Hopewell

A woman is dead and a man was hospitalized following a devastating house fire early Tuesday morning in the Town of Hopewell. Emergency crews responded to 3915 Stoddard Road around 2:35 a.m. on July 8 ... more

A two-car crash Monday morning at a rural Hopewell intersection sent one passenger to the hospital and ended with a driver in custody. Jason Frederick, 42, of Rochester, was arrested at the scene for driving ... more

A Hopewell man was taken into custody Wednesday afternoon on charges stemming from an incident that occurred in April. Deputies with the Ontario County Sheriff’s Office arrested Angel Lopez, 24, on July 2 at Patty’s ... more

Deputies arrested a 23-year-old Hopewell man early Tuesday after he allegedly assaulted a person and threatened two people with a knife during a fight at The Cedar Lodge. Antonio T. Balzano was charged with assault ... more

A Penn Yan man is facing felony DWI charges following a late-night crash that sent his vehicle into a wooded area in Ontario County. Skyler M. Christensen, 25, was arrested by Ontario County deputies on ... more

A judge denied the majority of defense motions in the case involving seven people accused of torturing and murdering Sam Nordquist. The defendants allegedly held Nordquist captive for over a month before his body was ... more

A two-vehicle crash at a busy Hopewell intersection sent one driver to the hospital Saturday morning, according to Ontario County deputies. Authorities identified Rokhsanna Sadeghi, 40, of Victor, as the driver who failed to yield ... more

A two-car crash in Hopewell sent one woman to the hospital with serious injuries Monday afternoon and caused temporary traffic disruptions at a busy intersection. Deputies say Lynn M. McLaughlin, 63, of Canandaigua, was injured ... more

A routine traffic stop early Thursday morning led to a series of criminal charges for a Canandaigua woman, including drug and weapons possession, according to the Ontario County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies arrested 44-year-old Robin Lynne ... more

A Canandaigua woman is facing a Driving While Intoxicated charge after deputies linked her to a hit-and-run crash in Hopewell. Cassandra A. Ross, 39, was arrested early Saturday morning after Wayne County deputies located her ... more

Deputies responded to a reported assault early Tuesday morning at Campus Gate, located at 4350 County Road 50. The investigation determined that a domestic dispute had turned violent, leaving a female victim with minor injuries ... more

Sam Nordquist, a 24-year-old transgender man, was tortured for over a month before being killed in Canandaigua. Seven suspects face first-degree murder charges, but prosecutors declined to pursue hate crime charges, sparking outrage. This has ... more

A 19-year-old Canandaigua man was killed early Tuesday morning after being struck by a pickup truck on State Route 5 and 20 in the Town of Hopewell, according to the Ontario County Sheriff's Office. The ... more

A Canandaigua man was arrested Tuesday after authorities determined he falsely reported an armed individual following him in the Town of Hopewell. The Ontario County Sheriff’s Office charged Robert Merkley, 39, of County Road 50, ... more

A residential fire in the Town of Hopewell Thursday afternoon left a home uninhabitable, though all occupants escaped without injury. Ontario County Sheriff’s deputies and multiple fire departments responded to the blaze at 2295 State ... more

A grand jury in Ontario County has indicted two additional suspects in the murder of 24-year-old Sam Nordquist, bringing the total number of individuals formally charged in the case to seven. Ontario County District Attorney ... more

A man incarcerated at the Ontario County Jail has been arrested and charged with 358 counts of criminal contempt in the second degree after repeatedly violating an order of protection, authorities said Monday. Laron J ... more

The Hopewell community is mourning the loss of longtime volunteer firefighter Ronald "Ronnie" Severino, who passed away on January 2 at the age of 66 after a battle with cancer. A dedicated member of the ... more

A grand jury in Ontario County has indicted five individuals in connection with the murder of 24-year-old Sam Nordquist, who was subjected to months of torture before being killed. District Attorney James B. Ritts announced ... more