GENESEE COUNTY SHERIFF’S REPORT/Albion man jailed after incident in Alexander

Colby L. Ellis, 31, of Albion, is charged with burglary 2nd, petit larceny and criminal contempt 1st after an incident in Alexander on July 8, 2020 at 3:03a.m. Ellis allegedly violated a full stay away order of protection issued out of Batavia City Court. Ellis was held on $10,000 cash …

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ORLEANS COUNTY/Sheriff’s Department/Monthly Report-June 2020

Press release In the month of June, the Orleans County Sheriff’s Department 911 Dispatch Center processed 2124 police incidents, including 793 events for Sheriff’s Road Patrol, 200 for the New York State Police and 1141 calls for the Village police agencies of Lyndonville, Medina, Albion, and Holley.   There were …

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GENESEE ORLEANS/Health Dept./COVID-19 Update/Limited visitation to nursing homes now allowed/Three new positive cases reported

New Cases – As of 2:00 p.m. o Genesee County received 2 new positive cases of COVID-19 for a total of 233 positive cases The positive individuals reside in Batavia. One of the positive individuals is in their 20’s and one of the positiveindividuals is in their 60’s. One of …

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GENESEE ORLEANS/Health Dept./COVID-19 Update/15 people in precautionary quarantine due to travel from restricted states

New Cases – As of 2:00 p.m. o Genesee County received 2 new positive cases of COVID-19 for a total of 230 positive cases The positive individuals reside in Batavia and Darien. One of the positive individuals is in their 40’s and one is in their 60’s. The positive individuals …

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GENESEE ORLEANS/Health Dept./COVID-19 Update/No new positive cases in Genesee or Orleans

New Cases – As of 2:00 p.m. o Genesee County received 0 new positive cases of COVID-19 maintaining a total of 228 positive cases § 1 of the previous community positive cases has recovered and has been released from mandatory isolation. § No individuals are hospitalized. o Orleans County received …

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WNY/State Police make more than a dozen arrests and seize thousands of dollars in illegal fireworks over the holiday weekend

PRESS RELEASE  Due to the number of complaints from the public, over the July 4th holiday weekend, State Police targeted people bringing illegal fireworks purchased in Pennsylvania into New York State. State Troopers were highly visible along state highways and in the communities we patrol, aggressively enforcing New York’s fireworks laws. Illegal …

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GENESEE ORLEANS/Health Dept./COVID-19 Update/Three new positive cases reported in Genesee, none in Orleans

New Cases – This includes cases since after 2:00 p.m. Thursday, July 2, 2020 As of 2:00 p.m. o Genesee County received 3 new positive case of COVID-19 for a total of 228 positive cases. § The positive individuals reside in Batavia, Bethany, and Oakfield. § One of the positive …

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