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Today at 7:55 AM  Federal authorities have fired and demoted U.S. probation officers in the monitoring of a man charged with killing Liverpool librarian Lori Bresnahan raping a 10-year-old girl during a carjacking at Great Northern Mall in Clay.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013  Congressman Dan Maffei (D, New York) recently wrote a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, demanding the Justice Department investigate the Syracuse U.S. Probation Office for the Northern District of New York and its failure to properly monitor Clay murder and kidnapping suspect David Renz.

Thursday, May 09, 2013  Three fraternities at Binghamton University have been suspended and three others have been given warnings or placed on disciplinary probation for hazing.

Thursday, April 18, 2013  A U.S. Senator is outraged that the Federal Probation Office apparently ignored dozens of alerts set off by David Renz's GPS monitoring bracelet, indicating it had been tampered with.

Tuesday, April 16, 2013  Probation officers ignored 46 alerts set off by David Renz's GPS monitoring bracelet, indicating it had been tampered with. That's according to a highly critical report released by U.S. District Judge Gary Sharpe, which was obtained by Syracuse.com.

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.

Thursday, March 28, 2013  An Onondaga County Probation Officer has been suspended without pay and faces charges for allegedly using a county probation database inappropriately.

Monday, March 18, 2013  Officials at the New York Northern Probation Department say they believe rape and murder suspect David Renz was able to take apart and reconstruct his monitoring ankle bracket before the attack in Clay on Thursday night. A Federal judge previously acknowledged having concerns about Renz’s technological skills.

Thursday, January 03, 2013  Ross Leone, the man who admitted to stealing and destroying seven swan eggs in April 2012, was sentenced to three years probation including four weekends in jail for the first month.

Tuesday, September 25, 2012  A former U.S. postmaster will spend 10 weekends in jail and five years on probation after admitting she stole more than $20,000 from the agency while running a small-town post office in northern New York.

Monday, September 24, 2012  The Oswego County Legislature is expected to hear some encouraging news about jail overcrowding Monday afternoon.

Thursday, August 30, 2012  A Central New York teen has admitted burglarizing a young cancer patient's home while the family was away at a hospital.

Wednesday, August 08, 2012  A northern New York man has been put on probation for lying about time he supposedly spent on patrol for the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary.

Friday, July 20, 2012  Woman sentenced to 5 years probation and 300 hours of community service for a deadly crash along Interstate 81 last fall, that killed a Tully man.

Thursday, May 24, 2012  A 22-year-old Central New York woman whose passenger was killed in a crash last year has pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide.