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  • 3 1/2-Year-Old Boy Vanishes In Oswego

    07/08/2008 5:48:30 AM PDT · by Esther Ruth · 12 replies · 24+ views
    cbs2chicago ^ | July 8, 2008
    Jul 8, 2008 6:39 am 3 1/2-Year-Old Boy Vanishes In Oswego Police, Volunteers Comb Area For Ryan Flake OSWEGO, Ill. (CBS) ― Police Tuesday morning were searching for a 3 1/2-year-old boy who has vanished from his home in Oswego. Ryan Flake was last seen Monday evening at his home in the 0-99 block of Eagle View Lane in Oswego around 8:30 p.m. His entire family was home when he wandered off, and his family called his name, but he did not respond, his aunt, Sarah Flake of South Pasadena, Calif., related in an e-mail. "They went to neighbors' houses...
  • Vaughn in protective custody [IL man killed wife and 3 kids]

    07/12/2007 9:13:09 PM PDT · by ROP_RIP · 4 replies · 708+ views
    ABC7Chicago ^ | July 12, 2007 | ABC7
    The Oswego man accused of killing his wife and three children is now in protective custody at the Will County jail. Christopher Vaughn was placed in the jail's medical unit after he was extradited from Missouri. His wife and three children were found shot to death in their s-u-v in Channahon in June. He was later charged with their murders. Because of the nature of the charges, Vaughn was placed in protective custody where he would have a private cell and have limited contact with other inmates.
  • FBI Arrests Oswego Mayor on sex charge

    09/17/2005 9:28:41 AM PDT · by L`enn · 37 replies · 1,608+ views
    Syracuse Post Standard ^ | 9/17/05 | Frank Brieaddy and Catie O'Toole
    FBI Arrests Oswego Mayor on sex charge Gosek jailed. Hearing scheduled in Syracuse federal court this afternoon. Oswego Mayor John Gosek was arrested Friday evening by the FBI and state police and accused of the federal offense of using a telephone to "persuade, induce, entice and coerce an individual under the age of 18 years to engage in sexual activity," according to a news release from the U.S. attorney of the Northern District of New York.
  • Upstate charity tied to illegal Iraqi cash: Feds say N.Y. group laundered millions

    04/06/2003 6:43:35 AM PDT · by sarcasm · 10 replies · 413+ views
    New York Daily News ^ | April 6, 2003 | DOUGLAS FEIDEN
    Even as war rages in Iraq, federal agents have begun to unlock the secrets of an unlicensed, unregistered Islamic charity in upstate New York that allegedly pumped millions of dollars into Baghdad. Flouting U.S. economic sanctions, the group shipped cash out of Syracuse, laundered it in banks in Jordan and then illegally funneled it into Iraq, according to an unsealed federal indictment. Operating under the name Help the Needy, the organization described itself as a tax-exempt nonprofit that provided food and humanitarian assistance to the "starving children and suffering Muslims of Iraq." But it lacked charitable status, misrepresented itself in...
  • HILDEBEAST AND SCHUMER AT DEM-FEST IN OWSEGO NY TODAY

    07/26/2002 7:34:52 AM PDT · by Behind Liberal Lines · 19 replies · 211+ views
    (Oswego-AP) -- It's going to be a big day for Democrats in Oswego today. U-S senators Charles Schumer and Hillary Clinton will be attending the annual Harborfest and the Upstate Dem-Fest. State Comptroller H-Carl McCall, who's seeking the Democratic nomination for governor, will also be on hand for both events.