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Doubling Down on Prevention - An Essay by Monroe County Sheriff Todd K. Baxter
As Published in the Democrat and Chronicle on July 7, 2024 Yes, police are part of an ever-evolving equation for reducing crime. The current “us versus them” politics fixes nothing. It leads to everyone digging in and arguing their points of view as communities suffer. Public safety reforms...
Deputies Make Arrest in Ongoing Brockport Walmart Robbery Investigation
Following the tenacious efforts of investigators from the Monroe County Sheriff’s Major Crimes Unit to establish the identity of the suspect, on July 24, 2024 at 6:30 p.m. information was developed that he was at a business in Seneca County. Members of the MCSO Tactical Unit, accompanied by the...
Deputies Confiscate Contraband Inside the Monroe County Jail
On July 11, 2024 at 12:30 p.m., Monroe County Sheriff’s deputies conducted a targeted search for contraband inside the Monroe County Jail based upon information developed by deputies. The search of incarcerated individual Tshombe Harris and the cell he is housed in yielded tobacco and 66 squares of...
Deputies Arrest Predicate Felon for Stealing Car and Driving Recklessly
At 1:40 in the afternoon on July 9, 2024, Monroe County Sheriff's deputies responded to the report of a recently stolen vehicle at the Speedway gas station at 995 Transit Way in the Town of Sweden. The stolen car was described as a gray 2005 Saturn Ion. On the way to the location, a deputy observed...
Traffic Stop Leads to Arrest for Possession of a Ghost Gun
On July 1, 2024 at 3:15 p.m., Monroe County Sheriff’s deputies conducted a traffic stop on a 2007 Honda Accord in the area of Rt. 390 at Chili Avenue in the Town of Gates. Deputies noticed the driver, Tamareion Roundtree, exhibited nervous behavior and attempted to hide a black bag between his feet....
Man with Prior Gun Conviction Arrested for Possession of Illegal Firearm
On June 30, 2024, at 8:40 p.m., while participating in a multi-jurisdictional stolen vehicle task force in the City of Rochester, Monroe County Sheriff’s deputies observed a motorcycle pass them at a high rate of speed. Not long after, the motorcyclist began following the marked patrol car, engaging...
Deputies Arrest Predicate Felon in Penfield for Pittsford Robbery
On June 11, 2024, at 9:45 in the morning, Monroe County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the Wegmans at 2157 Penfield Road in the Town of Penfield for the report of a known individual causing a disturbance. The Wegmans’ Asset Protection team observed an individual entering the store, whom they identi...
Sex Offender With Parole Warrant Arrested in Stolen Vehicle
On June 5, 2024 at 6:50 p.m., while participating in a routine multi-jurisdictional anti-violence detail, Monroe County Sheriff's deputies observed a vehicle on Child Street in the City of Rochester. The deputies identified the vehicle as being reported stolen during a burglary and the driver as Chr...
Woman Arrested for Criminal Sexual Act with a Juvenile
On March 18, 2024, a former student of the Brockport Central School District contacted Monroe County Sheriff’s deputies to report past incidents of inappropriate sexual contact by a former JV basketball coach during a six-month period in 2018. Between March and August 2018, Anne Collins, then age 22...
Three Individuals Arrested in Henrietta Following a Robbery Investigation in the City of Rochester
At 3:28 in the morning on May 31, 2024, Monroe County Sheriff's Deputies were assisting the Rochester Police Department in their efforts to locate a suspect pursuant to an incident wherein a person was shot and the vehicle they were in was stolen approximately four hours earlier in the City of Roche...