LIVINGSTON COUNTY – The jury returned a guilty verdict on all counts against the Perry man who was arrested for kidnapping his ex girlfriend in Retsof and forcing her to drive to his apartment in Perry. The jury found Charles Braun, 67, guilty of Kidnapping in the Second Degree, a Class B Felony, Criminal Contempt in the First Degree, a Class E Felony, and Menacing in the Second Degree, a Class A Misdemeanor. Given a past conviction for … [Read more...]
Keiffer Caves, Confesses Canine Shooting Coverup
LIVINGSTON COUNTY – The founder of the Livingston County Tea Party who also serves on the Republican Committee for West Sparta has spent over a year vehemently denying any connection to the shooting of his neighbor's two dogs and then apparently covering up the crime with false evidence, but finally changed his tune on Wednesday and pled guilty to two felonies. Andrew Keiffer, 44, alongside his attorney Mark Foti pled guilty to Tampering with … [Read more...]
DA: PHIG Brothers Plead Guilty to Tampering
GENESEO – Phi Sigma Xi (Phigs) fraternity brothers Rich Rovner and Michael Green pled guilty to misdemeanors and were sentenced to community service and to pay a fine, a crime which District Attorney Greg McCaffrey said entailed removing drug paraphernalia from a fraternity brother's unresponsive body back in May of 2014. Rovner, 23, of Buffalo, and Green, 21, of Brooklyn, pled guilty to Attempted Tampering with Physical Evidence, an A … [Read more...]
Rochester Hoops Legend Found Guilty of Gun and Drug Charges, Awaits Sentencing in County Jail
NYLON – Arthur Long, former NBA player and local hoops legend, was found guilty of federal drug trafficking and firearms charges at trial by a federal jury on Thursday, July 16. According to a press release from U.S. Attorney William Hochul Jr., Long, 46, of Rochester, was convicted of Possession with Intent to Distribute Methylone (Ecstasy) and marijuana, Using a Premises for Drug Trafficking and Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of Drug … [Read more...]
Strapp Found Guilty of Jailhouse Assault Over Ice Cream
LIVINGSTON COUNTY – A jury found Livingston County Jail inmate Brian Strapp guilty on Wednesday of a brutal attack in the jail bathroom that stemmed from drama among inmates about ice cream. Strapp, 32, boldly testified against eyewitnesses and corrections officers with the Sheriff's Office that his bruised eye, bump on the head, and cut ear that led jail staff to suspect him actually resulted from him poking his eye in the shower, sleeping on … [Read more...]
Thomas Johnson III Guilty of Top Count in Officer Pierson Murder Trial
NYLON – Jane Flasch with news partner 13WHAM reports from the courtroom in Monroe County that Thomas Johnson III, who until this afternoon was considered innocent of the murder of Rochester Police Officer Daryl Pierson, was found guilty of the top count, Aggravated Murder, a class A-I felony, as well as one count of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree and two counts of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Third … [Read more...]