April 09, 2013  A federal trial date is set for the child pornography charges against the man accused of killing a Liverpool school librarian.

Thursday, March 28, 2013  Less than two weeks after a Syracuse-area man was charged with killing a woman and raping a 10-year-old girl who was with her during a carjacking, the state Senate has voted to increase penalties for carjacking vehicles with a child inside.

Wednesday, March 27, 2013  Police have surrounded a house in northern New York while searching for a person believed to have opened fire on two others, possibly in retribution for a botched kidnapping.

Friday, March 22, 2013  Trending on CNY Central is a compilation of the most clicked on stories and most watched videos of the week. We’ve also included a few top stories you may have missed.

Thursday, March 21, 2013  Officials have permitted us to release photos of David Renz, 29, on Thursday, giving the public its first look at the man accused of killing a Liverpool school librarian and raping a child in Clay last Friday.