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A Rochester man has been found guilty by a Monroe County jury in the ax murder that killed a city woman last year. The jury found 22-year-old Joseph Rivera Jr guilty of second degree murder in the brutal slaying of Heather Majors. Police said Majors was hit well over 70 times with a hatchet on […]
Residents of the House of Mercy homeless shelter in Rochester have been relocated twice since a fatal stabbing attack at the shelter on Sunday night. As the shelter remains closed, residents were first taken to Martin Luther King Park in downtown Rochester, where they were put up in the park lodge. But that lasted only […]
The Massachusetts man accused of shooting and killing Rochester Police Officer Anthony Mazurkiewicz and wounding his partner has been arraigned on charges of aggravated murder and aggravated attempted murder, plus second degree murder, assault and weapon possession. An attorney for Kelvin Vickers entered a not guilty plea, which is standard for this type of charge. […]