Morning News Brief
Written by Tom Tharp on June 12, 2023
An arrest has been made in the shot fired incident on Vine Street on Friday. Originally police reported that someone had fired a shot down the driveway of a home on Vine street but with no-one hit and no bullets found to have hit any building they didn’t have much to go on. After collecting evidence, witness accounts and video footage, the detectives were able to narrow their focus to one individual who fired a single shot towards the rear area of the residence at 25 Vine Street following a verbal altercation at the residence. 19 year old Lucas Rose of Batavia was arrested in LeRoy and charged with Reckless Endangerment in the 1st Degree and Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the 3rd degree.
State Police responding to a deadly plane crash in Niagara County. Troopers say the small plane hit some trees and power lines before hitting the ground in a field off Braley Road in the Town of Porter. The crash was reported around 3:30 Sunday afternoon. State Police say the pilot was pronounced dead at the scene, and was the only one on board. Authorities say there are some scattered power outages in the area. The name of the pilot has not been released.
The Pembroke Dollars for Scholars program announced that they received a 300,000 dollar donation from the estate of Anne and Vernon J Rupert. These new funds will be used to create and support five-$5,000 annual awards for students pursuing trade school careers, 2-year associate degrees, and 4-year college or university studies. In the last 14 years, the Corfu-Pembroke DFS chapter has awarded 186 scholars over $145,000 for college study. This year DFS is awarding $19,300 to graduating Pembroke seniors. Anne Rupert was a teacher at East Pembroke Elementary School for 17 years and at the Jr/Sr High School for 21 years. She had a dream of helping students who fell in the middle brackets of achievement but struggled to rise to the top even though they worked hard.
On Tuesday, June 13 and Tuesday, July 11 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Guy Sceusa from the NYS Department of Veterans Services will be at the Genesee Country Farmer’s Market. Guy will be issuing checks to the Veterans. The market will be open that day from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and is located at Bank Street and Alva Place.
The Batavia flag football team in its first season went 8 and 0 until they hit the championship game at Monroe Community College. Their opponents, Canisteo, came into the game with 7 wins and 1 loss. The #1 seed Batavia went on to lose the game in a shutout, 20 to 0. It was a hard fought game with Batavia getting to the goal line 3 times but being unable to cross into the endzone with the ball. Several turnovers didn’t help either. Canisteo Greenwood walks away the first champions in section V flag football history.
The Muckdogs went to Geneva on Friday and picked up a 10 to 6 win over the Red Wings. Then they came back to Batavia and lost to them on Sunday night 2 to 4. Caleb Rodriguez went 2-3 with 1 RBI, 1 Walk, and 2 Stolen Bases Sunday night. The Muckdogs will be back in action tonight to go against the Auburn Doubledays. Game starts at 6:35.
