A Rochester teenager is being placed in residential care for a term that will go beyond her 18th birthday. Even though an extension of a Person in Need of Supervision (PINS) placement cannot exceed someone’s 18th birthday without their consent, ...

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A 15-year-old boy pleaded not guilty Tuesday to killing his father and two brothers by setting fire to the family’s Webster home. Michael Pilato remained held without bail following his arraignment in Monroe County Court on six counts of second-degree ...

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WEBSTER — A classmate says a troubled 15-year-old boy charged with setting his home ablaze with gasoline had a tumultuous relationship with his adoptive father, who was killed along with two other sons. A public defender was appointed Thursday to ...

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AUBURN — A central New York teenager faces prison time after admitting he threw flaming marshmallows at his neighbor’s house. The Auburn Citizen reports  that 18-year-old John Munger pleaded guilty Thursday in Cayuga County Court to fourth-degree felony arson. He ...

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MADISON, Wis. — A boy who was 14 when he helped throw another boy off a parking ramp to his death was properly sentenced to life in prison without parole, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Friday.

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ROYALTON — Authorities say a 15-year-old boy has been charged with shooting his twin brother in the hip during a dispute inside their western New York home.

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LOCKPORT — A judge will hear arguments next week in the case of a teen who wants to withdraw his plea in the bludgeoning death of a western New York group home worker.

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DANSVILLE — Authorities say a 15-year-old boy faces charges after he pulled out a hunting knife in a classroom at a western New York high school. Livingston County Sheriff John York ...

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