UTICA, N.Y. — A registered sex offender from Auburn admitted today that he distributed child pornography, but plans to go to trial on charges of trying to coerce what he thought was a 12-year-old boy into sex. Michael J. Mahannah, 32, pleaded guilty to 18 counts of receiving, possessing and…
This day in black history: George B. Vashon becomes 1st Black admitted to NY State Bar
As a scholar, poet and abolitionist, George B. Vashon broke barriers in the 1800s. He was the first African American to graduate from Oberlin College in Ohio. In 1847, Vashon became the first black attorney in the state of New York when he passed the New York State Bar. In…