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Wednesday, May 15, 2013  Attorney General Eric Holder is defending the Justice Department's secret examination of Associated Press phone records, while at the same time declaring he had played no role in it.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013  The Justice Department has secretly obtained two months of telephone records of journalists for The Associated Press in what AP's top executive says is an "unprecedented intrusion" into newsgathering.

Monday, May 06, 2013  State Sen. John Sampson has been indicted on charges of embezzlement, obstruction of justice and lying to the FBI.

Monday, May 06, 2013  A man who allegedly had been living in Oswego County under an assumed name for a number of years was arrested on Friday for being a Fugitive from Justice from Collin County, Texas.

Friday, May 03, 2013  Onondaga County will pay $385,000 to the mother of a pregnant woman who died at the Justice Center.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013  The Syracuse Police Department says that it has arrested 29-year-old Oriel Williams, of 401 East Willow Street in Syracuse, and charged her with robbery

Friday, April 19, 2013  The Syracuse Police says it has arrested a man and a woman for a strong arm robbery that happened on Butternut Street on Thursday morning

Tuesday, April 09, 2013  A Lebanon Town Justice and Elmira City Court judge have resigned after being served with formal disciplinary charges.

Thursday, March 21, 2013  A government study finds that despite growing awareness of hate crimes, the share of those crimes reported to police has fallen as more victims of violent attacks express doubts that police can or will help.

Friday, March 15, 2013  The man accused of raping a 10-year old girl and killing a woman in Clay was injured in a fight with another inmate in the Onondaga County Justice Center Friday

Wednesday, March 13, 2013  A state judge has refused to block New York's tough new gun law in a lawsuit by more than 1,000 people who claim it violates the state constitution because it was passed too quickly and restricts the rights of its citizen militia.

Friday, February 22, 2013  The Justice Department has joined a lawsuit against disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong that alleges the former, seven-time Tour de France champion concealed his use of performance-enhancing drugs and defrauded his long-time sponsor, the U.S. Postal Service.

Wednesday, February 13, 2013  On Tuesday night, at about 7:00, the Syracuse Police Department says in a release that they responded to a complaint of a possible burglary in progress in the 300 block of Apple Street.

Tuesday, February 05, 2013  35-year-old Gilbert Grainger, of Syracuse, was arrested for allegedly robbing the Key bank on West Genesee Street last Thursday.

Wednesday, January 30, 2013  Video - An informational town hall meeting on the NY SAFE Act attracted a large crowd in the city of Oswego where some people are using the forum to express their opposition to the legislation.