BATAVIA/Police looking for assistance in identifying shoplifting suspect

Press release On Sunday, September 30, 2018, at about 4:00P.M., a shop lifting took place at Tops Supermarket at 390 West Main street. The suspect attempted to steal 12 cases of Tide Pods. The suspect was confronted by staff, and then fled the scene on foot. It was believed the …

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ORLEANS COUNTY/Holley high school trap shooter learns to adapt using wheelchair in the fall competition

(Senior Alexis Clemons and her mentor Ted Mager/Holley Rod and Gun Club Director) Junior trap shooter Alexis Clemons will spend the first half of her season shooting from her wheelchair. With the help of her coaches and mentor Ted Mager, Clemons has been adapting to it. “All we do is …

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BATAVIA/Police find 6 year old who had wandered away from Jackson school

Police received a call regarding a child seen near the intersection of Ellicott and Main Streets at approximately 10:45a.m. on September 27, 2018 Officers responded and located a 6 year old child that had wandered from the Jackson Primary School. Officers transported the child back to the school and met …

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WYOMING COUNTY/Former NYDOCCS employee sentenced after sexual contact with a male inmate

On Monday, September 24, 2018, the Honorable Julie Perry of Attica Town Court sentenced former New York Division of Community and Correctional Services (NYDOCCS) employee Joann Thompson, 53, of Wyoming, to one year of interim probation for her conviction on a official misconduct  charge, a class A misdemeanor. Thompson was …

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GENESEE COUNTY/Bergen/Sheriff’s Office investigating a burglary/larceny at a shooting range/retail gun store, 14 firearms were stolen

The Genesee County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a burglary/grand larceny that occurred at the Firing Pin shooting range and retail shop at 8240 Buffalo road in Bergen that occurred sometime on September 26, 2018 just before 11:00p.m. According to investigators, the building was forcibly entered at 10:58p.m. and 14 firearms …

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ORLEANS COUNTY/Clarendon/Three arrested after a violent confrontation with Sheriff’s deputies

On Thursday, September 27, 2018, The Orleans County Sheriff’s Office charged three Town of Clarendon residents following a violent confrontation with Sheriff’s Deputies. Orleans County Undersheriff Christopher M. Bourke reports that at about 2:15 p.m., deputies were called to 4179 Bennett’s Corners road for a reported family dispute in progress. …

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