ORLEANS COUNTY/Officer attacked at Orleans Correctional Facility, suffers fractures to the face along with lacerations

For Immediate ReleaseAlbion, NY – An inmate, serving a 25 year to life sentence for murder, viciously attacked anofficer inside of one of the housing dorms at the medium security correctional facility lastweekend.The brutal assault occurred on Saturday, March 25 at 8:30 a.m. An officer was making routine rounds in …

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GENESEE COUNTY/First County-Wide Farmland Protection Workshop planned

Press release Genesee County, in collaboration with Genesee Valley Conservancy, Western New York Land Conservancy, and Genesee Land Trust, have announced that the Agricultural & Farmland Protection Board will be accepting pre-applications from landowners interested in being considered for New York State Department of Agriculture & Markets Farmland Protection program …

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GENESEE COUNTY/Defendant in Alexander double murder will face 50 years in prison after attempting to withdraw his earlier plea

Raul Cruz, 19, received an indeterminate sentence of 25 years to life on each count of murder 1st degree in the deaths of Marcelino Gomez Hernandez and Elibander Morales in Genesee County Court on Tuesday. Cruz will serve two consecutive terms of 25 years to life in prison. Hernandez and …

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GENESEE COUNTY/Community Solar Project to be considered at GCEDC Board Meeting

Solar project would offer discounted electricity to local customers Press release BATAVIA, NY – The Genesee County Economic Development Center (GCEDC) board of directors will consider an initial resolution for GSPP Route 262, LLC’s 5 MW community solar project at its board meeting on Thursday, March 30, 2023. The project’s …

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NYS/Brooklyn man pleads guilty and is sentenced for hacking into the online accounts of Wegmans customers

Press release ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Maurice Sheftall, 24, of Brooklyn, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa to fraud and related activity in connection with computers. Judge Siragusa then sentenced Sheftall to serve three years’ probation and pay restitution totaling $41,441. …

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