Gates Police Chief James  VanBrederode says state law needs to change, after one his officers has been left waiting for eight weeks to find out if his health has been put at risk by a bite from a suspect. The officer was bitten by a woman named Kinshara Robinson during an altercation while she was […]
A 50-year-old Rochester man has been charged with grand larceny, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and drug possession after allegedly stealing a car on Buffalo Road. Gates Police say John Sorrell was arrested by Gates Police after he crashed the car in the City of Rochester. He had cocaine on him when he was […]
The Gates Police Chief took a direct hand in dealing with the opioid drug epidemic yesterday when he helped perform first aid on a man who overdosed while driving on Lyell Avenue. Chief James VanBrederode was on his way to a ribbon cutting ceremony for the Catholic Family Center’s new drug treatment facility when he […]