WHECTV Created: July 16, 2021 03:29 PM
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren and her husband, Timothy Granison, have been charged with criminal possession of a firearm, which is a Class E felony, two counts of endangering the welfare of a child and two counts of failure to lock/secure firearms in a dwelling.
The Monroe County District Attorney’s Office unsealed the grand jury indictment Friday.
The DA s Office says the indictment was a result of the search warrant New York State Police executed on May 19 at Warren s home.
A standard manufacturing STD-15 rifle and a .40 Smith and Wesson pistol were found in the home during the search, and Warren and Granison’s 10-year-old child was left home alone during the raid, according to the district attorney s Office. The weapons were not registered to Warren or Granison.
Mayor Lovely Warren addresses reporters during a City Hall news conference on Sept. 3, 2020. A regional appellate court has denied a plea for a change of venue by lawyers representing Mayor Lovely Warren and two of her campaign associates in their criminal campaign finance case setting the stage for a trial in Rochester. Attorneys for the accused contended in court papers filed in November that media coverage of the charges against the mayor, and protests related to the Warren administration’s handling of the death of Daniel Prude in which demonstrators called for her resignation, ensured that she could not receive a fair trial in Monroe County.