Morning News Brief
Written by Tom Tharp on June 6, 2023
The former teacher and principal of St Paul Lutheran School, Jason Clark, has pleaded guilty to one course of sexual conduct with a child in the second degree. According to District Attorney Kevin Finnell, Jason Clark admitted Monday that he touched the chest of a female child two or more times over a period of time not less than three months in duration in 2015 and 2016. As part of the plea deal, Clark agreed to surrender his teaching license and was placed on interim supervision by the Probation Department for one year. Clark started working at St. Paul Lutheran in Batavia as a teacher in 2002. He became principal in 2019. He was charged in January with two counts of sexual conduct against a child in the second degree.
The family and lawyer of a convicted ax murderer are trying to get his name cleared after his death. James Krauseneck was convicted of murdering his wife with an ax 40 years after the murder took place. He filed an appeal but then died in prison of esophageal cancer before the appeal could take place. According to the law, if a person dies while their case is being appealed they win automatically. But Krauseneck’s wife and children want his name cleared officially. The Monroe County District Attorney’s Office says they won’t spend the time and resources on a dead man’s case whether it is to convict or exonerate. The family of the murdered woman say they don’t want a murderer wasting the courts time either.
A 16 year old boy has been arrested and is being charged in the deaths of 4 people, 3 of them children. One, a 12 year old boy in Rochester. According to the Lebanon County District Attorney’s Office, James Fernandez-Reyes and 22-year-old Alex Torres-Santos shot and killed three people — ages 8, 9 and 19 — Tuesday in Lebanon. A third suspect remains at large. At the time of his arrest, Fernandez-Reyes also had an active warrant following a Sept. 20 arrest in Rochester. Police said he was issued an appearance ticket for possession of a loaded handgun. Fernandez-Reyes is also a person of interest in the Nov. 21 fatal shooting of 12-year-old Juan Lopez in Rochester.
A state trooper with a service record of over 16 years in the State Police and 22 years as a US Marine with tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, and was twice named trooper of the year, has been indicted for manslaughter over the shooting death of James Huber on February 12 of 2022. Trooper Anthony Nigro the 4th attempted to stop Huber after he was seen driving erratically at over 100 miles per hour on I90 and I 190 in Buffalo. He was stopped at the intersection of Washington and Eagle Street where Nigro approached him with his gun drawn and ordered him to exit the car. Huber told him to go away and then is seen in bodycam footage reaching for something in the middle of the car when Nigro shoots him twice. Huber then crashes the car, flipping it, and is pronounced dead at the scene. No weapons were found at the scene. The state trooper Police Benevolent Association President said that Nigro was acting within his training and the law and was justified in his use of force and cited Hubers dangerous behavior.
The Buffalo Bills, NFL, New York State and Erie County came together Monday morning to hold a groundbreaking ceremony at the site of the new Bills stadium. The new stadium will be built across Abbott Road from Highmark Stadium and is expected to be completed by fall 2026. It will be a state-of-the-art canopy-covered stadium with a seating capacity of around 63,000 seats. The Bills said it will be the largest project ever built in Western New York. A public-private partnership will cover the price tag. It was originally set to cost $1.4 billion, but will now cost $1.5 billion. The county will provide $250 million, the state will provide $600 million, and the Bills will cover the remainder of the price tag.
The Bills and linebacker Leonard Floyd have reached an agreement on a one-year deal to bring the versatile pass-rusher to Buffalo. The one year deal is worth up to $9 million dollars. With a base value of $7 million. Floyd spent the 2022 season with the Los Angeles Rams where he tallied nine sacks in 17 games played. Since his rookie season in 2016, Floyd has split his time with the Rams and the Chicago Bears. In the 2021-2022 season he played alongside his then and now teammate Von Miller when Los Angeles won Super Bowl LVI over the Cincinnati Bengals.
