Police closed off Joseph Avenue at Weaver Street and used “pepper balls” on North Street and Hudson Avenue to break up crowds Sunday night as cars decked out with Puerto Rican flags cruised up and down Northeast Rochester streets. Police watched from the corners, seeking to control street parties and drag racing that have occurred […]
Two Rochester residents ended up in the hospital after trying to use a gasoline-powered pressure washer to clean their basement. The Rochester Fire Department was called to 1485 Norton Street about a quarter-to-12:00 after the carbon monoxide detector in the house went off. They found the two people in the basement overcome by the fumes […]
Rochester Police arrested two people Saturday evening after 911 calls reported someone being menaced with a gun. Police spotted a car involved in that incident and stopped it in the 100 block of Warwick Avenue last night. They recovered an unlicensed handgun. They charged 19-year-old Jamek Clanton of Rochester with criminal possession of a weapon. […]