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Buffalo crime family. and various other gangs in the Rochester area. The Rochester crime family, also known as the Valenti crime family or the Rochester Mafia, was an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Rochester, New York that was part of the American Cosa Nostra .
The Rochester Police Department's Major Crimes Unit, the New York Attorney General’s Office and the Professional Standards Section are all simultaneously conducting investigations into the shooting.
Police asked that anyone with video of the shooting send it to Major Crimes or contact Crime Stoppers or call either 311 or 911 with any information. Rochester is about 340 miles (547 kilometers ...
A week after a former Rochester police officer avoided prison time for a rape conviction, the prosecutor and judge have found themselves targets of harassment and threats, officials said.
Frank J. Valenti (September 14, 1911 – September 20, 2008) was boss of the criminal organization known as the Rochester crime family from 1964 to 1972. As the head of the organization he oversaw gambling, prostitution and extortion rackets operating in the city of Rochester, New York for 8 years. Frank and his brother Constenze "Stanley ...
Murder. Kidnapping. First-degree criminal sexual misconduct. Sentence. Life imprisonment without the possibility of parole plus 30 years. On the night of April 25, 2009, 17-year-old Brittanee Drexel of Chili, New York, United States, left a hotel in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, where she had been staying with friends over spring break.
2024 Rochester attack. On the morning of January 1, 2024, a vehicle laden with canisters of gasoline driven by Michael Avery exploded after crashing into another vehicle in front of the Kodak Theater, which was hosting New Year's Eve celebrations. [1] Justina Hughes and Joshua Orr, two occupants of the vehicle, were killed along with Avery.
On March 23, 2020, Daniel Prude, a 41-year-old African-American man, died after being physically restrained by Rochester, New York police officers. Prude had been suffering from a mental health episode after ingesting PCP and left his brother's house in a disturbed and naked state. His brother called the police, which then led to the encounter ...