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City Council voted Tuesday night to confirm David Smith as police chief of Rochester. Smith has been interim chief since last November. He was recently named Mayor Malik Evans pick and underwent confirmation hearings. The vote was 8-1, with Council Member Stanley Martin voting “no” because, she said, of Smith’s involvement in the 2020 protests […]
Greece police arrested a serial burglary suspect early Tuesday morning after a breakin at a business on Dewey Avenue. Police detained 50-year-old Timothy Cook and recovered the stolen property. Cook is charged with burglary for the second time in two weeks. Greece police arrested him on August 3 for two separate burglaries in the town…and […]
A Rochester fire captain who was accused of taking three firefighters to a racist-themed party on East Avenue is leaving the fire service after completion of an internal investigation. Captain Jeffrey Krywy was notified on Friday that he was being discharged from the Rochester Fire Department. Mayor Malik Evans’ office says he chose to retire […]