Year: 2018
WYOMING COUNTY/Vigil held for Perry man who was scooped up by ICE on Wednesday
The Rochester Rapid Response Network and the Worker’s Center of CNY helped organize a vigil for Elias Tepexpa at the Detention Center in Batavia on Saturday afternoon. On Wednesday morning, September 26, 2018, Elias’ wife Stefanie was at a doctors appointment when she received a message that ICE agents had …
ORLEANS COUNTY/Holley high school trap shooter learns to adapt using wheelchair in the fall competition
BATAVIA/photos/video/Last halftime, homecoming at Van Detta Stadium
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL/Batavia knocks off Attica in last game at Van Detta Stadium
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 …
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 …
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 …
BATAVIA POLICE REPORT/LeRoy man charged following a disturbance
Jeremy J. Alwardt, 29, of Church St., LeRoy, is charge with criminal trespass 2nd and harassment 2nd following a disturbance on Holland avenue on September 26, 2018. Alwardt allegedly forced entry into a person’s porch and struck that person. Alwardt was arraigned and jailed in lieu of bail and appeared …
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. …