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A 76-year-old New Hampshire man was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of having images showing child sex abuse as well as simple assault.

A man wanted for allegedly having images of child sex abuse has been arrested days after, police say, he put his hands on a child at a park in Rochester.

A sleeping driver crashed into a New Hampshire toll plaza early Friday morning, according to police. State police said 39-year-old Austin Kootz was driving northbound on Route 16, approaching the Rochester toll plaza, shortly before 4 a.m. when he fell asleep and lost control of his pickup truck. Police said the truck crashed into the concrete abutment in front of…

Newly released grand jury transcripts shed more light on why police officers who restrained Daniel Prude avoided criminal charges in his death.

An investigation into the official response to Daniel Prude’s police suffocation death last year in Rochester, New York, is faulting the city’s mayor and former police chief for keeping critical details of the case secret for months and lying to the public about what they knew

Attorneys for the five children of Chicago resident Daniel Prude have announced a federal lawsuit against the city of Rochester, New York, alleging wrongful death and civil rights violations.

A 20-year-old Massachusetts man was arrested Sunday after New Hampshire State Police caught him driving well over the posted speed limit. Christopher Fren, of Franklin, was clocked driving 142 miles per hour around 8 p.m. along Route 16 in Rochester, state police said. Troopers stopped the vehicle in the area of the Rochester Toll Plaza, where Fren was arrested and…

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

The Rochester Police Department released the body cam footage from a February arrest in which a woman is pepper-sprayed in the presence of her child. It was the latest of several incidents with Black residents that have prompted calls for changes to the department.

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 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.

The city of Rochester has removed three police officers seen in body-camera videos spraying a chemical “irritant” in the face of a distraught and handcuffed 9-year-old girl, officials announced Monday.

Police in Rochester have released two body-camera videos of officers restraining a distraught 9-year-old girl who was handcuffed and sprayed with what police called a chemical “irritant.”

Three National Guard members on a routine training flight were killed Wednesday when their helicopter crashed in a western New York town, an official said.

The deeds in the town outside Rochester were originally written close to a century ago with the line, “No lot or dwelling shall be sold to or occupied by a colored person” — a common restrictive covenant at the time

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.

One man is in a Boston hospital after he was rescued from an apartment fire in Rochester, New Hampshire early Saturday morning, local firefighters said. Around 3 a.m., the Rochester Fire Department received a 911 call about a fire at 50 Hansonville Road. Firefighters rescued a man from the building and provided medical care while the fire was extinguished, Chief…

A car slammed into a New Hampshire toll booth on Sunday after the Maine woman who was driving lost control of her vehicle, state police said. Joann McCollum-Hubbard, 73, of Acton, Maine, was traveling northbound on Route 16 approaching the Rochester Toll Plaza when she lost control of her Subaru Outback around 4:10 p.m., according to police. The car struck…

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...

The city of Rochester, New York, is dealing with more trauma after a shooting at a backyard party killed two teenagers and injured 14 others