Rochester NY

The crash happened around 6:10 p.m. Monday, Sept. 1, in the town of Rochester, according to New York State Police. A 2003 Harley-Davidson was traveling southbound when, for reasons still under investigation, it left the roadway via the west shoulder and entered a wooded area. The rider, identified as Timothy...

GREECE, N.Y. — Two men are facing charges after Greece Police say they had a stolen handgun. Police say on Tuesday at about 10:48 p.m. a caller reported that during an argument, a passenger in a car showed a handgun on Weiland Woods Lane and then fled the scene. At about 11 p.m., police say […]

Local police agencies are remembering the service and sacrifice of Rochester Police Officer Daryl Pierson. Wednesday marks 11 years since he was shot and killed in the line of duty.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A 2-year-old and a 37-year-old woman are in the hospital after police say they were shot inside a house on Westmoreland Drive on Wednesday. Officials say both victims have non-life-threatening injuries, and there’s currently no danger to the public. They say the shooting happened around 1 p.m., and...

A Kerhonkson man died suddenly when his motorcycle crashed in the woods on Monday, police said. On the evening of Sep. 1, New York State Police from the Ellenville barracks responded to a motorcycle crash on State Route 209 in the town of Rochester, located in Ulster County. The incident occurred at approximately...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Power has been restored to nearly 8,500 RG&E customers who were without service due to an issue with a piece of equipment. At 6:30, News 8 saw the outage list with a total of 8,450 customers without power. For the latest information on outages, click here. RG&E confirmed the cause of […]

The Irondequoit Police Department is set to auction off 16 of its impounded cars and other vehicles on Wednesday.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — At least one person is dead following an incident involving a tractor on Scottsville-Chili Road. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said a 46-year-old man from Chili was pulling a large trunk of a tree behind his tractor when the trailer got caught, and eventually flipped over onto the man,...

GREECE, N.Y. (WROC) — The Greece Police Department is working to identify a suspect in an armed robbery at a gas station. According to police, on Sunday, officers responded to the Kwik Fill located at 2734 Dewey Avenue for a report of an armed robbery at 9:19 p.m. Surveillance footage of the incident shows a […]

GREECE — Greece police arrested two Rochester residents and recovered a stolen vehicle after a license plate reader (LPR) alert at Greece Ridge Mall on Friday, Aug. 29. At approximately 2:40 p.m., officers were notified by the LPR system of a black 2025 Volkswagen Jetta reported stolen out of Webster.