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Saturday, June 15, 2013  State Police arrested 20-year-old Anthony Vermeulen on Saturday for Menacing 2nd degree and Unlawful Possession of Marijuana.

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

Tuesday, June 04, 2013  Syracuse police have charged a man with murder in the Sabine Street shooting over the weekend.

Friday, May 31, 2013  It's hot, and the heat at Jamesville beach fells more intense after last weekend's cold spell which dipped down into the fourties. Coming out to the water was one way for people to beat the heat.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013  A 49-year-old Massachusetts man has admitted threatening a student at Skidmore College. Saratoga County District Attorney James A. Murphy III tells local media outlets that Lance Leonard pleaded guilty Monday to a felony charge of first-degree coercion.

Friday, March 15, 2013  The man accused of threatening to kill a student at an upstate New York college is being brought back from New Jersey to face charges.

Friday, March 08, 2013  Abubakar Baharo was arrested following an investigation into a sexual assault of a child earlier this week on a Birnie Bus in the city of Utica.

Saturday, January 26, 2013  About 150 people braved 30 degree water temperatures on Seneca River to take part in the Polar Bear Plunge on Saturday, a big part of the Baldwinsville Big Chill Weekend.

Friday, December 28, 2012  What started as an alleged theft of a relatively minor item led to big trouble for a Syracuse man early Friday morning.

Thursday, December 06, 2012  A Carthage woman is under arrest for manslaughter in connection with the death of a six month old female child.

Tuesday, December 04, 2012  47-year-old Dean Zabele is charged with third degree rape, a felony.

Friday, November 30, 2012  The man who killed 11 year old Erin Maxwell is now back in state prison.

Wednesday, November 28, 2012  Onondaga Community College and St. John Fisher College in Rochester form an academic alliance. The partnership allows students who earn their associates degree at OCC to transfer to Fisher to complete their Baccaulaureate.

Wednesday, November 28, 2012  Alan Jones, who was convicted of killing his stepsister Erin Maxwell in 2008, was given the maximum sentence of 5 to 15 years Wednesday morning for the reduced charge of manslaughter in Oswego County Court.

Thursday, November 22, 2012  The attorneys for a man charged in the beating death of his girlfriend in her New York college dorm room plan to base their defense on what they say was their client's "extreme emotional disturbance" at the time of the slaying.