For 25 years, Rochester has had a drug court that handled non-violent defendants with drug addictions. But the screening process to get in the program took so long that victims of the new opioid epidemic often died of ovedoses before they could get into treatment. Enter Monroe County Opioid Court, designed to fix that problem […]
A Rochester man is looking at a minimum of 15 years in prison after being convicted of sex trafficking. A federal jury convicted Andre Barnes of conspiracy to sex traffic minors, sex trafficking of minors and adults by force, and transportation of girls across state lines to engage in prostitution. Federal prosecutors say […]
The Eastman School of Music is trying to find out who left a swastika drawn on a piece of paper inside an elevator at the school this morning. The University of Rochester Department of Public Safety is investigating. The hate symbol was found two days after a man opened fire inside a Pittsburgh synagogue, […]