Opening statements got underway Tuesday at the trial of Leticia Astacio.   They were delayed for a time after some snags. A juror admitted seeing a TV news story last night about the case and was replaced.   The prosecution then showed security video from Dick’s Sporting Goods in Henrietta of Astacio attempting to buy […]

Former Rochester City Court Judge Leticia Astacio will be tried on a felony gun charge in Syracuse rather than in Rochester.   An appellate court granted Astacio’s request to move her trial from Monroe to Onondaga County because of all the media attention the case has gotten.   Astacio was arrested for trying to buy […]