It was the worst possible outcome for an alleged holdup artist. The target of the holdup told him to get lost but he didn’t get lost fast enough to avoid being arrested.
A Mexico man who served prison time for sexually abusing two children has been charged with having sex with a child. Police arrested Richard DeStevens on Thursday and charged him with a felony.
Police allege that Tommy E. Merritt, 38, had oral sex with a child over the course of three years. The conduct allegedly began when the child was 13 years old.
This story’s a little unusual. Police say a Volney man gave a local credit union five minutes’ warning that he intended to rob them, then took off. Police say they found him on his getaway vehicle — a bicycle.
The too-brief life of Reba Landers was honored Thursday night at a graveside memorial service at Fulton’s Mt. Adnah Cemetery.
Two Schroeppel teens are on the fast track to court after leading police on a car chase. Police say the chase involved many of the roads in the area, including a snowmobile trail. The teens jumped from the moving car, police allege, but didn’t get far.
Local child abuse agencies in Onondaga and Oswego counties have each reported that instances of child abuse are on the rise. Research and history shows that when families and heads of households struggle economically, instances of child abuse and domestic violence increase.
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