Woman escapes Syracuse house fire with two grandchildren
Louise Solomon, often using a wheelchair, battled a blaze in her Syracuse home Friday as flames engulfed her bedroom near her oxygen tanks. She carried her two 3 and 5 year old great grandchildren to safety down the street with her wheelchair left on the porch. Fire chief Ray Chadwick says a child playing with a cigarette sparked the fire and firefighters contained the worst damage to the bedroom and porch.
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Reece Maren Boisseau
Red Cross
Louise Solomon
Beard Place
Solomon
Syracuse
Solomat
Ray Chadwick
Solomon's
Jailed after bar disturbance involving Lazarus Sims
Lazarus Sims and five city men were arrested for disorderly conduct after a disturbance at the Ozone Bar 128 Grand Ave. Police found more than 40 people blocking sidewalks and Grand Avenue. Sims Pace Kinsey were held in jail for abuse and belligerence. arraignment scheduled. Blunt issued a ticket to appear.
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Syracuse University
Lazarus Sims
Ozone
Grand Ave
Grand Avenue
Sims
Mark Ave
Kenyatta
Breland Found Competent to Stand Trial in Police Shootout
Breland, 20, of 117 Warner Ave, faces multiple counts of attempted murder after a Feb. 1 shootout that wounded two officers. Two psychiatrists testified on Friday and Wednesday that he is competent to aid his own defense, though one noted possible mental disease or defect.
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Breland
Henry Breland
Marilyn Ward
Anthony Slivinski
Ex Fleet Bank worker sentenced in scam case
Timothy F. MacDowall a former Fleet Bank loan officer was sentenced to a year and a day in pecen for embezzling 50000 and for accepting kickbacks for approving loans. MacDowall admitted March 19 that in 1993 he received 900 from Scott Grants a sales Manager for Carbone Pontiac Nissan. They had an agreement Grants would pay MacDowall 100 for each loan application approved.
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Fleet Bank
Pecen
Timothy F. MacDowall
Long Island
MacDowall
Scott Grants
Carbone Pontiac-Nissan
Grants
Attorney General drops Casablanca rape case
The state attorney general Dennis C. Vacco signaled readiness to pursue felony charges against two men still accused in the Casablanca rape case. He cited the second acquittal in the St. Lawrence Court trials and said the decision follows extensive consultation with defense counsel and the remaining witnesses. Public protest pressured authorities to nullify earlier pleas and pursue the case anew, while supporters criticized the pace and outcomes of the prosecutions.
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Dennis C. Vacco
St. Lawrence
Cain
Vacco
Krista Absalon
Diva Overeu
LY Qien
Disngy Murney
Richard Manning
Absalon
Bonnie Strunk
Strunk
Mariano
Fistolest
David Cummings
Wes
A. Harte
Michael A. Curcio
Hartle
Curcio
Gregory Sweeter
Manning
Elmwood Day Care Center closes due to funding loss
Elmwood School Age Day Care Center at Elmwood Presbyterian Church Syracuse closes after subsidies freeze. Five year old Jabbar Turner, other children, and staff lament the loss as Salvation Army also shuts two centers. Officials note 1,393 children still receive subsidies, down from a peak of 2,100, with long waiting lists and risk of teen mothers dropping out.
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Lehualan
Jabbar Turner
June Walker
Elmwood
South Ave
Syracuse
Katie Jones
Salvation Army
Elmwood Presbyterian Church
Jeanne Radak
Radak
Cindy Grzasko
Onondaga County
Peggy Minsch
Minsch
South Salina
S. Salina St
Grzasko
Elmwood Elementary
Elmwood Center
Warren Street
Trio convicted in fur protest near Georgio's Furs
Three animal rights activists, Christopher Tarball Nicole Rogers and David Agranoff, were found guilty of criminal trespass and unlawful assembly for a February 17 protest at Georgio's Furs on South Salina Street. Rogers Tarbell and Agranoff face potential jail and are barred within a city block of the store. Prosecutor described the action as terrorism while Politis, owner, urged restraint.
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Georgio
South Salina Street
Onondaga County Court Iary
Christopher Tarball
Nicole Rogers
David Agvanoff
Rogers
Tarbell
Connecticut
S. Salina St
Agranoff
Noth Ave
Georgia
Animal Defense League
Georgio Politis
Halfway house seeks funds to stay open and help ex convicts
Circle of Hope, the area half way house for paroled state convicts, faces financial strain as it struggles to fund a $35,000 annual budget. Donahue and volunteers praise the JC Penney Golden Rule Awards, noting the $1,000 prize helps, while the facility awaits a full-time director to curb recidivism and attract donors. Only three residents remain as staff shortages threaten operations, and former director Daniel Soule was laid off. Call 475-2128 to donate or support Circle of Hope.
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Louise Donahue
Alie H Ih
Circle of Hope
Donahue
Snisle Bank
Coe
Sin
JC Penney
Donahues
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Warretar
Casablanca
Frederic Perce
Laura T. Ryan
Oliver Forsythe
Krista
Vn Hartle
Jon Bovard
Department of Social Services
Politis
Cook Ave
Laura Fiorenza
Fiorenza
Mr. Politis
Hand
Hank
Daniel Soule
Donate
Soule
Salina Sr
Dav
Lecarned Gay
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