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Wednesday, May 15, 2013  An Oswego man is accused of having sex with a victim under the age of 17 in a parked car in Oswego in April.

Monday, May 13, 2013  A 50-year old Chenango County man accused of raping a young girl and is being held in the county jail without bail.

Friday, May 10, 2013  Authorities have charged four adults after police found six children living in squalid conditions in a rural upstate New York home.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013  A Syracuse woman is accused of stabbing her 2-year-old child amid an argument with the child’s father Tuesday night during which she allegedly tried hit the child’s father with a car and drove into a house before speeding off.

Thursday, April 18, 2013  An Auburn woman was drunk and impaired by drugs when she crashed a car into another vehicle, injuring her three young children and two others riding with her.

Friday, April 12, 2013  A Syracuse University employee was arrested Thursday for carrying a loaded handgun onto SU property and leaving it behind.

Friday, April 12, 2013  An Oswego County father and son were arrested Thursday after police say the teenage son inappropriately touched a child, and the father tried to stop deputies from arresting him.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013  A Rochester man is accused of attempting to meet a young girl for the purposes of engaging in sexual conduct.

Friday, April 05, 2013  Oswego County Deputies say a 15-year-old male from the City of Oswego is charged with juvenile delinquency for acts, which if committed by an adult, would have constituted the crimes of felony rape, felony criminal sex act, and endangering the welfare of a child.

Tuesday, April 02, 2013  Utica Police say 29-year-old Jessie Dennis, of Lorraine Avenue took his ex-girlfriends house keys and threatened to kill her.

Friday, March 29, 2013  A high speed chase ended in Syracuse on Friday morning when a teen driving a stolen vehicle was going to fast to make a turn.

Thursday, March 28, 2013  Government health officials launched the second round of a graphic ad campaign Thursday that is designed to get smokers off tobacco, saying they believe the last effort convinced tens of thousands to quit.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013  Authorities say a western New York woman has been charged after police say she turned on a clothes dryer while her 2-year-old son was inside.

Monday, March 25, 2013  A Syracuse man was arrested for patronizing a teenage prostitute, which was actually an undercover police officer.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013  A Schroeppel man is accused of having sex with minors.