Afternoon News Brief

 

31-year-old Cassandra Elmore of Batavia has been arrested on two bench warrants. The first was in connection with her failure to appear in court following arrest for several charges, including criminal possession of a weapon. The second was in reference to obstructing governmental administration. She was arraigned in Batavia City Court, is being held at the Genesee County Jail and is scheduled to return to court on March 2nd.

 

 

35-year-old Cordero Royes of Batavia is charged with criminal contempt and burglary after he was found in a local residence allegedly in violation of a stay-away order of protection. Royes was arraigned in Batavia City Court and remanded to Genesee County Jail. He will return to court at a later date.  ALSO: A 16-year-old female from Albion was arrested in Batavia for harassment. Investigation revealed there was a physical dispute between two juveniles on Cherry Street. She was issued an appearance ticket for a later court date and released.

 

 

Two men have been arrested following an interrupted robbery. 22-year-old Ryder Berry of Java and 28-year-old Brandon Brooks of Gowanda were charged after being caught attempting to burglarize a home in Java. When police arrived at the scene, the suspects fled on foot but troopers were eventually able to locate them; when caught, Berry started to act unruly and injured one of the officers. Both Berry and Brooks were arraigned in the town of Warsaw and remanded to Wyoming County Jail. They’ll both return to court tomorrow.

 

 

Kevin Richardson of Perry has been arrested and charged with falsifying business records at a retail store on Veteran’s Memorial Drive. In addition, he attempted to purchase a firearm at a time when he was ineligible to do so. Richardson was issued an appearance ticket and is scheduled to return to Town of Batavia Court on March 2nd.

 

 

The Rochester City School District has released a statement after a student was caught bringing a gun into a building. The weapon was found yesterday in the backpack of a 17-year-old student at James Monroe High School. The district says the loaded weapon was discovered during entry screening and there was never a threat to the safety of fellow students or staff. The teen was arrested and his case will be handled by family court.

 

 

New York State Parks Police is still investigating a tragic incident that happened at Niagara Falls State Park. They say fire department crews responded to the area of Terrapin Point around 1 p.m. and were advised that two people climbed over a railing and fell from the edge; it was a woman and her five-year-old son who fell about 90 feet into a gorge and struck ice that had formed at the bottom of it. The child was rescued and airlifted to Oishei Children’s Hospital for treatment of a head injury. Police later recovered the woman’s body and she was pronounced dead. Officials don’t believe she and the child ended up in the gorge accidentally.

 

A 45-year-old inmate at the Orleans Correctional Facility, who was already being housed in the Residential Rehabilitation Unit (RRU), sucker-punched an officer in the face as the inmate was being escorted to the visit room at the facility on Saturday. The inmate was being processed in the visit room when he struck the escorting officer in the face during an unprovoked attack. Two nearby officers immediately responded as the inmate continued to be combative with staff. Eventually officers were able to gain control of the inmate’s arms and placed him in wrist restraints, after which the inmate became compliant. The initial officer in the attack sustained swelling and bruising to his face and jaw, pain in his shoulder and potential inner ear damage. One of the other officers noted shoulder and wrist pain; both were transported to the hospital for further evaluation. Orleans Correctional is considered a medium security facility.

 

 

Governor Hochul has revealed what her proposed 2024 budget would mean for the Finger Lakes if it is passed by the state Legislature. During a visit to Rochester yesterday, the governor said over two-billion-dollars in school aid would be given to the region. There would also be 15-million-dollars set aside to upgrade parks and 96-million-dollars would go towards transportation projects. Lawmakers have until April 1st to approve the budget on time.

 

 

The latest New York State Flu Tracker data shows Monroe County is still leading the area in flu cases. There were 30 cases of the virus reported during the week ending February 4th; Erie County had 27 new cases; Niagara County had 9; Chautauqua County had 4. Cayuga County had 3 and Ontario County had just 2. While the spread of the flu is declining statewide, people who aren’t vaccinated against the virus yet are still urged to get their flu shot.

 

 

The commissioner of the Buffalo Police Department says there are no plans to shut down a business where a triple-shooting happened over the weekend. Joseph Gramaglia said yesterday his agency will work with the owner of Club Marcella to increase safety there. A 21-year-old man passed away after being hit by gunfire on Sunday, but the other two victims survived. Gramaglia says the shooting was a targeted attack and that progress is being made towards tracking down a suspect.

 

 

New Yorkers who haven’t changed their political party affiliation ahead of the upcoming June primary are nearly out of time to do so. That’s because they have until the end of today to submit the necessary paperwork to their local Board of Elections office. The deadline to file through the Department of Motor Vehicles was yesterday, meaning that all documents must now be handed over in-person. This year’s primary is June 27th.

 

 

The losing streak of the Buffalo Sabres has now hit four games after the team suffers another defeat on the road. Peyton Krebs and Dylan Cozens had goals for the Sabres as their team fell to the Los Angeles Kings by a final score of five-to-two at Crypto.com Arena last night. Buffalo goaltender Craig Anderson struggled and was only able to stop 23 of the 28 shots that he faced. The next game for the Sabres is tomorrow night against the Anaheim Ducks.

 

 

The viewership numbers for this year’s Super Bowl are huge. FOX Sports reports 113-million people watched the Kansas City Chiefs beat the Philadelphia Eagles in Arizona on Sunday, making it the most-watched Super Bowl in six years.

 

 

The winner of the largest Powerball jackpot in history is finally coming forward. The California Lottery plans to reveal the winner at 10:30am Pacific Time. The winning ticket worth just over $2,000,000,000 (billion) was sold last November in suburban Los Angeles.

 

 

 

Staff at the Seneca Park Zoo are mourning the death of a six-year-old giraffe named Parker following what’s being called a tragic accident. The animal was found on Sunday trapped in support structure for the giraffe enclosure gate. Veterinarians tried to his life but unfortunately weren’t able to. There have been no other incidents at zoos across the country that have similar gate structures. The Seneca Park Zoo is going to modify its enclosure gate structure to prevent something like this from happening again.