{"id":19895,"date":"2020-10-08T13:59:09","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T17:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=19895"},"modified":"2020-10-08T13:59:09","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T17:59:09","slug":"genesee-county-tomaszewski-facing-additional-charges-in-continuing-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2020\/10\/08\/genesee-county-tomaszewski-facing-additional-charges-in-continuing-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Tomaszewski facing additional charges in continuing investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" data-attachment-id=\"18496\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2020\/07\/23\/genesee-county-funeral-director-charged-in-extensive-investigation-regarding-business-practices\/tomaszewski\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/TOMASZEWSKI.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"TOMASZEWSKI\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/TOMASZEWSKI.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/TOMASZEWSKI.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/TOMASZEWSKI.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/TOMASZEWSKI.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/TOMASZEWSKI.jpg?resize=150%2C113&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Michael S. Tomaszewski, 48, of Edgewood Drive, Batavia, is charged with seven counts of grand larceny 3rd, a class D felony, grand larceny 4th,  a class E felony, three counts of petit larceny and four counts of failing to deposit monies, as a result of the continuing investigation into monies paid to him for prepaid funerals and grave markers which were not used for their intended purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new charges stem from eleven victims who came forward and were identified following Tomaszewski&#8217;s initial arrest on July 23, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was arraigned virtually today by Judge Zambito and released on his own recognizance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The case continues to be investigated by Investigator Chris Parker and the Genesee County Sheriff&#8217;s Office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael S. Tomaszewski, 48, of Edgewood Drive, Batavia, is charged with seven counts of grand larceny 3rd, a class D felony, grand larceny 4th, a class E felony, three counts of petit larceny and four counts of failing to deposit monies, as a result of the continuing investigation into monies \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2020\/10\/08\/genesee-county-tomaszewski-facing-additional-charges-in-continuing-investigation\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18496,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8,23,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-batavia","category-genesee-county","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-5aT","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18484,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2020\/07\/23\/genesee-county-funeral-director-charged-in-extensive-investigation-regarding-business-practices\/","url_meta":{"origin":19895,"position":0},"title":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Funeral director charged in extensive investigation regarding business practices","author":"aka","date":"July 23, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Press release On July 23, 2020, the Genesee County Sheriff's Office arrested Michael S. 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Michael S. 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