A Batavia man who admitted to taking a 14-year-old Byron girl to Pennsylvania on November 29, 2018, causing an Amber Alert and manhunt, has pleaded guilty to rape 2nd, a class D violent felony, in satisfaction of a 13 count indictment. Guillermo Torres-Acevedo, 23, abducted the teen that morning near …
A Genesee County Grand Jury has indicted Kevin J. Weber, 48, of Batavia. Weber is accused of assault 2nd, a class D violent felony, after allegedly causing serious physical injury to a person on Judge road in Alabama on September 19, 2019. In count 2, Weber is accused of menacing …
A Genesee County Grand Jury has indicted Darius L. Jones, 27, of Attica, and Trevon L. Armstrong, 34, of Batavia, after they were arrested in a traffic stop in October in the City of Batavia. Jones and Armstrong are accused of criminal possession of a weapon 2nd, a class C …
Press release BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Guillermo Torres-Acevedo, 23, of Batavia, NY, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. to enticing a minor to travel to engage in criminal sexual activity. The charge carries a maximum penalty of …
Press release On Dec. 7th, members of the Batavia Police Department, the Genesee County Sheriff’s Office, New York State Police Troop A, and the Village of LeRoy Police Department will be participating in the fifth annual “Shop with a Cop” event at Walmart on Veterans Memorial Drive. Grant money from …
Press release As family and friends are gathering for the holidays, flu activity is increasing. NIVW serves as a reminder it is not too late to get a flu vaccine. Paul Pettit, Public Health Director of Genesee and Orleans Counties wants to remind folks that when you get a flu …
A Genesee County Grand Jury has indicted Donald J. Frisby, 64, and accused him of sexual abuse 1st, a class D violent felony, after allegedly subjecting a female to sexual contact by forcible compulsion on July 14, 2019 in LeRoy. He was released under supervision of the Genesee Justice Program.
Jerrol P. Newell, 50, of E. Main St., Corfu, is charged with three counts of strangulation 2nd, unlawful imprisonment 1st, menacing 2nd/displaying weapon or dangerous instrument, and assault 3rd, after a domestic incident in Corfu on November 29, 2019. Newell was arraigned in Pembroke Town Court and remanded to the …
Law enforcement agencies from Genesee County participated in the 2nd annual “Stuff the Cruiser” event at Target Plaza on Veteran’s Memorial Drive in Batavia today. LeRoy Police Officer Sgt. Greg Kellogg and Christine Gephart, of the Rotary Club of LeRoy, started the event last year in the Village of LeRoy …
Daniel J. Wolfe, 46, of Liberty St., Batavia, is charged with criminal contempt 2nd after allegedly violating an order of protection while housed at the Genesee County Jail. Wolfe allegedly made two phone calls to a protected party in violation of a court order on November 25, 2019. Wolfe was …