Crime and Public Safety

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (130+ words) (ABC 6 News) – The Rochester Police Department added nine new officers as families marked a badge ceremony with second and third-generation ties to the force. RPD also promoted four officers to sergeant and two to lieutenant. Two separate Thompson families had…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (437+ words) Sep. 11—ROCHESTER — The terror attacks 25 years ago defined a generation, Olmsted County Sheriff Kevin Torgerson said. Torgerson, standing under a Rochester Fire Department ladder truck at the foot of the tallest building downtown, opened a ceremony Friday to commemorate the…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (537+ words) ROCHESTER, N.Y. — It’s been a year since survivors of childhood sexual abuse in one of our upstate communities received some closure. More than 11,000 civil suits were filed under the Child Victims Act in New York, including hundreds against the Catholic Church....

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (492+ words) GREENVILLE, N.Y. (WNYT) – A New York traffic stop blocked a shipment of 25 horses bound for slaughter and renewed calls for a nationwide ban. Earlier this week, law enforcement stopped a truck in northern New York carrying 25 horses that had been loaded…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (320+ words) The New York State Troopers Police Benevolent Association is urging drivers to slow down and move over for stopped emergency and other authorized vehicles as Labor Day weekend brings heavier traffic and increased enforcement across the state. The reminder comes…...

2+ week, 2+ hour ago   (94+ words) Rochester, N.Y. — A 47-year-old Rochester man was injured in a stabbing in Rochester Saturday afternoon. Rochester police officers responded to Lyell Avenue near Glide Street just before 12:40 p.m. for a report of a person stabbed. Officers found a 47-year-old man with…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (384+ words) The sheriffs of Cayuga and Wayne counties are among 15 across New York challenging a new state law that bars local law enforcement agencies from entering formal agreements with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to carry out federal civil immigration duties. The…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (619+ words) New York officials are warning consumers about increasingly sophisticated investment scams that use artificial intelligence, fake trading platforms and online relationships to steal money. The state Division of Consumer Protection cited Federal Trade Commission data showing 144,041 consumers reported more than…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (154+ words) A Las Vegas man was arrested after New York State Police investigators said he stole $9,600 worth of Pokémon cards from a vendor at Anime NYC in Manhattan. Investigators from Troop NYC's Manhattan Criminal Squad arrested Joseph Quach on Aug. 21 following…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (40+ words) Authorities charged a New York woman in connection with an alleged plot to bomb the state Capitol building in Albany. Authorities charged a New York woman in connection with an alleged plot to bomb the state Capitol building in Albany....