Crime
Gun Violence
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.
City
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.
City
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.
Crime
Student arrested on assault, harassment, sexual abuse charges suspended
Rahul Saha, 26, faces charges of sexual abuse, assault, and aggravated harassment.
arrest
UR grad student arrested, charged with sexual abuse
The offenses, which include two felony counts, took place beginning around October 2018, police said.
Riverview
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…
Crime
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.
Hate
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.
DPS Update
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…
Crime
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.
