theft

It appears an upstate New York man was not hungry when police say he stole a Little Debbie delivery truck.

A former prominent neurological researcher at Yale and New York universities avoided prison time Wednesday for stealing research funds, but a judge said he must play piano for indigent elderly people in Connecticut to make amends.

Authorities say a former New York state Department of Transportation employee overseeing a $10 million road project has been charged with stealing thousands of dollars in federal funds.

Authorities say two men who worked as postal contractors in upstate New York have been arrested for stealing mail.

Federal authorities say they have recovered a pair of sequined ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in "The Wizard of Oz" that were stolen from a museum in her northern Minnesota hometown 13 years ago.

Authorities say more than 240 bikes have been stolen or have gone missing from a bike-sharing program in Rochester.

Three men are in custody after a series of train burglaries in western New York.

New York law enforcers are looking for a tree thief.

Police are looking for the person or people involved in the theft of an 18-ton piece of construction equipment.

An 11-year-old boy accused of stealing a 68-year-old man's bicycle has been arrested in central New York.