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Wednesday, March 27, 2013  A Jefferson County woman is accused of stealing her grandmother's identity. State Police say Rebecca Keegan, 27, racked up a $3653.87 bill at area businesses last summer, forging her grandmother's signature on personal checks and using her stolen credit card.

Tuesday, June 26, 2012  A Utica man who was arrested after he was allegedly found high on ‘bath salts’ is in more trouble with the law after police say he gave them his brother’s name instead of his own.

Friday, June 01, 2012  A 30-year-old western New York woman has been accused of falsely claiming she had breast cancer and accepting more than $20,000 raised on her behalf.

Wednesday, May 02, 2012  A former Syracuse Orange lineman is among three former professional football players charged in a South Florida tax refund and identity theft scheme.

Tuesday, February 21, 2012  A Savannah man is accused of stealing from his former employer.

Wednesday, January 25, 2012  New York would make felonies out of cheating on the SAT college entrance test under a bill released Tuesday as part of a legislative investigation into a scandal in an affluent New York City suburb.

Friday, December 02, 2011  A New York Mills man is facing several felony charges for passing a bad check and scamming a company out of money.

Tuesday, November 29, 2011  Police have arrested 30-year-old Vincent A. Brush of 2 Gregory Parkway in DeWitt on a number of charges, including forgery.

Wednesday, October 26, 2011  Three were arrested in a Utica elder abuse case.

Tuesday, August 16, 2011  An East Syracuse woman was sentenced Tuesday after admitting she stole thousands of dollars from her former employer.

Tuesday, July 19, 2011  A bookkeeper at an East Syracuse business is in jail for allegedly stealing from the business she worked at for several years.

Thursday, January 13, 2011  The notorious case of a Stacey Castor, the woman who murdered two husbands and poisoned her own daughter, is back in court in Onondaga County.

Wednesday, March 31, 2010  A local woman has been arrested after police say she stole more than $200,000 from her former employer.

Sunday, February 28, 2010  State police are investigating a forgery in Cicero. They say it happened at the Wal-Mart on Brewerton Road. Police have arrested 33-year-old Heidi Cassidy of Syracuse and charged her with criminal possession of a forged instrument 2nd degree, falsifying business records 1st degree, and two counts of petit larceny - a class A misdemeanor.Police say their investigation revealed that Cassidy used forged UPC bar codes to purchase several items from the Wal-Mart. She is also accused of stealing an MP3 player from the Wal-Mart. Cassidy was arraigned in the Town of Cicero Court. According police she was released and scheduled to re-appear in the Town of Cicero Court at a later date.