{"id":78180,"date":"2026-08-06T16:28:56","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T20:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=78180"},"modified":"2026-08-06T16:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T20:30:09","slug":"genesee-county-sheriffs-office-reports-oakfield-incident-did-not-occur-as-it-was-reported","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2026\/08\/06\/genesee-county-sheriffs-office-reports-oakfield-incident-did-not-occur-as-it-was-reported\/","title":{"rendered":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Sheriff&#8217;s Office reports Oakfield incident did not occur as it was reported"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Press release<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">August 6, 2026<br>On August 4, 2026, the Genesee County Sheriff&#8217;s Office issued a news release regarding a reported attempted robbery that occurred in the area of South Main Street in Oakfield. Our investigation has determined that the incident did not occur as it was reported. There is no evidence at this time that any altercation occurred. An investigation into the reporting of this incident is ongoing and charges may be pending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Previously:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2026\/08\/04\/genesee-county-oakfield-sheriffs-office-issues-a-public-safety-alert-after-attempted-robbery\/\">GENESEE COUNTY\/Oakfield\/Sheriff\u2019s Office issues a Public Safety Alert after attempted robbery \u2013 Video News Service<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press release August 6, 2026On August 4, 2026, the Genesee County Sheriff&#8217;s Office issued a news release regarding a reported attempted robbery that occurred in the area of South Main Street in Oakfield. Our investigation has determined that the incident did not occur as it was reported. There is no \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2026\/08\/06\/genesee-county-sheriffs-office-reports-oakfield-incident-did-not-occur-as-it-was-reported\/\">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":[23],"tags":[1571],"class_list":["post-78180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-genesee-county","tag-genesee-county-sheriffs-department"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-kkY","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":78107,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2026\/08\/04\/genesee-county-oakfield-sheriffs-office-issues-a-public-safety-alert-after-attempted-robbery\/","url_meta":{"origin":78180,"position":0},"title":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Oakfield\/Sheriff&#8217;s Office issues a Public Safety Alert after attempted robbery","author":"aka","date":"August 4, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Press release The Genesee County Sheriff's Office is requesting the public's assistance in investigating an attempted robbery\/pursesnatching that occurred during the early morning hours of August 2, 2026, in the Village of Oakfield. 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