Onondaga County DA Bill Fitzpatrick on the Campbell Conversations
When the Manlius Swans had their eggs destroyed, there were numerous calls and letters demanding justice. When 20-month-old Rashad Walker, Jr. was shot and killed in an apparent gang-related attack,...
View ArticleLocal officials welcome state regulations on bath salts
The New York State Department of Health regulations outlawing bath salts in New York state come on the heels of several local laws banning the designer drug. The new regulations were announced by...
View ArticleBill Fitzpatrick on the Campbell Conversations
This week the State legislature passed and the governor signed into law a far-reaching set of prohibitions, restrictions, and tracking mechanisms regarding guns, making New York the first state to...
View ArticleD.A. Fitzpatrick supports unsealing juvenile records involving sex crimes
Juvenile records are automatically sealed in New York state, so they don't prejudice a prosecutor or judge, but state Sen. John DeFrancisco is proposing an exception. He wants those records be...
View ArticleRenz pleads guilty to murder and sexual assault charges
A brutal murder and rape case that shocked central New York earlier this year is closed. In a plea deal with prosecutors, David Renz, 29, pleaded guilty Wednesday to first degree murder and sexual...
View ArticleBill Fitzpatrick on The Campbell Conversations
The Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption is already making waves in Albany, as the media and the public react to what's coming out at its public hearings. In this edition of the...
View ArticlePolice cracking down on synthetic marijuana sales in Syracuse
Prosecutors and police agencies across central New York are trying a new strategy as they continue to fight the rising use of synthetic marijuana. Not since the bath salts craze of 2012 have local...
View ArticleDA's office investigating city of Syracuse over affidavits in dismissed lawsuit
The Onondaga County District Attorney’s office has confirmed that it is investigating the city of Syracuse. The investigation revolves around affidavits signed by two common councilors supporting a...
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