Rochester NY

A Rochester woman faces a larceny charge following a shoplifting report at Von Maur in Victor. Ontario County Sheriff’s Deputies took Kanene Mathis, 20, into custody on August 22. Mathis allegedly passed all points of sale without paying for merchandise. The merchandise was worth $304. Mathis is due in Victor Town...

Rochester, N.Y. — Hospitals in Western New York provided updates Sunday on patients involved in Friday's fatal tour bus crash on the New York State Thruway in Pembroke. Erie County Medical Center reported 11 patients were still admitted, with one likely being discharged on Sunday. Kaleida Health said all...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – A Rochester man pleaded guilty to a drug conspiracy connected to the murder of Rochester Police Officer Anthony Mazurkiewicz. The District Attorney’s Office said police raided the Laser Street home of Brandon Washington, also known as “B-Mack,” in 2022. Authorities said they found...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Police have arrested a man for his alleged involvement in a shooting earlier this month on Hoff Street. On August 8, just after midnight, a shooting victim walked into Strong Memorial Hospital. The 23-year-old man was treated for his injury. Rochester Police were led to Hoff Street near Laser...

Police arrested two men in Canandaigua after a months-long investigation into narcotics sales uncovered a loaded handgun and a large stash of crack cocaine. Amarion McMahon, 21, of Geneva, and Matthew Stanley, 27, of Red Creek, were taken into custody on August 20. Officers charged both with criminal possession of a...

Rochester Police are working to identify a motorcyclist who they say sideswiped a car on Sunday night and began arguing with the car’s passengers before taking off.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — A woman has been arrested and is awaiting charges after a police chase involving a stolen vehicle in Rochester on Monday. According to the Rochester Police Department, officers attempted to stop a 2014 Nissan at 11:20 a.m. on Monday. Officers said the car had been reported stolen from Orleans...

It was a busy night for the Rochester Police Department, responding to at least three separate shootings, two with people shot, on Sunday night into Monday morning.

Six girls missing in Western New York remind us that the issue of child safety is closer to home than we might think.

ORLEANS COUNTY, N.Y. – A woman was arrested Aug. 19 in Orleans County after authorities said she endangered the welfare of two children. Brianna Button of Holley was accused of giving two 15-year-old boys an unknown substance in the Town of Murray. The boys smoked the substance and became unconscious, officials said....