{"id":67791,"date":"2025-09-04T16:04:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T20:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=67791"},"modified":"2025-09-04T16:04:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T20:04:14","slug":"genesee-county-sheriffs-report-september-4-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2025\/09\/04\/genesee-county-sheriffs-report-september-4-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"GENESEE COUNTY SHERIFF&#8217;S REPORT\/September 4, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elmer O. Zayas-Diaz, 26, of Main St. Rd., Batavia, NY, is charged with two counts of promoting prison contraband 1st degree, after an incident at the Genesee County Jail on September 1st, 2025 at 3:10p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is alleged that while Zayas-Diaz was being escorted to the holding area of the jail, an improvised cutting device was located on his person. An additional search of Zayas-Diaz&#8217;s housing unit yielded additional contraband. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zayas-Diaz appeared in CAP court later in the evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">_____________________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Daniel R. Dominguez, 32, was arrested on August 25, 2025, at 4300 Veteran&#8217;s Memorial Drive in the Town of Batavia after a traffic stop. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dominguez was wanted out of the Polk County Sheriff&#8217;s Office as a fugitive from another state and was arrested on a full extraditable warrant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was arraigned in CAP Court on August 26, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">______________________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tonya L. Barone, 52, of Batavia, NY, is charged with grand larceny 4th degree, after a larceny at 4133 Veteran&#8217;s Memorial Drive, Walmart, on August 27, 2025 at 6:54p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Barone allegedly stole merchandise from Walmart in the Town of Batavia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Barone was transported to the Genesee County Jail for processing and was released on an appearance ticket and will appear in Town of Batavia Court on September 23, 2025 at 3:00p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">______________________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Laurette M. Evringham, 38, of Bergen, NY, is charged with welfare fraud 4th degree and offering a false instrument 1st degree, after a fraud complaint in the Town of Batavia on October 29, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Evringham  was processed at the Genesee County Jail and arraigned in the Town of Batavia Court on August 26th, 2025 and then released under the supervision of Genesee Justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">________________________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kenneth D. Torrence, 41, of Byron, NY, is charged with assault 3rd degree, unlawful imprisonment 2nd degree, and endangering the welfare of a child, following a domestic incident in Byron on August 19, 2025, at 4:45p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Torrence was transported to the Genesee County Jail for processing and held for a CAP Court arraignment on August 19, 2025 at 7:00p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">_________________________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dustin A. Goetze, 37, of Batavia, NY, is charged with aggravated unlicensed operation 1st degree, criminal possession of a controlled substance 7th degree, displaying a forged certificate without inspection, unauthorized removal registration tag\/sticker from vehicle and improper plates on Shady Lane in the Town of Batavia on September 2, 2025, at 6:30p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Goetze was allegedly operating a motor vehicle with swapped plates, a swapped registration sticker and a swapped inspection certificate. Goetze license was also suspended 49 times on 13 separate dates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was transported to the Genesee County Jail and issued an appearance ticket and several uniform traffic tickets and released. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Goetze is due to appear in Town of Batavia Court on September 23, 2025 at 3:00p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">___________________________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tricia M. Blatt, 38, of Byron, NY, is charged with felony DWI, using a leased\/rented vehicle without an interlock device, aggravated unlicensed operation 3rd degree and unlicensed operator on August 24, 2025, at 7:09p.m. on Walker&#8217;s Corners Road in Byron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blatt was allegedly operating a motor vehicle borrowed from a friend and was allegedly in an intoxicated state. Blatt was held at the Genesee County Jail and arraigned in CAP Court on August 25, 2025 at 9:00a.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elmer O. Zayas-Diaz, 26, of Main St. Rd., Batavia, NY, is charged with two counts of promoting prison contraband 1st degree, after an incident at the Genesee County Jail on September 1st, 2025 at 3:10p.m. It is alleged that while Zayas-Diaz was being escorted to the holding area of the \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2025\/09\/04\/genesee-county-sheriffs-report-september-4-2025\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":430,"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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-hDp","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9039,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2019\/05\/09\/genesee-county-sheriffs-report-batavia-man-accused-of-smuggling-contraband-into-the-jail\/","url_meta":{"origin":67791,"position":0},"title":"GENESEE COUNTY SHERIFF&#8217;S REPORT\/Batavia man accused of smuggling contraband into the jail","author":"aka","date":"May 9, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Christian A. 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