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

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.

Tuesday, November 20, 2012  Alan Jones, who was accused of killing his stepsister Erin Maxwell in 2008, was released from prision on Tuesday and is being moved back to Oswego County.

Wednesday, November 14, 2012  Craig Ingersoll is found guilty of second degree murder in the 2007 slaying of Jennifer Bennett.

Friday, November 09, 2012  The Oswego County District Attorney, as well as concerned neighbors, expressed discontent with an appellate court's decision to reduce Alan Jones's conviction to second degree manslaughter for the murder of Erin Maxwell.

Friday, November 09, 2012  The murder conviction of Alan Jones, who was accused of killing his stepsister Erin Maxwell in 2008, has been reduced to a lesser charge by a State Appellate Division Panel in Rochester.

Thursday, November 01, 2012  A 27-year-old man is accused of beating his mother to death and hiding her body under a shed.

Thursday, October 25, 2012  A Utica-area college student has pleaded not guilty to a charge of second-degree murder in the beating death of his girlfriend inside her dorm room in September.

Wednesday, June 13, 2012  Police say a man serving time for trying to kill a Syracuse police officer has been charged in the 2009 shooting death of a 37-year-old man gunned down outside his apartment.

Wednesday, April 25, 2012  Lewis Swift was arrested Tuesday night in Auburn in the death of Carnell Marshall.

Thursday, March 08, 2012  A Little Falls woman was sentenced Wednesday for allegedly running over and killing Francis Nelson, 74, last fall.

Monday, March 05, 2012  Saquan Evans of Syracuse is charged with second degree murder in the death of 20-month-old Rashaad Walker, Jr.

Wednesday, February 01, 2012  Jennifer Riesel admitted her guilt in a sensational murder for hire case in Herkimer County. She was accused of running over Francis Nelson, 74, last fall, claiming the Little Falls man offered to pay her $180,000 to do it

Wednesday, January 18, 2012  The man accused of stabbing his girlfriend's six-year-old daughter to death will have his fate decided by a judge instead of a jury.