On February 15, 2017, the Village of LeRoy Police Department arrested 48 year old Joseph A. Hogan of 78 Lake Street, LeRoy, charging him with one count of criminal possession of stolen property 3rd, a class D felony.
An investigation started on February 2nd, 2017, when the LeRoy Police received a call about an abandoned vehicle on Genesee Street in the Village.
It was discovered that the vehicle, a 2005 Ford F-250 pickup truck, valued at more than $3,000, was reported stolen the previous Saturday from the town of Sweden in Monroe County.
During the investigation, it is alleged that Hogan unlawfully possessed the stolen vehicle as he was driving it in the Village. He then allegedly left the vehicle at the Genesee Street location.
Hogan was arraigned in the Town of LeRoy Court and remanded to Genesee County Jail without bail pending a future court appearance.