Brighton Police have charged a Rochester man with last Friday’s holdup of the Citizens Bank branch on Monroe Avenue. Angel Luis Vasquez was arrested on charges of robbery and petit larceny. He was sent to the Monroe County Jail without bail after arraignment. Brighton Police say a citizen’s tip after Vasquez’s picture appeared in area […]
Parts of the Finger Lakes region are now in a moderate drought, while the rest of the Rochester area away from the Lake Ontario shoreline is considered “abnormally dry.” The latest climate maps from the Weather Service United States Drought Monitor show nearly 92 percent of New York State as abnormally dry and about 16 […]
A 26-year-old Rochester man was shot and wounded Wednesday night near the corner of Orange and Romeyn Streets. Police say he was shot in the upper body and went through surgery at Strong Memorial. He was in serious condition but his injuries were said to be non-life threatening.