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Each week, syracuse.com reviews key stories from the past week. Here are six highlights from Sept. 21, 2025. Subscribe for the Syracuse.com Exclusives newsletter every Sunday.
**Syracuse brothers build a $275 million real‑estate empire**
Greg and Colin Cleghorn, founders of IronHorn Enterprises, grew from buying $1 homes to owning a multi‑state portfolio worth $275 million. In their 20s they were major residential landlords; now they focus on industrial properties, spurred by e‑commerce’s need for warehouses.
**Deputies expose a large bail‑bond fraud**
In January 2024, deputies Ashley Keeney and David Mazzoni reviewed paper bail‑bond records at the Onondaga County Justice Center after a tip about fraud. Keeney spotted a forged judge’s signature, uncovering a scheme that let people escape jail.
**New York to outlaw anonymous child‑abuse reports**
The state will become the third to ban anonymous child‑abuse reports, aiming to curb false tips. The bill passed the Senate 60‑2 and the Assembly 109‑36, but may face delays before Governor Hochul signs it.
**ICE detains owners of two Syracuse Chinese restaurants**
ICE detained Lixing Chen, owner of two Syracuse Chinese restaurants, after a routine immigration appointment. Chen’s son waited two hours in the ICE building’s parking lot before agents informed him of his father’s detention.
**Woman pleads guilty after two hung juries**
Doris Aleman‑Bonilla, a 30‑year‑old Honduran, will plead guilty to a lesser immigration charge after two hung juries and six months in jail. She was originally charged with illegal re‑entry following a stop by Border Patrol and a sheriff’s deputy.
**SU fraternity calls Rosh Hashanah attack “act of ignorance, intolerance and hatred”**
A Zeta Beta Tau fraternity at Syracuse University was targeted on Rosh Hashanah when a student threw a plastic bag of pork at the house. The fraternity’s president called the incident a religiously motivated attack.
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