{"id":51450,"date":"2024-03-10T17:53:23","date_gmt":"2024-03-10T21:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=51450"},"modified":"2024-03-10T17:53:23","modified_gmt":"2024-03-10T21:53:23","slug":"genesee-county-a-message-from-batavia-downs-after-sunday-mornings-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2024\/03\/10\/genesee-county-a-message-from-batavia-downs-after-sunday-mornings-incident\/","title":{"rendered":"GENESEE COUNTY\/A message from Batavia Downs after Sunday morning&#8217;s incident"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A message from our President and CEO, Henry Wojtaszek:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Batavia Downs Family is extremely saddened by the loss of Sergeant SanFratello and send our very deepest condolences to his family.&nbsp;&nbsp; We rarely have incidents at our facility in large part due to the incredible efforts of people like Sergeant SanFratello.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While words cannot express our sorrow, our thoughts and prayers are with the SanFratello family and his extended first responder family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The safety of our guests and our dedicated staff is our highest priority and we will continue to work with our partners in law enforcement throughout their investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are committed to assisting the SanFratello family and the entire community through this difficult time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A message from our President and CEO, Henry Wojtaszek: The Batavia Downs Family is extremely saddened by the loss of Sergeant SanFratello and send our very deepest condolences to his family.&nbsp;&nbsp; We rarely have incidents at our facility in large part due to the incredible efforts of people like Sergeant \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2024\/03\/10\/genesee-county-a-message-from-batavia-downs-after-sunday-mornings-incident\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"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":[23],"tags":[376,4202],"class_list":["post-51450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-genesee-county","tag-batavia-downs","tag-sergeant-sanfratello"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-dnQ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":51416,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2024\/03\/10\/genesee-county-deputy-dies-in-the-line-of-duty-during-a-physical-altercation-at-batavia-downs\/","url_meta":{"origin":51450,"position":0},"title":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Deputy dies in the line of duty during a physical altercation at Batavia Downs","author":"aka","date":"March 10, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Press release The Genesee County Sheriff\u2019s Office has transferred the investigation into a line-of-duty death incident\u00a0that occurred at\u00a0Batavia Downs on March 10, 2024, at approximately 12:45 am (prior to DST) to the City of Batavia Police Department. This incident resulted in the death of\u00a0Genesee County Sheriff\u2019s Sergeant Thomas A. 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Sanfratello","author":"aka","date":"March 10, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Press release The City of Batavia Police Department announces\u00a0arrests following an investigation into the line-of-duty death of Genesee County Sheriff's Office Sergeant Thomas Sanfratello that occurred in the early morning hours of March 10, 2024 at the Batavia Downs. Michael J. 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Previously: BATAVIA\/Procession to GCC for Sgt. Sanfratello \u2013 Video News Service GENESEE COUNTY\/New Jersey teen Runs 4 Heroes and Sgt. 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Thomas Sanfratello will be remembered as a loving father, son, brother and Sheriff and will be greatly missed by all that knew him. Previously: BATAVIA\/Arrests made following the Line of Duty death of Sgt. 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