Mar 23, 2023
Rochester pawn shop owner gets four years for transporting stolen goods
The owner of a Rochester pawn shop who was convicted on federal charges of transporting stolen goods was sentenced to prison.
Sep 1, 2020
False arrest lawsuit dismissed
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a man who claimed he was falsely arrested by Rochester Police officers in 2011. The plaintiff, Tyquan Johnson, 26, has been in state prison since April 2017 serving a sentence of up to 15 years for second-degree burglary. In April, Johnson, filed a pro-se complaint against […]
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