Rochester Police are being sued for allegedly beating a man after he ran away from officers trying to question him. Jonathan Solomon, of 32 Stanton St., claims he was walking near the intersection of Maple and Grape streets about 6 ...

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A man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for shooting at a Rochester Police officer. Monroe County Court Judge Vincent M. Dinolfo also sentenced 17-year-old Ernestiaze Moore to 5 years of post-release supervision. Moore pleaded guilty to attempted second-degree ...

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A Rochester woman, who can be seen getting tackled and pepper-sprayed by police in a video recording, is suing several officers and the city of Rochester, claiming false arrest, illegal search and seizure, and the use of excessive force. In ...

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A federal judge has dismissed four of 10 claims listed in a lawsuit filed against the city of Rochester, former police chief and current mayoral candidate James M. Sheppard, and three officers. Benny T. Warr, who filed the complaint with ...

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A Rochester man has filed a $1 million federal lawsuit against the city of Rochester, the Police Department and a group of police officers, claiming he was beaten by officers when he was arrested. Travis Welch, 34, claims that he ...

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A federal judge has dismissed several portions of a lawsuit filed by a Rochester teen who accused Rochester police officers of assaulting him in 2016. Rickey L. Bryant Jr. filed the lawsuit in November against the city of Rochester, Police ...

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Authorities are still searching for a suspect involved in the shooting of a Rochester police officer. Officers were responding to an unrelated call just before 11 p.m. Saturday when the officer was shot in the city’s northeast section. Police say ...

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A Rochester man has filed a federal civil rights suit against the city of Rochester, the Rochester Police Department and several officers for an incident on May 24, 2015. According to the suit filed June 7 in U.S. District Court, ...

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A Chili man who claims he was beaten by Rochester Police officers and ambulance workers has filed a federal lawsuit. The defendants include the city of Rochester, the Rochester Police Department, several police officers, Rural/Metro ambulance, and two Rural/Metro EMTs. ...

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Defense attorneys representing two men convicted in March of orchestrating a string of home invasion robberies are asking for the verdict to be overturned, or for a new trial, claiming several flaws in the proceedings, including a juror who was ...

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Two people have filed a federal lawsuit claiming Rochester police officers assaulted them and arrested them without cause in December 2015. In a complaint filed in U.S. District Court Thursday, Lawrence Barrett and Shelise Colon claimed they were simply standing ...

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Authorities say they’ve charged a 16-year-old boy with attempted murder after he fired a gun at a Rochester police officer. The Rochester Police Department says the officer was checking out reports of multiple shots fired Sunday afternoon in a neighborhood on ...

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