A 36-year-old University of Rochester graduate student was held up late Tuesday night as he crossed the Wilson Boulevard pedestrian footbridge over the Genesee River. Rochester Police say the man was approached by a suspect who demanded his property. Believing the suspect to have a gun, the victim handed over his property. The suspect then […]
A Rochester Police Officer fired on a suspect Tuesday night on Garson Avenue, after the suspect threatened another woman with a knife. Police say they were called to 321 Garson Avenue where they found 37-year-old Xiomaria Roman-Negroni chasing another woman with a butcher knife. Officer Erin Kenny saw her corner the other woman on the […]
A report on urban homicide rates from the Rochester Institute of Technology has Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren seething. In a statement, she calls it “an incredible disservice to the men and women of the Rochester Police Department.” The report is from RIT’s Center for Public Safety Initiatives. It compares last year’s homicide rates in 24 […]