DANSVILLE – The Dansville Police Department Facebook page left a nasty comment in response to an enraged woman on Facebook. The comment has since been deleted, but not before numerous members of the community took notice. "Dear [redacted], we know that your Obama phone does not have spell check or grammar check, but please do us all a favor that has to read your non sense posts. Get someone educated enough to spell check your posts before … [Read more...]
LETTER: Sheriff’s Office Captain Thanks Heroic Dansville Officer for Saving Overdosing Man
DANSVILLE – Livingston County Sheriff's Office Captain Norman Zeh sent a letter of gratitude to Dansville Police Officer Shannon Griese for quickly and professionally saving the life of a man who fell from a riding lawnmower while overdosing on opiate drugs on April 28. Though the man was at first unresponsive, Officer Griese administered two doses of Narcan with the assistance of a Dansville Ambulance crew, and the man began to breathe on his … [Read more...]
Man Kicks Out Cop Car Window after Domestic Dispute
DASNVILLE – A Dansville man was arrested on a felony charge when he allegedly broke a police car window while in custody for misdemeanor charges following an alleged domestic dispute with a female subject. According to a Facebook post by the Dansville Police Department, John Knights, 34, was charged with Assault in the Third Degree, Criminal Obstruction of Breathing, Menacing in the Third Degree and Resisting Arrest, all misdemeanors, and then … [Read more...]
Armed Hothead Admits to Shooting Up Neighbor’s Driveway
LIVINGSTON COUNTY – A Dansville man pled guilty to felony charges on Tuesday after shooting a neighbor's yard and driveway with an AR-15 assault rifle on West Street in the Village on New Year's Day. James Bennett, 39, pled guilty to Reckless Endangerment in the First Degree, a D felony, at the Livingston County Courthouse and is now looking at 6 months in local jail with 5 years' probation. Bennett had apparently become enraged during an … [Read more...]
Assault so Foul: Elderly Man Beaten for Wallet
DANSVILLE – A tough local retiree says he was attacked in his home on Saturday in an alleged robbery and assault by a complete stranger, who he says was after his wallet. Paul Isaman, 90, says he was indulging a pitiful stranger who was complaining about his life when he invited him into his house on Park Avenue at about 8 p.m. Saturday. Eventually the man's true motives came out, though, and he hit Isaman in the eye and took his … [Read more...]