BATAVIA/Police looking for public’s help in a car vs. bicycle accident
Press release The Batavia Police Department is looking for anyone with information about a reported car / bicycle accident which occurred at East Main Street and Vine Street between approximately 8:00 AM and 8:30 AM today. The bicyclist was struck by a pick-up truck at that intersection. The bicyclist is …
Batavia/ SafeCam security camera registration program offered
Press release The Batavia Police Department would like to remind citizens of its Batavia SafeCam Registration Program. The program allows citizens / businesses to register their camera systems with the police department to aid in crime prevention strategies and investigations which may occur in the proximity of their cameras. The …
BATAVIA/Police warn of scam with subjects pretending to be government agents
Press release The Batavia Police Department has been made aware of a scam in which suspects will contact immigrants claiming to be government agents. The suspects will inform the individuals that their accounts have been flagged for sending money to terrorist organizations and demand that the individuals send them gift …
BATAVIA/ City to move forward with assessing the draft of the Deer Management Plan
Press release The City of Batavia Interim City Manager and Police Chief will move forward to assess the draft City of Batavia Deer Management Plan and will make recommendations to the City Council in the near future regarding how the City could move forward to evaluate and reduce the deer …
BATAVIA/Three arrested after narcotics investigation
On August 12, 2020, The Batavia Emergency Response Team executed a search warrant at 22 Hutchins Place in Batavia, stemming from a narcotics investigation conducted by the Genesee County Local Drug Task Force. As a result of the investigation, three people have been charged. Donald Brown, 46, of Liberty Pole …
ORLEANS COUNTY/Albion/National Night Out cancelled
Press release It is with deep regret that we must announce that the 2020 National Night Out event is being cancelled due to Covid-19 concerns. The event was postponed from its original date of August 4, 2020 to October 6, 2020 with the hopes that the risks associated with Covid-19 …
WYOMING COUNTY SHERIFF’S REPORT/Pavilion man charged after cannabis found growing behind his residence
Brian L. Dutton, 62, of Pavilion, was arrested following a joint investigation between the United States Border Patrol and the Wyoming County Sheriff’s Office. A United States Border Patrol Helicopter Pilot located cannabis plants growing inside a metal enclosure behind Dutton’s residence on August 7, 2020, and the pilot then …
BATAVIA/Public’s assistance needed in fire investigation
STATE POLICE/Wyoming County/Man arrested for sex crimes
PRESS RELEASE On August 8, 2020 the Bureau of Criminal investigation out of SP Warsaw arrested Lonnie G. Day, 74, of Nunda, NY, for Predatory Sexual Assault against a Child (A Felony), Rape 1st degree (B Felony), Criminal Sex Act 1st degree (B Felony), Course of Sexual Conduct Against a Child 2nd degree …