Crime

Rochester reports a 39% decrease in gun violence: what we know

Rochester has reported 111 shooting incidents involving injury this year, compared to 181 in the previous year’s seven-month range. Read More

Trans woman Chanel Hines shot by parole officer

On Tuesday, Nov. 3, Chanel Hines was shot three times in the chest and hospitalized by Jeff Smith, her parole officer.  Read More

Frederick Douglass statue torn down on the anniversary of famous speech

The speech, given in Rochester in 1852 to a predominantly white audience, asked white Americans how they could celebrate freedom from oppression while simultaneously owning slaves. Read More

Student arrested on assault, harassment, sexual abuse charges suspended

Rahul Saha, 26, faces charges of sexual abuse, assault, and aggravated harassment. Read More

UR grad student arrested, charged with sexual abuse

The offenses, which include two felony counts, took place beginning around October 2018, police said. Read More

UR seniors report attack near Riverview Apartments

Two UR students told the Campus Times they were jumped between Riverview Apartments and local bar TinRoof on Saturday. Seniors Zachary Smith and Kevin Canty said they were walking home from TinRoof shortly after 1 a.m. when they passed a group of five or six men. Seemingly out of nowhere, they said, one punched Canty […]

Parolee pleads guilty to sexually assaulting Eastman student last fall

Parolee Michael Sheppard, 31, pleaded guilty to second-degree aggravated sexual abuse for attacking the 20-year-old student at Eastman. Read More

UR senior linked to spate of white nationalist fliers in Brighton

UR senior Chris Hodgman was cited by Brighton police for violating town code and not for the fliers’ content, according to police. Read More

DPS Update for Dec. 11

DEC. 2 Sixty dollars was stolen from a student’s unattended wallet in a Goergen Athletic Center locker room. A student was warned after being found in the Rush Rhees stacks during an intrusion alarm. DEC. 4 An injured student was taken for medical treatment from UHS. DEC. 5 Public Safety and MERT assisted two injured […]

Students look to light campus walkways

Students, Public Safety officers, and University staff members teamed up Tuesday evening to survey locations on and off campus in need of better lighting as a part of the annual Walk for Light event. Read More