Starting in October, New York state residents will be able to apply to have up to two misdemeanors and one non-violent felony criminal conviction sealed if they meet certain conditions. The legislation passed along with the latest state budget is ...

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The Fourth Department has upheld the conviction of a man who shot at a Rochester police officer in 2006. George C. Herring, 42, was convicted in December 2007 of attempted aggravated murder, attempted aggravated assault upon a police officer or ...

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NEW YORK — A former Rikers Island guard was convicted Thursday of violating the civil rights of an ailing inmate who died after he was repeatedly kicked in the head while restrained on the floor outside a jail doctor’s office. ...

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A Bronx hip hop star was sentenced in federal court in Rochester to 97 months in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy and drug possession with intent to distribute, the U.S. Attorney’s Office has announced. Mendeecees Harris, 37, was sentenced ...

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ALBANY — A federal judge has upheld a man’s conviction for plotting to kill Muslims with a mobile X-ray device, rejecting the argument that there was no actual conspiracy with a device that never worked. Judge Gary Sharpe, who presided ...

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A mother convicted of killing her infant daughter in 2001 by setting fire to their residence is trying to get her conviction overturned. Racheal Casey, 38, is represented on appeal by attorney Keir M. Weyble, a professor at Cornell Law ...

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It is one thing to do the time for a crime committed, but collateral consequences that have been accumulating in state and federal codes the last several years are making it difficult, if not impossible, for those convicted of crimes ...

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Mark N. Kirsch, 54, president and business manager of Operating Engineers Local 17, based in Hamburg, has been convicted of conspiracy to commit racketeering, conspiracy to commit extortion and attempted extortion. The guilty verdict followed a nine-week trial in Buffalo. ...

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NEW YORK — A former SAC Capital Advisors portfolio manager was convicted Thursday of helping his company earn more than a quarter billion dollars illegally through trades based on secrets about the testing of a potential breakthrough Alzheimer’s drug. The ...

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Late Friday, a Monroe County jury found Robert Mastowski, 52, guilty of first-degree vehicular manslaughter for his role in the death of 25-year-old Louis Alayon. Mastowki, who was also convicted of two counts of driving while intoxicated, had three prior ...

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Timothy Toohey,  66, of Lewiston, was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Court Judge Richard J. Arcara to 33 months in prison for conviction of receiving money stolen from an Indian tribal organization and filing a false tax return. Toohey, a ...

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Daryl Vonneida, 63, of Dix, Schuyler County, was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Court Judge Charles J. Siragusa to life in prison for conviction by a jury of 14 counts related to the sexual exploitation of children. Vonneida, according to ...

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