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Newly released transcripts show that prosecutors overseeing a grand jury investigation into the death of Daniel Prude last year in Rochester, New York, undercut the case for criminal charges with testimony from a medical expert who said police officers who held Prude to the ground didn’t do anything wrong

A Rochester, New York police officer has been placed on administrative duty after using pepper spray on a shoplifting suspect who tried to escape with her 3-year-old child in her arms

A grand jury voted not to charge officers shown on body camera video holding Daniel Prude down naked and handcuffed on a city street last winter until he stopped breathing

A physical therapist in New Hampshire is accused of sexually assaulting one of his patients. Rochester police say Patrick O’Donnell, 55, was arrested on Friday, Feb. 12, and charged with three counts of sexual assault, unauthorized practice and contempt. Authorities allege O’Donnell inappropriately touched a patient while working as a physical therapist at Orthopedic and Sport Therapy Services in Rochester….

Newly released footage shows more details between a 9-year-old girl, her family and police officers in Rochester, New York, on the day the girl was pepper-sprayed while handcuffed in the back of a patrol car. More than one police officer was seen throwing instructions at the girl while she was hysterical and calling for her father.

Newly released police body camera video captured a 9-year-old girl’s distressing wait for an ambulance after she is pepper-sprayed by police while handcuffed in a police cruiser.

Rochester, New York’s former police chief alleges the city’s mayor pressured him to lie about her handling of the police killing of Daniel Prude, which was kept from the public for six months, and that she fired him because he refused to do so.

Two people have died following a car crash in Rochester, New Hampshire on Saturday night.  The crash took place on Washington Street near the Rochester Crossing Mall around 9:15 p.m., according to police.  A portion of Washington Street was shut down for several hours and traffic was rerouted.  Officials are investigating what caused the crash. Identities of the victims...

Newly released emails show Rochester police commanders urged city officials to hold off on publicly releasing body camera footage of Daniel Prude’s suffocation death because they feared violent blowback if the video came out during nationwide protests over the police killing of George Floyd

Seven Rochester, New York, police officers have been suspended with pay while authorities investigate their role in the death of 41-year-old Daniel Prude, who died in March after he was restrained by the police while experiencing an apparent mental breakdown. Video released by Prude’s family this week raised questions about what led to his death.

The man, identified as Glenn Patch of East Rochester, was traveling south on North Main Street sometime before 3:26 a.m. when his 2012 Jeep Rubicon veered across the northbound lane, according to Rochester police. After striking a parked 2001 Ford Escape, his Jeep rolled over. Patch was transported to Frisbie Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Other than the…

A neighborhood disturbance involving baseball bats, pipes and pepper spray led to the arrest of six people Monday afternoon in Rochester, New Hampshire, police said. Officers responded to the area of Heaton Street and Ricker Court at about 4:22 p.m. for the incident that involved up to 13 people.

A man believed to have committed an armed burglary while on probation was surrounded in a mobile home in Rochester, New Hampshire, Friday and arrested after an hourslong standoff. Police believed Jody A. Shea, a 50-year-old connected to Massachusetts and Georgia, had a weapon, and he was also wanted in a recent domestic violence incident in Rochester, the Rochester Police...

Police in New Hampshire have an alleged shooter in custody after a search that involved a helicopter and local SWAT.

Three days after a New Hampshire homeowner opened fire on a stranger who had broken into his home, a similar situation unfolded just a few miles away in the same city. In broad daylight Wednesday afternoon, a man held an attempted burglar at gunpoint while his two kids witnessed the entire ordeal.

A New Hampshire man who woke up to find a burglar inside his Rochester home early Monday morning is recalling how he fired a warning shot at the intruder. Michael Thompson told NBC10 Boston he has only used his gun for target practice, but when someone broke into his D’Amours Avenue home at about 3 a.m., he was certainly glad...

Police in New Hampshire say a man killed himself after shooting his wife in Rochester. A 47-year-old Rochester man shot and killed himself around 6:40 a.m. Tuesday after he shot his 45-year-old wife, according to a news release from police.

The New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office is expected to release more details regarding a man who died in a shootout with police in Rochester after suffering multiple gunshot wounds. Thirty-eight-year-old Douglas Heath was wanted on several outstanding warrants, including one for trafficking narcotics and another for fleeing from Maine troopers. Authorities say he led them on a chase before he...

Four New Hampshire officers have been placed on leave following a deadly shootout that resulted in the death of an erratic driver who allegedly opened fire on officers Monday. Douglas Heath, 38, was killed in an “exchange of gunfire” with officials after he crashed his vehicle near the intersection of Route 125 and Oak Street in Rochester, New Hampshire, according...

A suspect was killed Monday in a shootout with police in Rochester, New Hampshire, according to officials. Attorney General Gordon MacDonald announced Monday night that 38-year-old Douglas Heath was killed in an “exchange of gunfire” with police after crashing at the intersection of Oak Street and Route 125. “Mr. Heath was struck by gunfire and died at the scene,” MacDonald...