{"id":23884,"date":"2021-03-17T15:04:18","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T19:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=23884"},"modified":"2021-03-17T15:04:18","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T19:04:18","slug":"genesee-county-batavia-downs-donates-found-money-to-the-city-of-batavia-police-k-9-unit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2021\/03\/17\/genesee-county-batavia-downs-donates-found-money-to-the-city-of-batavia-police-k-9-unit\/","title":{"rendered":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Batavia Downs donates found money to the City of Batavia Police K-9 unit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"512\" data-attachment-id=\"23883\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/bd2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/BD2.jpg?fit=1280%2C728&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,728\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"BD2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/BD2.jpg?fit=900%2C512&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/BD2.jpg?resize=900%2C512&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23883\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/BD2.jpg?resize=1024%2C582&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/BD2.jpg?resize=300%2C171&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/BD2.jpg?resize=768%2C437&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/BD2.jpg?resize=150%2C85&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/BD2.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption>Left to right- Det. Matt Wojtaszczyk, Henry Wojtaszek\/CEO Batavia Downs, Chief Shawn Heubusch, Officer Quider, K-9 Batu, and Assistant Police Chief Christopher Camp<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Press release<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Money Will be Used to Help Fund Program<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BATAVIA \u2013On March 17<sup>th<\/sup>, a ceremony was held in the lobby at Batavia Downs Gaming as they donated $1,463.14 to the Batavia Police Department\u2019s K-9 Unit.\u00a0 The money was left at Batavia Downs and was turned into the police.\u00a0 When the money went unclaimed, Batavia Downs decided to donate that money to the Police Department\u2019s K-9 Unit.\u00a0 The\u00a0money will be used to help fund the program, headed up by Officer Quider and K-9 Batu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div 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is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q4b9RXDH8Vs?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><figcaption>Video of check presentation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"23882\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/bd1\/\" 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