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Top Stories, January 5, 2022

Bath Mayor: Stop Stealing Grocery Carts From Stores
Bath Mayor Michael Sweet says, he’s asking Bath Village Police to put a stop to people stealing grocery carts.  The mayor says, he’s tired of going to the grocery store and seeing that there are no grocery carts to use.  The mayor has quite a campaign going on this, and he’s posted a photo online, of a grocery cart in the back of someone’s pickup truck.  Mayor Sweet says, stealing is wrong and the police are issuing tickets on this.

 

Missing Teenager Out Of Ontario County

The State Police out of Ontario County are looking for a missing teen, a 14 year old John Abrams, from Honeoye, last seen at the Bloomfield Elementary School.  John is described as a white male, 5’05", 140 pounds, curly brown hair, and brown eyes.  Anyone with information on his location is asked to call the State Police at 585-398-4100 or 911.

 

Manhunt In Allegany County

Over in Allegany County, troopers are reporting an alleged domestic dispute, followed by quite a chase that went on for hours afterwards and into the next day. It started Tuesday night and ended Wednesday.  Numerous law enforcement agencies were involved in the manhunt, and that’s State Police, and police from Andover, Wellsville, Alfred, the Allegany County Sheriff’s Department and state police drones.  The suspect, a 34 year old man from Andover, Thomas Moore Jr, was eventually found at St James.  He is facing charges of: 2nd degree criminal possession of a weapon, 1st degree criminal contempt, 1st degree reckless endangerment, 2nd degree menacing, endangering the welfare of child and aggravated cruelty to animals.   Moore is in the Allegany County Jail, $100,000 bail.

 

Will The State Legislature Take Up Anti-Crime Bills?

Spectrum News is reporting that the Republicans are pushing for the governor to take up crime issues in the state legislature, while Democrats have mixed views on the issue, with some Democrats saying the GOP is trying to scare people, and others saying that crime is a real problem.

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