ONONDAGA — A Seneca County Sheriff’s deputy accidentally shot himself while holstering his gun at a central New York juvenile center. The Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office said the incident happened at the Hillbrook Juvenile Detention Center in the town of ...

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A New York man imprisoned for almost 30 years and then held in civil confinement for another eight is being released with strict and intensive supervision. Supreme Court Justice James C. Tormey III, hearing an Oneida County case in Onondaga ...

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An Onondaga County man is headed back to state prison after his overturned murder conviction was re-instated Friday by the Appellate Division, Fourth Department. Cody Backus, 29, of Brewerton, is due to surrender this Friday, said James Maxwell, a chief ...

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An assistant district attorney in Onondaga County is trying to get a misdemeanor charge raised to a felony against an HIV positive Syracuse worker who had unprotected consensual sex with a coworker in 2010, telling the coworker it was safe, ...

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Family Court, Onondaga County Alternative Service Service by Email N.Z. v. A.G. May 10, 2013 Judge Hanuszczak Background: The petitioner mother sought to modify the parties’ 2002 divorce decree from an Ohio county court. The petitioner was seeking sole custody. ...

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Onondaga County’s assigned counsel program has withstood another legal challenge, but will soon be undergoing an audit. The Court of Appeals last week affirmed a lower court’s decision, which found the plan valid, with one exception. Timothy A. Roulan brought ...

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The way Onondaga County handles assigned counsel for indigent defendants is being reviewed by the state Court of Appeals. Syracuse attorney Timothy A. Roulan is suing the county and the Onondaga County Bar Association Assigned Counsel Program Inc., claiming attorneys ...

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A small part of the assigned counsel program in Onondaga County is no longer valid. The Appellate Division, Fourth Department, in a divided decision issued Friday, declared Onondaga County’s assigned counsel plan valid with the exception of part of a ...

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Dozens of tickets were given out by state police last week in Onondaga County during a distracted and aggressive driving enforcement detail on Interstate 81. The Troop D Commercial Enforcement Unit conducted 63 tractor trailer inspections, finding 42 violations.

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SYRACUSE (AP) — Part of the Onondaga Lake shoreline sacred to the Onondaga Indian Nation could be given to the tribe by county lawmakers in the Syracuse area. The Post-Standard of Syracuse reports that the Onondaga County Legislature is scheduled ...

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Salina Town Justice Andrew N. Piraino is appealing a recent Supreme Court decision in Onondaga County that allows the state Commission on Judicial Conduct to proceed with its complaint against him.

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The New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct has the green light to proceed with a complaint against a town of Salina justice in Onondaga County. The commission alleges Justice Andrew N. Piraino failed to follow the law ...

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