It took over four years to bring the case to an arrest, but Ontario County Sheriff’s  Investigators finally got their man. Back between October 24th, 2011 until November 3, 2011, the Ontario & Trumansburg Telephone Company reported the theft of copper grounding cable from a fenced in area off Route 96 in the Town of […]

Newark Police were called to 411 West Miller Street on Friday (3/4) following a call of a woman passed out in a backyard. Upon arrival, police found a woman unconscious, soaking wet and not breathing/with no heartbeat. Police recognized the woman as a heroin addict and immediately injected the woman with Narcon, a drug to […]

Newark Village Police were called to the FLACRA (Finger Lakes Addictions Counseling & Referral Agency) at 310 West Union Street in Newark at 5:23 p.m. on Thursday (3/10). Staff reported that a female client passed out in a chair and was fast asleep. Kelsey R. Lauster, age 20, of 168 West Genesee Street in Clyde […]

Newark Village Police reported stopping a vehicle on South Main Street at 9:25 p.m. on Monday (1/4).   The driver, Joseph Currington, age 36, of 200 Fair Street in Newark was charged with Felony DWI with a prior DWI conviction in the Town of Hopewell back in December of 2012. At the time of his […]

Palmyra police reported the arrest on Thursday (12/17) of Rachel L. Russell, age 23, of 4823 Eddy Ridge Road in Marion for one count of Petit Larceny. It is alleged that while working as a company home health aid, Russell took $500 cash from an elderly Palmyra woman. Russell attempted to return the money, while […]

On Monday (11/23), the clerk at the Wayne County Department of Motor (DMV) vehicles became suspicious of a Social Security card that had been submitted as part of the proof required for a vehicle title change. “She felt it just didn’t look, or feel right,” said Wayne County Clerk, Mike Jankowski. Following procedures, the clerk […]

It began Tuesday (11/24) at 2 a.m. when an intoxicated Jean Marc A. Ropiteau began calling officials in Rochester telling them they were doing nothing about terrorists and he was going to “blow them up.” Rochester Police called the State Police in Williamson to go to Ropiteau’s home at 4851 Ridge Chapel Road in Marion […]

Wayne County District Attorney, Rick Healy, announced that on Wednesday (10/28) Eleanor Hughes, age 53 and James Hughes, age 41, both residing at 2048 Wayneport Road (Pinewood Trailer Park), pled guilty to eleven counts of misdemeanor Animal Abuse in Macedon Court. A resident of the mobile home park called 911 to report finding a dog […]

On 10/22/15, the Village of Newark Police Department, Wayne County Sheriff’s Department and the New York State Police conducted a joint anti-prostitution detail in the Village of Newark which resulted in the following arrests: 1) Carl H. Ackerman, age 55, of 1331 Victor Road, Macedon, New York was arrested for Patronizing a prostitute in the […]

On Tuesday, (10/6), around 8:45p.m, Irene Hughes, age 38, of Marion, was driving a 1999 Toyota Corolla eastbound on Route 441 in the Town of Penfield. While traveling on Route 441 between Fellows and Harris Roads, Hughes went off the roadway, struck a telephone pole, struck a large rock, went airborne, and struck a tree.  […]