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Tuesday, May 28, 2013  An Auburn man is accused of sexually abusing three children over the past two years.

Monday, May 13, 2013  A 50-year old Chenango County man accused of raping a young girl and is being held in the county jail without bail.

Friday, May 03, 2013  A Central Square man is accused of having sexual contact with three children under the age of 11-years-old.

Monday, April 08, 2013  A Utica man was charged with predatory sexual assault against a child following an investigation into alleged child abuse.

Monday, March 25, 2013  Jerry Sandusky says a key witness against him misinterpreted him showering with a young boy in the Penn State team showers more than a decade ago.

Wednesday, March 06, 2013  A Phoenix man is accused of sex abuse involving an 11-year-old child.

Saturday, February 09, 2013  New York State Police and members of the Oneida County Child Advocacy Center have arrested a Utica man for the sexual abuse of a child under the age of ten.

Tuesday, December 18, 2012  The State University of New York is now mandating the reporting of child sexual abuse on university property or at university-sponsored events.

Friday, October 26, 2012  Authorities say a 45-year-old upstate New York man has been sentenced to 150 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to child pornography charges.

Tuesday, October 09, 2012  Jerry Sandusky has been sentenced to at least 30 years in prison in the child sexual abuse scandal that brought shame to Penn State and led to coach Joe Paterno's downfall.

Wednesday, September 26, 2012  A Cayuga County man who molested a 3-year-old was sentenced to 57 years in state prison.

Tuesday, September 04, 2012  An Oswego man was arrested for allegedly having inappropriate sexual contact with and two young girls.

Tuesday, July 31, 2012  State Police in Watertown say they have extradited man from Memphis, TN, on charges of second degree rape and endangering the welfare of a child.

Monday, July 23, 2012  The NCAA has slammed Penn State with an unprecedented series of penalties, including a $60 million fine and the loss of all coach Joe Paterno's victories from 1998-2011, in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal.

Thursday, July 12, 2012  A 33-year-old Glens Falls man admits he broke his girlfriend's 7-week-old baby's leg by yanking on it.