WYOMING COUNTY/COVID-19 Update/28 new positive cases reported/next free testing event is January 13th
Year: 2021
GENESEE ORLEANS/Health Dept./COVID-19 Update/Two deaths and 116 new positive cases reported/Health Alert at a local restaurant
Data Update – Today’s data includes the data from Friday and the weekend. o Genesee County received 91 new positive cases of COVID-19 for a total of 2706 positive cases. § The new positive cases reside in the: · West Region (Alabama, Darien, Pembroke) · Central Region (Alexander, Batavia, Bethany, …
BATAVIA POLICE REPORT/State street man charged with unlawfully selling fireworks and possessing a metal knuckle knife
Micheal S. Lytle, 31, of State St., Batavia, is charged with criminal possession of a weapon 3rd, previous conviction, and unlawfully selling fireworks with a value of $500 or more, after an investigation by the Genesee County Probation Department and Batavia Police on December 21, 2020. Lytle was allegedly in …
GENESEE COUNTY/Corfu man charged with vehicular assault in September 2020 accident in Elba
Derek F. McQueen, 33, of Phelps Rd., Corfu, is charged with vehicular assault 2nd, DWAI/Combined influence of drugs, aggravated unlicensed operation 3rd, following too closely and unlicensed operator, after a two vehicle accident on Batavia Elba Townline road in Elba on September 15, 2020 at 1:04p.m. Following an investigation of …
WYOMING COUNTY SHERIFF’S REPORT/Pavilion woman charged after two vehicle accident in Covington
On December 20, 2020, at about 3:27p.m., the Wyoming County Sheriff’s Office 911 Center received the report of a two car head-on motor vehicle accident with injury on Old State Road near Silver Lake Road, in the Town of Covington. It was also reported that one of the drivers was …
WYOMING COUNTY/Home a total loss after Saturday evening fire in Bennington
Eight fire companies from two counties responded to a house fire late Saturday night in the Town of Bennington. Cowlesville, Bennington, Harris Corners, Sheldon, Alden, Marilla, Wales Center and Crittenden fire companies responded to 217 Dersam road about 11:30p.m. to a fully involved house fire. The home is a total …
GENESEE COUNTY/Pavilion woman charged after Alabama accident
Katherin A. Obrien, 27, of Roanoke Rd., Pavilion, is charged with felony DWI, previous conviction, felony aggravated DWI, driving with a BAC of .18% or more, prior conviction in the last 10 years, and moving from a lane unsafely, following a one vehicle accident on Maple road in Alabama on …
GENESEE COUNTY SHERIFF’S REPORT/Batavia man charged after domestic incident
William R. Kapelke, 38, of W. Main St. Rd., Batavia, is charged with criminal obstruction of breathing and endangering the welfare of a child after an investigation into a domestic incident in the Town of Batavia on December 31, 2020. Kapelke allegedly choked his wife during a verbal and physical …
NYS POLICE/Warsaw/Rochester man arrested for Aggravated DWI
On December 28, 2020, at 8:40 p.m., Troopers out of SP Warsaw arrested Zachary A. Hasenauer, 26, of Rochester, NY, for DWI and aggravated DWI. Troopers received a complaint of a suspicious male in a vehicle on Old State road in the Town of Sheldon, and Hasenauer was placed under …
GENESEE COUNTY/Family and friends hold a car parade in memory of a community member who was a friend to all
On Saturday afternoon, about 200 friends, family and community members held a Memorial Parade in Tim Backes’ honor, some “Tim Time” to remember all that he gave to those he crossed paths with. Backes suffered a heart attack on December 16, 2020. Backes had just turned 39 in November, and …