Month: February 2020
WYOMING COUNTY/Tractor trailer fails to maintain its lane of travel, strikes car
Deputies responded to Route 19A in the Town of Castile for the report of a tractor trailer vs. passenger car motor vehicle accident on February 18, 2020. Rodney J. Wilcox, 48, of Almond, NY, was operating a 2011 Peterbilt tractor-trailer while traveling south on Route 19A. Wilcox failed to maintain …
GENESEE COUNTY/Shelley Stein, Chair of the Legislature, discusses the new county jail project
Genesee County has been working on constructing a new Genesee County Jail for about three years. Since the last public informational meeting last spring, a lot has been accomplished. Shelley Stein, Chair of the Genesee County Legislature, talks about what has been going on in the planning stages of the …
GENESEE COUNTY/Batavia man who menaced a police officer with a BB gun sentenced
Brandon R. Fogg, 32, of Batavia, pleaded guilty to menacing 1st degree, a class E felony, in Genesee County Court on June 21, 2019. This morning, February 19, 2020, Fogg was sentenced after successfully completing treatment programs in Bradford and at Atwater, he is currently living in supportive housing run …
GENESEE COUNTY SHERIFF’S REPORT/Batavia man charged with menacing
Shaquille L. Davis, 27, of W. Main St. Rd., Batavia, is charged with menacing 3rd and harassment 2nd following a domestic incident at a local motel on West Main street on February 18, 2020. Davis allegedly put the victim in fear of physical injury by placing his hands on the …
GENESEE COUNTY/ “I was drinking and took the situation too far, I was wrong, I surely am sorry”
NYS/Man arrested and charged after threatening to kill Senator Schumer and Congressman Schiff
Press release ROCHESTER, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Salvatore Lippa II, 57, of Greece, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with threating to assault and murder a federal official on account of the performance of their official duties, and interstate communication of …
GENESEE COUNTY/Ice skating added to Challenger Sports for the first time
NYS/Assemblyman Ashby and Hawley call for restoration of critical veterans’ services
Press release Assemblymen Jake Ashby (R,C,I,Ref-Castleton) and Steve Hawley (R,C,I-Batavia), both veterans themselves, alongside their colleagues in the Assembly Minority Conference, today co-hosted a “Voices for Veterans” event at the American Legion Cottreall-Warner Post 942 in Webster, NY, where they called for the immediate restoration of Gov. Cuomo’s planned $5.68 million …
GENESEE COUNTY SHERIFF WILLIAM A. SHERON, JR. ANNOUNCES THAT K9 FRANKIE HAS RECEIVED DONATION OF BODY ARMOR
Press release Genesee County Sheriff William A. Sheron, Jr. is pleased to announce that K9 Frankie has received a bullet and stab protective vest thanks to a charitable donation from non-profit organization Vested Interest in K9s, Inc. and private citizen donors. The vest was embroidered with the sentiment “In memory …