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Syracuse, N.Y. — The families of a young couple who were executed in their Syracuse home cried, yelled and berated three men convicted of the murders at their sentencing on Wednesday. “Y’all some straight scumbags,” the father of the murdered woman told the men. “I wish they’d had the...

Syracuse, N.Y. — Onondaga County Sheriff Toby Shelley has ended his lawsuit over who has to pay the legal bills for two lawsuits he filed against the county. Shelley is paying the more than $100,000 in legal bills out of his office’s budget, according to Thomas Newton, a sheriff’s office spokesperson. He had been...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Three men were sentenced in an emotional Onondaga County Courtroom on Wednesday in connection with a double homicide that happened in August 2022. Lashaun Dixon of New Jersey, Donnell Thornton of Solvay and Jamel Weston of Syracuse were sentenced to life without parole for murder in the first degree....

The Syracuse City School District moved to fire a vice principal allegedly caught drinking alcohol with a student in the Corcoran High School parking lot. On Oct. 10, police found Jaime Perez-Garcia, the vice principal at H.W. Smith Elementary School, in a pickup truck with a 15-year-old girl, a bottle of alcohol and...

CICERO, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — It’s a picture for the history books, taken after the Cicero Police Department’s first all-female midnight shift. It wasn’t intentional—the three officers, Sgt. Ashley Smith, Officer Austin Ray-Briggmin, and Officer Gabrielle Morrissey responded to a call and, once it wrapped up, realized it...

Syracuse, N.Y. – A Syracuse man came home to his North Side apartment Saturday night to a terrible scene: His front door was broken down and his two dogs had been stabbed - one five times. Jonathan Barry said he found the two dogs whimpering and bleeding on the...

Syracuse, N.Y. — Adam Brian Kaiser didn’t plan to be a chocolatier, at first. Born and raised in New York City, Kaiser studied science at Queens College and earned his bachelor’s degree in geology. He kicked off his career in NYC as an environmental consultant. But after...

A National Grid lineman from Camillus became a real-life hero, rescuing a trapped couple after their car flipped on Knowell Road.

The Syracuse.com | The Post-Standard police blotter of arrests from police agencies around Central New York was updated today. The arrests added this week occurred between Oct. 9 and Nov. 9. The people charged ranged in age from 17 to 73. If you purchase a product or register for an...