A Rochester woman charged with murder in the shooting death of a city man was convicted of manslaughter instead. Martha Jones was accused of shooting Micah Welch in the leg with a rifle last July. Welch bled out and died at the scene. Her attorneys said she did not intend to kill him. District Attorney […]
The 20-year-old woman charged in a fatal Brighton crash last fall pleaded not guilty Wednesday in town court. Ninoshka Vazquez-Ruiz was behind the wheel when her car went off Edgewood Avenue and over the sidewalk, killing a nine-year-old girl and her babysitter. A two-year-old child was seriously injured. Police say Vazquez-Ruiz was driving without a […]
Brandon Burgess of Phelps, who admitted to holding up a convenience store and leading police on a multi-county manhunt, has been sentenced to five years in state prison. Phelps will also serve five years supervised release when he gets out. The 28-year-old pleaded guilty to charges of robbery, grand larceny and evidence tampering among other […]