A 4:30 a.m. carjacking Thursday morning ended in a crash a number of blocks away and the arrest of the driver and passenger who were in the stolen car. Rochester police say the carjacking happened on Saratoga Avenue on the West Side. The stolen car was spotted by police within 20 minutes of the theft, […]
After months of speculation, Monroe County Legislature President Sabrina LaMar has named Buffalo Criminal Defense Attorney Robert Fogg as her choice for the county’s new public defender. The appointment depends on a majority vote of the County Legislature…which has a one vote Democratic majority. Most Democrats are said to favor another candidate, Julie Cianca, who […]
A Monroe County grand jury has indicted the man accused of shooting and killing a Rochester police officer last week. Kelvin Vickers, 21, was previously charged with second degree murder and second degree attempted murder for the shooting death of Officer Tony Mazurkiewicz and the wounding of Officer Sino Seng. The Boston man is accused […]