New York’s Department of Taxation and Finance says it’s seized nearly 43,000 untaxed cigars and arrested a Rochester man for smuggling them into the state. Forty-two-year-old Anwar Ahmed of Rochester has been charged with criminal tax fraud and possession of untaxed cigars. The state says agents of the Tax Department Cigarette Strike Force followed him […]
A 23-year-old Rochester man has been charged with second degree manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon in connection with a shooting death at the downtown Radisson Hotel. Police say Luis Arroyo fired a shot during an incident on the 10th floor of the hotel in June. The bullet ricocheted off the floor and hit […]
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office says a would-be thief caught himself when he tried to break into the Pontillo’s Pizza at Route 441 and Five Mile Line Road in Penfield. A man hanging Christmas lights at a plaza in Penfield heard someone yelling for help early this morning and called 911. Deputies searched the area […]