A 42-year-old Syracuse man was convicted of distributing, possessing and attempting to receive child pornography. The jury rejected his insanity defense in which he claimed that watching child pornography helped him cope with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Benjamin Jakes-Johnson was found guilty on three counts of child pornography following a jury trial in in Binghamton,…

Three people in Syracuse, New York were sentenced to decades in prison in a child sex abuse case that spanned several years. They were accused of abusing children and documenting the abuse via images and videos. Tammy LaMere, 47, was convicted of sexual exploitation of a minor and conspiracy to sexually exploit. She will serve…

According to his lawyer, a prominent economist and former dean at Syracuse University (SU) who was charged in a prostitution sting in March 2016, entered a guilty plea to a lesser charge, and received a conditional discharge for one year. As was reported in www.syracuse.com, Kenneth A. Kavajecz, age 51, was initially charged with the…