LOCKED UP

More violent felons in Cayuga County are being put behind bars.

Cayuga County District Attorney Jim Vargason says it's because he's had the money to fully prosecute offenders.

In 2003, 71.6 percent of those convicted of a violent felony in Cayuga County were incarcerated, a jump of 12 percentage points from 2002. Of those convictions, 54.3 percent were convicted as felonies, rather being reduced to misdemeanors or lesser offenses.