Afternoon News Brief
Written by Tom Tharp on January 31, 2024
A Rochester man who police said shot and killed another man in front of his family was sentenced Tuesday. 36 year old Jerrod Dozier was sentenced to 22 years in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter, according to prosecutors. Police said Dozier shot 27 year old Terry Howard multiple times Nov. 12, 2022 while Howard sat in the passenger seat of a vehicle parked in a driveway on Norton Street. Howard’s wife and kids were also in the vehicle but were not shot. Dozier was arrested the next day. He pleaded guilty Nov. 22 to first-degree manslaughter.
Genesee County Sheriffs are investigating a break in at a gun shop in Oakfield. In the early morning on Friday, a caller, using security cameras, observed individuals in hoodies in a gun shop on Lockport Road, and called law enforcement while continuing to monitor their activities. The individuals fled the store before police arrived. The owner and police have not released if anything was stolen from the store. The perpetrators are still at large.
New York Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado visited Western New York on Tuesday. Gov. Kathy Hochul recently tasked Delgado with leading the new Office of Service and Civic Engagement. The lieutenant governor’s first stop was SUNY Geneseo to learn about the university’s students’ work in the community. Then, Delgado visited the Veterans Outreach Center in Rochester, where he learned how Rochester is supporting those who served. Delgado said he believes the new office can help connect both younger and older generations.
Police are investigating the death of a toddler on the city of Rochester’s north side. Officers responded to the Chatham Gardens apartment complex on Kelly Street around noon Tuesday for a report of a 1-year-old not breathing. Firefighters were rushing the child into an ambulance while attempting lifesaving measures when police arrived. The child was taken to Rochester General Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. The Monroe County Medical Examiner’s Office is working to determine the cause of death.
According to a January 12 internal memo from the Department of Civil Service, New York State is looking to make it easier for migrant workers to be hired for state jobs. The memo was confirmed by a spokesperson for Governor Kathy Hochul. It says that “State agencies have identified approximately 4,000 positions… that can potentially be filled by these individuals and others.” If this initiative was implemented, it would lessen the amount of required job qualifications for temporary positions with the State. The memo states many of these positions “are in hard-to-recruit, entry level titles.”
Governor Kathy Hochul announced today that DMV investigators recovered 286 stolen vehicles valued at nearly $8.6 million and another $152,000 in stolen auto parts in 2023, as the State ramps up efforts to crack down on skyrocketing auto thefts. The recoveries are up 19 percent from the $7.3 million recovered in 2022, and a 67 percent increase from the $5.2 million recovered in 2021. In addition to the 286 vehicles recovered, 29 of which were from Western NY, DMV investigators recovered 157 auto parts, nearly twice the number of parts recovered in 2022.
