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Man accused of raping girl at Sonnenberg Gardens greenhouse in Canandaigua
Canandaigua, N.Y. (WHAM) — Joshua Abril-Alicea, 28, is accused of raping a minor inside the Sonnenberg Gardens greenhouse. In September, New York State Police Trooper Brian Hotchkiss received multiple cybertips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). "That’s kind of where we kick off for the...
Man dead after motor home falls during tire change in Canandaigua
A Yates County man was killed in a roadside accident in Canandaigua on Monday afternoon. According to the Ontario County Sheriff's Office, Jarod G. Brown, 38, of Dundee, Yates County, was on the side of the road on Route 21, near Hickox Road, when he became trapped underneath a motor home around 5 p.m. ...
Body found in Letchworth State Park
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — New York State Police are investigating after a body was found at Letchworth State Park. According to investigators, the body was found in the water Thursday. Police were working to recover it from the water around 3:00 p.m. This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
Pittsford man killed in crash
Pittsford, N.Y. — A man died from his injuries over the weekend following a single-car crash. Deputies responded to Wayside Circle in Pittsford just after 6:30 a.m. Friday and provided aid to the driver until fire and EMS personnel arrived. Investigators determined Gary DiFlorio, 83, was driving south when...
Shon Todd gets 50 years to life for killing woman, burning home
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A 50-year-old man who stabbed a woman to death at her home and then set the building on fire was sentenced to 50 years to life in prison. Shon Todd had been convicted by a jury of second-degree murder and second-degree arson in the death of Lysandra Bagley, 37. Rochester firefighters found her body, charred beyond recognition, when they responded to a house fire on Garson Avenue on May 21, 2023. It was determined that she died of multiple stab wounds before the fire.
1 person dies; car engulfed in flames after crash near Lake Ontario State Parkway in Greece
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — One person died and a car was engulfed in flames in a crash near Lake Ontario State Parkway and Manitou Beach Road in Greece on Thursday. It appears that the driver was going westbound and crossed over, flipped, and the car landed on its nose. The Lake Shore Fire Department was at the scene. New York State Police is investigating the crash.
Family of Dundee man fatally crushed by motor home celebrates a ‘kind individual’
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — The family of a Dundee man who was killed earlier this week when a motor home fell on top of him spoke to News 8 Thursday. Jarod Brown, 38, was changing a tire of a motor home on the side of State Route 21 in Canandaigua Monday evening when the motor home fell off the jack. News 8 spoke to his brother Justin, who says he was just doing his job which he loved.
Rochester man sentenced for deadly drive-by shooting that killed innocent bystander
Rochester, N.Y. — A man was sentenced Tuesday after admitting to the killing of an innocent bystander in the city last year. Teodoro Rivera Jr., 26, of Rochester, is set to serve 18 years to life in prison after pleading guilty to murder and weapon charges back in March.
Police: Two men stab each other during fight on South Avenue
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Rochester Police say two homeless men stabbed each other during a fight on South Avenue. Neither have life-threatening injuries, police said. Police today responded to the state parole office at 350 South Ave. at about 3:40 p.m., as a person had walked up to the office and told parole officers he had been stabbed and needed an ambulance. Police said they learned a second person had been stabbed in the area of 390 South Ave.
Rochester Pair Plead Guilty in Fatal Drive-By Shooting
Both men arrested in a deadly drive-by shooting from a stolen car have pleaded guilty today to 1st-degree manslaughter. 27-year-old Kirsean Chatfield and 18-year-old Keyvin Miller were originally charged with murder and gun crimes in the shooting death of 21-year-old Eric Martin on Dewey Avenue in May of last year.
Neighbors react to 16-year-old boy charged with stealing, crashing Rochester police car
Rochester, N.Y. (WHAM) — Rochester police tell us officers responded to a call on Spencer Street early Wednesday morning, when someone suddenly drove off with their patrol car. Following a high-speed chase through the city, that car then crashed in Charlotte, with parts from the vehicle scattered along Lake...
RPD: Man stabbed at Oriole Street home, roommate arrested
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — A woman was accused of stabbing her roommate at a home on Oriole Street Wednesday night. Rochester police said they arrived at the 10 block of Oriole Street and found an 82-year-old man that was stabbed in his upper body. He was taken to Strong Memorial Hospital for serious, but not […]
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