Fire broke out shortly after 6:00 this morning in an apartment at 316 Hayward Avenue. The Rochester Fire Department says nobody was home when the fire started. A neighbor called 911 and firefighters mounted an interior attack to keep the flames from spreading to the rest of the building. The fire was caused by a […]
A Rochester man has been arraigned in City Court on two counts of second degree murder. Brandon Thornton allegedly admitted in a video confession to police that he killed 27-year-old Nicholas Welsher of Webster while robbing him in July. He pleaded not guilty at arraignment. Police say Thornton admitted trying to steal a box that […]
Rochester Police have charged a Rochester School District paraprofessional with third degree sexual abuse and endangering the welfare of a child. Police say 51-year-old Mariano Velazquez of Rochester worked at Edison Career and Technology High School since the fall of 2015. But his arrest is related to an incident that happened in early 2015 when […]