New Hartford Man Charged After Teen Sexual Contact Complaint

A town of New Hartford man is charged with third-degree rape following an investigation by the Oneida County Child Advocacy Center.

Officials say that investigation began last Friday following a complaint regarding an adult having sexual contact with a underage girl. Officials have now arrested 49-year-old Joseph Steele. Investigators say the complaint involved a 16-year-old victim and what was reported as sexual contact.

The victim has been offered counseling services through the advocacy center and an order of protect was issued on her behalf.

Steele has been arraigned on the charges is being held $15,000 cash bail or $30,000 bond, police said.

[AUTHOR'S NOTE: This post is for informational purposes. The information provided within was provided publicly by law enforcement. Any charges or accusations of wrongdoing mentioned in the article are only allegations and the reader is reminded that all persons are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.]

50 Restaurants That Aren't In Utica New York Anymore That You Loved

Which restaurants in the Utica, Rome, and Syracuse area do you miss the most? Whether they have been closed for a short time, or decades, which ones do you love? A group on Facebook will be the ones to thank for the following memories. The Facebook group "I remember when... Utica, NY" recently had a post with the text: Name a restaurant that's not in Utica anymore that you liked.

Here's the top 50:

Are You Strong Enough to Pass the New York State Police Physical Exam?

The Trooper Physical Ability Test consists of three subtests. Here's what we found online:

Top 10 Baby Names Of 2023 For New York

Each year, the Social Security Administration publishes the totals for the first names from all Social Security card applications for births that occurred in the US since 1880. The publication is the most complete record of first name usage in the United States. Because Social Security can take quite a while to compile data on the most popular baby names for each year, Names.org has used data on the actual births in recent years to predict the most popular baby names of 2023.

Here's a look at what they have for the Top 10 boys, or girls names. Granted, you can have gender neutral names too. This is predicting their data: