GENESEE COUNTY/Bus driver pleads guilty to five counts of criminally negligent homicide in Pembroke bus accident

Bin Shao, 56, of Flushing/Queens, NY, accepted a plea deal in Genesee County Court on Monday afternoon, and pleaded guilty to five counts of criminally negligent homicide, a class E felony, before Judge Melissa Cianfrini. Originally, Shao also faced five counts of Manslaughter 2nd degree, a class C felony. Those …

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ORLEANS COUNTY/Ierlan pleads guilty to grand larceny in Clarendon Historical Society theft of funds

Melissa Ierlan walking into Orleans County Court on Friday surrounded by family and friends Melissa Ierlan, 59, appeared before Orleans County Court Judge Sanford Church on Friday morning and accepted a plea deal in the case of stolen funds at the Clarendon Historical Society over a period of five years. …

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