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Fulton native shot and killed in Atlanta
John Richard Sowa an Atlanta police officer was shot and killed in the line of duty October 12 while responding to a domestic dispute Gregory Paul Lawler 45 charged with murder and aggravated battery Officers Patricia Coccilone and another officer were injured Lawler shot at them with a high powered rifle Hundreds attended a memorial service in Atlanta a local service is planned for October 25 at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church Fulton A Syracuse man received four years in prison for a Fulton kidnapping Alejandro Mercedes-Avelino 32 and Santiago Rodriguez 24 pleaded guilty to reduced charges in the case involving the abduction of Jimmy Diaz from a West First Street apartment A county court judge rejected Raymond G Younis bid to remove prosecutor Mary Felasco from his case saying the issue belongs in state Supreme Court Younis 35 is charged with 77 counts of molesting and photographing 14 boys His lawyer seeks to have Felasco barred from prosecuting him because she is not a Oswego County resident