Three area people were charged Wednesday following raids at five stores in Western and Central New York. Charged with possession, distribution and intent to distribute controlled substances (synthetic marijuana) are Joshua Denise, 37, of Batavia; Michelle Condidorio, 30, of LeRoy; ...

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BUFFALO — Police have evicted the Occupy Buffalo encampment from its downtown location near city hall. Buffalo media outlets report that police officers, including SWAT team members, moved in around 2 a.m. Thursday and arrested 10 demonstrators in Niagara Square. ...

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New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman on Wednesday announced the arrests of 28 individuals on 38 counts, as an indictment was unsealed in Monroe County Supreme Court. The bust is the result of a multi-agency cocaine drug investigation code-named “Operation Snowbird” for its Florida-to-Rochester delivery system.

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More than 150 people in Erie and Wyoming counties were charged from Friday through Sunday as part of the state police’s Occupant Safety details and Sobriety Check Points. State police report throughout the weekend ...

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ALBANY — More than 100 protesters chanting opposition to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan to cut program funding for the poor coupled with tax breaks for the rich have vowed to return to Albany after their demonstration blocked central stairs and hallways in the Capitol for an hour.

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AMHERST — Four staff members at a Buffalo-area home for troubled youths are nursing injuries after trying to break up a fight involving about 10 teenagers. Five young people were arrested.

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NEW YORK CITY — Secrets about Apple Inc.’s iPhone were among insider trading tips that led to the arrests Thursday of three employees at public companies and a sales executive at a California expert-networking firm, authorities said as they boosted ...

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NEW YORK CITY — Two longtime back office employees of Bernard Madoff were arrested Thursday on charges that they helped the disgraced financier dupe investors for decades by making fictitious investments — and that they cashed in on the epic Ponzi scheme themselves.

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LYONS — Authorities say six people have been arrested after 1,000 marijuana plants were found growing at several locations in a three-county area of the Finger Lakes region.

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