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Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Launches Regional Investigative Operations Center (RIOC) to Enhance Real-Time Crime Response and Public Safety
Rochester, NY — The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, in collaboration with our local, state, and federal first responder partners, is proud to announce the launch of its new Regional Investigative Operations Center (RIOC) — a state-of-the-art Real-Time Crime Center, first of its kind in Western NY, d...
Deputies Arrest Penfield Homeowner for Hosting Underage Drinking Party with More Than 100 Teenagers in Attendance; One Teen was Hospitalized with Life-Threatening Injuries
On October 31, 2025 at 10:32 p.m., Monroe County Sheriff’s deputies were called back to a home in Penfield, that they responded to earlier in the evening. This time for the report of a 17-year-old male who hit his head and was unconscious. Deputies arrived and found more than 100 underage individual...
Deputy Injured During Arrest of a Man Involved in a Domestic Dispute in Henrietta
On December 10, 2025, at 12:55 pm, Monroe County Sheriff’s deputies received calls for a male and female fighting in a parking lot at 660 Jefferson Road in Henrietta. Deputies arrived to find a male on top of the female, pinning her to the ground. Deputies would learn the male and female were in a...
Deputies Arrest Three Individuals and Recover Stolen Vehicle Thanks to Diligence, Teamwork and Resources
On December 10, 2025, at 1:21 pm, Monroe County Sheriff’s deputies received the report of a 2019 KIA Sorrento that was stolen from the parking lot of 3750 Monroe Avenue in the Town of Pittsford. Deputies used camera footage to discover the vehicle was stolen from the parking lot at 12:20 pm. The...
Deputies Arrest Five Individuals Following a String of Vehicle Break-Ins Involving a Stolen SUV
On December 10, 2025, at 2:10 a.m., the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office received a call from a community member reporting there were four individuals breaking car windows in the Union Square Senior Apartments parking lot located off of Union Square Blvd., in the Town of Chili. The caller gave a descr...
MCSO Eastside Larceny Investigation
UPDATE (11/14/25): On November 13, 2025, at 2:15 a.m., the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office received a call from a homeowner reporting her vehicle was just stolen from her driveway on Rand Place in Pittsford. Over the next two hours, deputies and Fairport Police Department received several calls fro...
Deputies and USMS Fugitive Task Force Arrest Known Repeat Violent Offender and Accomplice on New Charges Stemming from Stolen Vehicle Investigation at Nazareth College
On November 4, 2025 at 12:50 p.m., an undercover task force was following up on a stolen vehicle investigation that occurred at Nazareth College in Pittsford on October 22, 2025. Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Warrant deputies, in collaboration with the United States Marshals Service Fugitive Task...
Deputies Arrest Repeat Offender Following St. John Fisher University Incident
On October 28, 2025, St. John Fisher University security contacted the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office and reported that they believed known offender, Shalom Mathews, was on the campus earlier in the week. Mathews is a former student who was banned from the campus following an arrest for an attempted...
Deputies Make Arrest Following an Investigation into Inappropriate Touching on RIT Campus
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, working in collaboration with the Rochester Institute of Technology Public Safety Department, investigated following several reports of an individual making inappropriate comments, and in some cases advancements, toward pedestrians on campus walkways. In some of t...
Deputies Arrest Predicate Felon for Stealing Dozens of Bronze Vases from a Pittsford Cemetery, Scrapping Them for Cash
On October 16, 2025 at 2:00 pm, Monroe County Sheriff’s Deputies were notified by staff at White Haven Memorial Park, located at 210 Marsh Road in Pittsford, that an unknown male was stealing several bronze vases from inside the cemetery’s mausoleums. The male left the cemetery with the stolen vases...