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Four University of Rochester students have been arrested and facing felony charges for plastering antisemitic posters all over the school’s campus reports say there’s a fifth suspect that’s being investigated. Four U of R students charged in antisemitic poster case; fifth suspect being investigated
Isaiah Weathers, a 34-year-old recently paroled for prior carjacking and robbery convictions, was arrested following an assault in the Rochester General Hospital parking lot. Weathers is accused of attacking a woman, choking her for several minutes, and stealing her car. Police responded to the scene around 9:30 a.m. and later spotted the stolen vehicle, leading […]
Several suspects are in custody after a string of burglaries happened in Rochester overnight in the Mount Hope area. Police chased a car leaving the scene of a burglary once the car stopped there was a foot chase. See photos: At least four burglaries overnight around Mount Hope Avenue – WHEC.com
Six teenagers were arrested after a “night of chaos” involving stolen vehicles in Pittsford, New York, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office. The events began late Friday night when a deputy spotted a damaged Kia, suspected of being stolen, leaving St. John Fisher University. The driver fled by speeding across lawns. Over the next […]
A Rochester nightclub on Culver Rd was burglaries twice within 48 hours. The club’s surveillance cameras caught the same suspects in both crimes. The thieves got away with Liquor bottles on the first break in by breaking through the door on September 3rd around 1:30am and then 48 hours later the same suspects came back […]
The parents of a 3-month-old baby that was mauled to death by 2 dogs are now being charged with manslaughter. According to reports the couple stayed the night at a home on Bidwell Terrace and left the baby sleeping on the attic floor next to 2 dogs while they left the room to smoke marijuana. […]
Angel Cooper Vause, the 56-year-old girlfriend of Raymond Moody, who was convicted of killing Brittanee Drexel, is set to plead guilty to lying to federal investigators during the investigation. Vause will appear in U.S. District Court in Charleston for a plea hearing, where she could face up to 10 years in prison. She was indicted […]
Linian Song, the former owner of S Wellness Spa in Rochester, New York, has been charged with running a prostitution ring involving her current business, New Elegant Shiatsu in Lockport, as well as her previous establishment. A federal court criminal complaint alleges that both locations advertised sexual services on websites similar to Backpage and have […]
RPD is investigating after 46 vehicles were broken into inside a parking garage. The incident happened at the East End parking garage early Thursday morning. Outside of the East End garage 15 other cars were damaged at Werner Park. Police has no suspects in custody, and this is an ongoing investigation. RPD: Around 45 cars […]
Monroe County is adding 40 new positions and increasing funding for the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office by $7 million. The 40 new positions include 30 new role patrol positions, three lieutenants, and a juvenile investigator position that will address crimes committed by youth. The additions come as there has been an increase in smash and […]