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All other inquiries, including requests for “enterprise” stories, may be made by contacting the Communications Office at MCSOCommunications@monroecounty.gov. These requests will be answered during normal business hours.
Man threatens Monroe County Jail Bureau employee with a knife.
Rochester, NY (September 21, 2022) On September 20, 2022 at about 3:00 p.m., a man entered the jail records lobby at 130 South Plymouth Avenue, in the City of Rochester. He brandished a knife and threatened a Jail Bureau professional staff member. Emergency protocols were initiated and the Rochester...
Two Monroe County Sheriff’s Hazardous Device Squad (Bomb Squad) deputies among those honored for saving the lives of two children during fires deliberately set at Love’s Travel Plaza, Tyre, S
Tyre, Seneca County (September 13, 2022) - On May 3, 2022, at approximately 5:33 a.m., several officers from multiple counties, including Monroe County Sheriff’s Sergeant Matthew Clancy and Deputy William Connell with the MCSO Hazardous Device Squad (Bomb Squad) responded to the Love’s Travel Plaza...
MCSO arrests Henrietta man for possessing an illegally modified rifle
Henrietta, NY (September 12, 2022) Monroe County Sheriff's deputies arrested a man in Henrietta on September 7, 2022 for possessing an illegally modified rifle. At 7:51 p.m., deputies responded to Myrtlewood Drive in the Town of Henrietta, for a suspicious incident. A concerned resident called 91...
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office makes an arrest for robbery in Penfield.
Penfield, NY (September 1, 2022) Monroe County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Willis L. Jones of Rochester for robbery at Home Depot in the Town of Penfield. On August 30, 2022 at approximately 5:30 p.m., MCSO deputies responded to 750 Panorama Trail, for a robbery. Asset Protection employees state...
08/02/22 MCSO NOTICE OF SALE - 31 BROOKSIDE DR., ROCHESTER, NY
By virtue of an execution issued out of the Monroe County Supreme Court, County of Monroe, of the State of New York, to me directed and delivered, against the goods and chattels, lands and tenements of judgment debtor in the entitled action, I have seized and taken all the right, title, and interest...
08/02/22 MCSO NOTICE OF SALE - 101-129 EAST AVE., ROCHESTER, NY
By virtue of an execution issued out of the Monroe County Supreme Court, County of Monroe, of the State of New York, to me directed and delivered, against the goods and chattels, lands and tenements of judgment debtor in the entitled action, I have seized and taken all the right, title, and interest...
08/02/22 MCSO NOTICE OF SALE - 153 INDEPENDENCE ST., ROCHESTER, NY
By virtue of an execution issued out of the Monroe County Supreme Court, County of Monroe, of the State of New York, to me directed and delivered, against the goods and chattels, lands and tenements of judgment debtors in the entitled action, I have seized and taken all the right, title, and interes...
CONGRESSMAN LEE ZELDIN ATTACKED AT CAMPAIGN EVENT
Perinton, NY (July 21, 2022) – On July 21, 2022 at approximately 8:00 p.m., Representative Lee Zeldin was on stage giving a campaign speech at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8495 at 300 Macedon Center Road, in the Town of Perinton. A male from the crowd climbed up on the stage and approached Zeld...