By Tim Bojarski for Batavia Downs (Photos courtesy of Wendy J. Lowery) Batavia, NY — Wednesday (Nov. 30) was ladies night at Batavia Downs with a top-heavy program of fillies and mares races who competed on a cold and blustery night. The featured $14,000 Open I Distaff Handicap was won …
(Provided Photos-after restoration–) Press release The Batavia Career and Technical Education (CTE) Center Auto Body program for the last three months has been restoring two Bells that used to hang at the Batavia Middle school. The bells will be presented at the Centennial Ceremony at Batavia Middle School. The Auto …
On November 26, 2022, SP Batavia Troopers arrested Allyson P. Lawrence, 28, of Batavia, NY on a warrant for failing to appear in the Town of Batavia Court in July of 2022. Lawrence was charged with bail jumping 3rd degree. She was released on an appearance ticket returnable to the Town …
Giuseppe G. Fiannaca, 33, of Batavia, NY, is charged with grand larceny 3rd degree, after a reported larceny at 4181 Veteran’s Memorial Drive in Batavia. From August 1, 2022 through October 12, 2022, Fiannaca allegedly sole over $3,000 in merchandise from a retail store. Fiannaca was arraigned in the town …
A Genesee County Grand Jury has indicted Tyshon L. Taylor, 25, accusing him of the crime of attempted murder second degree, a class B violent felony, after allegedly stabbing the victim in the abdomen when encountering the victim walking down Jackson street on October 18, 2022 about 9:30p.m. In count …
Press release On Wednesday, November 30, 2022, Barrington Harvey, a 38-year-old Attica Correctional Facility inmate, pleaded guilty before the Honorable Michael M. Mohun to an Indictment charging him with assault second degree, a class “D” violent felony, and forcible touching, a class “A” misdemeanor. Harvey faces up to 7 years …
Press release Nearly 20 PESH Citations Spanning Two Central New York Correctional Facilities Issued NYS Department of Corrections and Community Supervision Directed to Enhance Safety Precautions in Facility Package Rooms Findings Support State-Implemented Secure Vendor and Mail Photocopying Programs to Decrease Staff Exposure to Dangerous Drugs Albany, NY – The New …
On November 23, 2022, Summer R. Sewar, 29, of Oakfield, NY, was charged with DWAI/drugs after deputies responded to a check the welfare on Judge road in Alabama on August 24, 2022. Following an investigation, deputies say Sewar was allegedly operating her motor vehicle while allegedly impaired by drugs. She …
On November 22, 2022, deputies checked on a suspicious vehicle that was reportedly parked on Tooley Road, flashing its headlights on and off. After further investigation, the operator of the vehicle, Michael C. Schulz, 40, of Attica, NY was charged with aggravated unlicensed operation in the third degree. SCHULZ allegedly …
Press release Fentanyl is now the leading cause of death for Americans 18 to 45 years old. It is beingmixed illegally with drugs like counterfeit painkillers, heroin, cocaine, andmethamphetamine. Fentanyl is 50 times more potent than heroin and 100 times more potent than morphine, so the lethal dose is much …