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Tuesday, May 07, 2013  Federal prosecutors may seek the death penalty against the man accused of killing a Liverpool school librarian and raping a 10-year-old girl.

Wednesday, May 01, 2013  A Phoenix man has been arrested and charged with knowingly distributing, receiving, and possessing child pornography via the internet.

Thursday, February 21, 2013  Platinum-selling rapper Ja Rule has left an upstate New York prison after serving most of his two-year sentence for illegal gun possession, but is heading straight into federal custody in a tax case.

Thursday, May 03, 2012  The former New York Senate Majority Leader faces new federal fraud charges after his earlier convictions were overturned last year.

Wednesday, May 02, 2012  Neighbors on Syracuse's south side hope that the Syracuse Gang Violence Task Force will be able to remove the leadership of the "V-Not" gang.

Friday, March 16, 2012  Jeffery Shipman's family says every story has two sides. Friday night, they told us Jeffery's side, who is now facing federal kidnapping charges.

Wednesday, February 01, 2012  The former president of the booster club for Cicero-North Syracuse girls' field hockey admits to child pornography.

Friday, November 04, 2011  Federal prosecutors are getting involved in a meth case in the city of Oneida.

Friday, September 09, 2011  34-year-old Gregory Slater admitted that he helped Donald Geiss, Jr. Perpetuate a fraud scheme against Geiss' employer, Intertek Testing Services Inc. in Cortland.

Saturday, July 30, 2011  The U.S. Attorney's office is pursuing federal charges in the shooting death of local athlete Kihary Blue, and those charges make the shooting a "death penalty eligible crime."

Tuesday, May 24, 2011  Federal prosecutors say Janie Watts went to the Social Security Administration with four forms of identification belonging to her deceased mother and falsely identifying herself as her dead mother.

Thursday, April 28, 2011  Prosecutors say Gregory Slater helped Donald Geiss, Jr. carry out a fraud scheme against Intertek Testing Services, Inc. in Cortland.

Friday, April 08, 2011  A 31-year-old man from the Mohawk reservation that straddles the Canadian border has pleaded guilty to federal charges in a drug robbery and killing authorities say involved several men from the reservation.

Wednesday, January 19, 2011  The former president of the C-NS field hockey booster club is now facing federal child pornography charges.

Wednesday, December 22, 2010  A child protective services caseworker and former police officer is under arrest after police say he was in possession of child porn.