The victim of a weekend motorcycle crash in Parma has been identified as 20-year-old Dylan Tackett of Spencerport.
Tackett died in a high-speed crash on Hinkleyville Road in Parma late Saturday night, becoming the third young man killed in a motorcycle accident on Rochester-area highways in five days.
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office says Tackett’s motorcycle went off the road, crossed the oncoming lane and then smashed into a stone culvert. The wreck burst into flames and Tackett was thrown 150 feet through the air before landing in the roadside bushes. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The motorcycle was so badly burned that deputies weren’t able to decipher its registration.
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A 21-year-old Wayne County man was killed at about 4:45 this morning when his car smashed into a tree on Ridge Road in Williamson.
The Wayne County Sheriff’s Office says Bradley Harris was driving just west of Route 21 when his car went off the road. It hit a fire hydrant, went airborne and crashed into the tree. Harris was thrown clear of the car and pronounced dead at the scene.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
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A 41-year-old Rochester man is fighting for his life after being shot Saturday on Sherman Street.
Police were called to 475 Sherman about 3:00 p.m. where they found the man with a gunshot wound to his upper body. He was taken to Strong Memorial Hospital with life-threatening injuries. He was holding his own Sunday.
Police say they have no suspects in custody so far.
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The East Rochester Post Office was dedicated Saturday in Memory of Rochester Police Officer Daryl Pierson…in ceremonies led by Congresswoman Louise Slaughter and United States Senator Chuck Schumer — who pushed through the legislation to honor Pierson.
Officer Pierson was shot and killed while chasing a parole violator down Hudson Avenue. Rochester Police Chief Michael Ciminelli says everyone who sees the plaque should remember his example of service, and every officer should live up to it.
Law enforcement officers from around the area attended along with Pierson’s family and the public.
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United States Senator Chuck Schumer is introducing legislation that would require all landline and mobile phone carriers to offer free robocall-blocking technology to their customers.
The New York Democrat calls it ROBOCOP for the Repeated Objectionable Bothering of Consumers on Phones Act.
In addition to letting customers block automated marketing calls it would order the FCC to label and block calls that use spoofing technology to fool caller ID.
Schumer says existing “Do Not Call” registries have so many loopholes they’re essentially useless…and he says robocalls are one of the things that annoy Americans the most. Schumer says if complaints about robocalls calls continue at the pace they are going for the first third of the year, there will be over 5 million total complaints in 2016
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Rochester police responding to a call of a car hitting a building on Parsells Avenue early this morning found an SUV had gone off the road and hit the Parsells Community Church.
Police say the damage was minor, but the driver ran off on foot leaving the white Kia behind. They’re looking for that driver…and they don’t believe anybody was hurt.
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A tow truck hauling a disabled car went up in flames at Main and State Streets early this morning when it had some sort of electrical problem.
Police say the truck was heading east on Main Street downtown when it caught fire. The driver wasn’t injured and Rochester firefighters knocked out the fire. A utility pole was damaged by the flames.