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Wednesday, May 08, 2013  The two men arrested for a string of bank robberies across the state and in Massachusetts from January to March have pleaded guilty today.

Wednesday, May 08, 2013  Three former employees of a central New York fiber optic products manufacturer and a fourth man have been convicted in a scheme to steal business from the company

Sunday, March 03, 2013  State Police in Herkimer are investigating a fatal snowmobile accident that happened March 2 at around 10:30pm on Jones Road in the Town of Ohio, in Herkimer County.

Wednesday, February 06, 2013  A Herkimer County man was sentenced to 151 months, or just over 12 and a half years, in prison for growing and selling marijuana at 162 McIntyre Road in Frankfort, according to US Attorney Richard S. Hartunian.

Friday, January 11, 2013  New York State Police have arrested 17-year-old Thomas Taverne, of Frankfort, for stealing two cars in the Village of West Winfield.

Tuesday, December 04, 2012  State Police say he held a New Jersey woman against her will for six hours over Thanksgiving.

Tuesday, September 25, 2012  Authorities say a 41-year-old Central New York man has admitted he grew 3,200 pot plants and sold the crop.

Thursday, August 02, 2012  A fire burned into the evening at the former Union Fork and Hoe in a building between East Main Street and Industrial Drive in the Village of Frankfort.

Thursday, July 26, 2012  A former Oneida County Child Protective Services caseworker and Utica police officer admits having child pornography on his home computer in the town of Frankfort.

Tuesday, February 28, 2012  A former Frankfort police officer finds himself on the other side of the law.

Monday, February 20, 2012  Federal authorities say an upstate New York man has admitted to conspiring to violate the Clean Water Act and lying to government agents about dumping debris in wetlands near the Mohawk River.

Tuesday, December 20, 2011  A New Jersey recycling company has been sentenced to pay a $500,000 criminal fine and more than $70,000 in restitution and cleanup costs for its role in dumping thousands of tons of asbestos-contaminated construction debris on farmland near the Mohawk River in Central New York in 2006.

Friday, December 16, 2011  Federal authorities say a central New York man has been charged with growing more than 3,000 marijuana plants inside a central New York barn.

Wednesday, November 02, 2011  Six people are facing charges in a home invasion in the Town of Floyd.

Tuesday, June 14, 2011  State police arrested 19-year-old Pavel Naumovich and 19-year-old Codey Kistner were loading railroad spikes and other pieces of metal from the CSX railroad tracks into their vehicle.