GENESEE COUNTY/Batavia teen sentenced in shooting/stabbing on Central avenue

Samuel Blackshear was sentenced to the minimum, 3 1/2 years in state prison and 2 1/2 years post release supervision in Genesee County Court on Friday afternoon. In November, Blackshear pleaded guilty to criminal possession of a weapon 2nd, a class C felony, in satisfaction of a four count indictment …

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GENESEE COUNTY SHERIFF’S REPORT/Batavia woman facing charges after allegedly stealing multiple credit cards

Following an investigation into the theft of multiple credit cards in the Town of Batavia, Amanda M. Bowles, 33, of State St., Batavia, was arrested on March 20, 2019 for allegedly possessing and using stolen credit cards at multiple locations around the City of Batavia. Bowles allegedly completed some of …

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WYOMING COUNTY/Four arrested after allegedly running a Meth Lab in Warsaw

Members of the Wyoming County Drug Task Force arrested four individuals following an investigation into the alleged Manufacturing of Methamphetamine (METH), in the Village of Warsaw. Task Force Members were conducting surveillance in the East Lot in Warsaw Thursday evening, and were able to observe a subject actively cooking Methamphetamine …

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WYOMING COUNTY/Parents form group in hopes of keeping childcare center in Warsaw open

Lifelong Wyoming County resident Andrew Speed is leading a group of parents as they fight to keep the Mudpies and Milestones Childcare Center in Warsaw open. On Wednesday night parents learned that Community Action of Wyoming County is looking to close the childcare center that offers childcare, Universal Pre-K and …

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BATAVIA/Mr. Batavia 2019

Terelle Spinks, representing Volunteers for Animals, is Mr. Batavia 2019.(50% of the evening’s profits) 2nd place- Sam Rigerman, representing Habitat for Humanity. (25% of the profits) 3rd place- Griffin Della Penna, representing the Michael Napoleone Foundation.(25% of the profits) The twelve senior contestants represented a local charity and all of …

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WYOMING COUNTY SHERIFF’S REPORT/Warsaw man charged after accident involving an off road utility vehicle

Bulmaro Perez Perez, 49, of Warsaw,was issued traffic citations following a motor vehicle collision on Buck Road in the Town of Warsaw on March 13, 2019. Perez Perez was operating a side by side off road utility vehicle southbound on Buck Road. A vehicle, which was also traveling southbound and …

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GENESEE COUNTY/EDGE FACTOR LIVE KICKS OFF GENESEE COUNTY PARTNERSHIP WITH BATAVIA HIGH SCHOOL

Press release Today marked the kickoff of Edge Factor’s partnership with Genesee County schools, as founder Jeremy Bout gave an impassioned, interactive presentation to the students of Batavia High School detailing the innovative web video platform. Over a dozen school districts in the Genesee Valley Educational Partnership have signed up …

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