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Wednesday, June 12, 2013  Strengthening the relationships between elected officials, and the neighbors who vote them into office, that's the goal of the governor as he calls upon the Legislature to crack down on public corruption, reform campaign finances, and make voting easier.

Tuesday, June 11, 2013  Evoking a Watergate-era quote, Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick says "There's a cancer in the state Legislature." He and the other 61 district attorneys statewide support a bill to give them more power to root out government corruption.

Wednesday, May 29, 2013  Federal prosecutors say they'll be releasing information on arrests made in a major drug bust in Utica.

Thursday, May 23, 2013  The attorney for a man charged with raping a 10-year-old girl and killing her mother in an upstate New York carjacking wants to add an expert on death penalty cases to the defense team in case federal prosecutors bring more charges and seek his execution.

Thursday, February 28, 2013  A recent surge in thefts by people on heroin led to an undercover operation and arrests of eleven people in Auburn area.

Friday, November 02, 2012  An Onondaga County Grand Jury dropped the charges against 32-year-old David Carroll.

Tuesday, October 09, 2012  Prosecutors say a grand jury will consider the case of a police officer who says he fatally shot his son at an Adirondacks motel after mistaking him for an intruder.

Thursday, September 27, 2012  A new effort is underway to combat gang violence in Central New York.

Friday, July 27, 2012  Federal prosecutors say more than a dozen people have been indicted in connection with a large-scale cocaine distribution ring operating in Central New York.

Tuesday, June 26, 2012  Laura Mayfield pleads guilty to federal charges that she conspired to distribute large amounts of heroin in the Syracuse area.

Thursday, February 02, 2012  Three people from Texas are facing drug charges after being arrested in Salina driving a Mexican drug cartel member's car.

Thursday, January 05, 2012  Federal prosecutors are not planning on pursuing the death penalty against a man accused of killing 20-month-old Rashaad Walker Jr.

Wednesday, December 14, 2011  Defense attorneys say they are fine with releasing certain documents, but prosecutors say no.

Wednesday, April 27, 2011  Combined federal, state and local law enforcement in Syracuse arrests 13 in break up of Bricktown gang.  Murder, shootings and the sale of crack cocaine were part of the alleged enterprise.

Thursday, April 21, 2011  A 20-year-old Syracuse University student was arrested Thursday after federal prosecutors say he was involved in the selling of the powerful painkiller Oxycodone.