Agency seeks amendment to toughen internet child sex crimes
Lawmakers push a May amendment to raise penalties for using the Internet to lure minors into sex. The measure targets adults who start online relations and then travel to meet victims, arguing online predation warrants stiffer sentences than in person offenses. Prosecutors and defense lawyers debate the sentencing gap and the impact of cooperation on outcomes.
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Tain
Diane Max
Schumer
Somrone
Spina
Hayes
Star Lake
St. Lawrence County
Guy
SkyChiefs rally with literacy groups to fight illiteracy
Syracuse SkyChiefs co sponsor collaborates with Success by 6 Literacy Coalition of Onondaga County and Spanish Action League for a game called Hit a Home Run for Reading. About 1 000 books donated and 1 000 tickets provided to literacy groups with 500 tickets sold to families at reduced prices. Local leaders emphasize reading to children and the need to boost literacy rates among Onondaga County adults.
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P&c Stadium
Leyendon Hijos
Syracuse SkyChiefs
Success By 6
Syracuse Healthy Start
Brian Meifanus
United Way
Diane Mastin
Mastin
Gromonna
Binghamton Iteracy
Georges Marceau
Central
U.S
Onondaga County
Taxi drivers push emergency surcharge to fight gas price rise
Syracuse taxi drivers seek a temporary 50 cent surcharge on every ride to counter higher fuel costs. Independent driver Greg Blesch says gas prices have surged. council debates how to implement the raise as fuel costs squeeze families.
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Department of Energy
Fates Ates
Slesch
Osible
Kate O’ Ell
Rochester
Sostonmers
O'Connell
Blesch
Community groups join to aid first time home buyers Syracuse
Foundations and real estate leaders unite to boost rural and urban homeownership in Central New York. Seminars, lectures, and home ownership orientations aim to expand access to subsidized mortgages and neighborhood restoration, featuring author John McKnight and agencies like USDA Rural Development and Onondaga County programs.
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Syracuse
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Rural Development
New
Sondaga County
3 CHY Community Foundation
John McKnight
Foundation
McKnight
Northwestern University
Dtd
Jefferson St
Northeast Hawtey Development Association
Butternut Circle
McChesney Park
First North
Cleveland Avenue
Warham Street
Becker Street
Craig Street
NEHDA
Northeast Community Center
BH Rural Development
USDA
Snow Memorial Building
Jefferson St. Pulaski
van Buren Town Fair
van Buren Road
van Buren
Era Corp
Onondaga County
Marcellus Free Library
Stocum Ave
Marcellus
Syracuse man accused of selling two ounces of drugs
Syracuse police arrested Rafael DeLeon, 42, on first degree criminal sale of a controlled substance after a 11:35 p.m. Saturday arrest in the 408 block of Oswego Street by Investigator Robert Wiegand. DeLeon held without bail pending next court appearance. multiple other arrests followed in the city including Rodriguez Osvaldo DeLeon, 33, and Carlos Flores-Rivera, 40, on felony drug-possession charges at 5 a.m. and other suspects at 5:15 a.m. at related addresses.
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Rafael DeLeon
DeLeon
Oswego Street
Robert Wiegand
Thomas Higgs
Justice Center
Rodriguez Osvaldo DeLeon
Carlos Flores-Rivera
S. Clinton St
Choice
LaFayette Ave
War veteran Warren recalls D-Day and Albert Cassady
Sean Kirst writes about Warren, a World War II veteran who earned the Purple Heart after serving with combat engineers on Omaha Beach. The piece details his experiences, Albert Cassady, family reactions to Saving Private Ryan, and Warren’s late-life reflections as he honors fallen comrades and shares memories with his children.
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Warren Doe
Albert
Arlene
Albert Cassady
Marie Opdyke
Private Ryan
Chan
Ryan
Omaha Beach
Penn Can Mall
Sicily
Leyte
Ital
England
West Beard Avenue
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Clornaton
Fanny Villareal de Canavan
Spanish Action League
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Borawski
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Shelbie Pidkaminy
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