Weekend News Brief

A man from Albion has been sentenced to 11 years in prison and 35 years of supervised release for possession of child pornography.  32 year old Anthony Alello Jr was sentenced Friday.  In January 2022, an undercover FBI agent began communicating with Alello online using the Kik application. During these communications, Alello sent the agent links to cloud storage folders that contained child pornography. One folder contained approximately 2,484 videos of child pornography, and another folder contained approximately 45 videos of child pornography.  On March 24 the FBI executed a search warrant at Alello’s residence and seized his cell phone. A subsequent forensic examination recovered approximately 1,744 images and six videos of child pornography, some of which depicted pre-pubescent children and violence against children.

A man is in custody after threatening someone with a gun and then fleeing from police.  On Thursday around noon police were called to Dunkin Donuts on West Main in Batavia for a report of a man displaying a handgun in a threatening manner.  First arriving officers quickly learned the suspect, 22 year old Ezequiel Serrano, and the victim were known to each other and that the suspect was still in the area. Officers attempted to stop the suspect in his vehicle, who ignored commands and fled.  A vehicle pursuit ensued through city side streets until the suspect abandoned his vehicle on a dead-end street and ran on foot. Officers pursued the suspect on foot with the assistance of Batavia Police K-9 Batu. The suspect was taken into custody several blocks away without further incident by plain clothed members of the Batavia Police Detective Bureau.  During the incident Batavia High School and GV BOCES were placed into “lockout” status as a precaution until the suspect was taken into custody.

After taking the job less than a year ago and now being named in a lawsuit over the Ammo Registration law, acting Superintendent of the New York State Police, Steven Nigrelli has announced his retirement.  The 32-year veteran of the state police force said on social media Friday he will step down from his post.  He was named acting superintendent on October 19, 2022, less than two weeks after the former superintendent Kevin Bruen resigned.  Nigrelli is a Western New York native who began his career with state police in Buffalo.

New York Bus Sales New location in Batavia officially opened its doors on Friday.  The 6 million dollar 20,000 square foot facility is intended to support school districts and bus operators across Genesee County and the Western New York and Finger Lakes regions to convert their fleets from diesel fuel to all electric as required by legislation in the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act  by 2035.  The new facility will create 24 new jobs in Genesee County. New York Bus Sales is seeking candidates for service and automotive tech roles and will have the opportunity to hire from the skilled and educated workforce pool from Genesee County and surrounding regions, including students participating in the Genesee Valley BOCES Diesel Tech Cohort program.

FEMA has announced that they will be doing a test of the emergency alert system on October 4th.  Beginning at around 2:20pm, cell towers will broadcast a test for about a half hour.  During this time, WEA-compatible wireless phones that are switched on, within range of an active cell tower, and whose wireless provider participates in WEA, should be capable of receiving the test message.  For consumers, the message that appears on their phones will read: “THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System. No action is needed.”  A test will also go out over television and radio and should last about a minute.