Updated: 12:11 PM EDT April 28, 2021
NIAGARA COUNTY, N.Y. The Niagara County Sheriff s Office is telling Western New Yorkers to be on guard about another new scam going around.
For this one, victims in Genesee County were called by someone claiming to be a relative who was arrested and in need of bail money. Shortly after the phone call a courier for the alleged family member s attorney arrived at the victims house to take the money.
Later, a second phone call was made to the victim saying the bail amount had increased, and that more money was needed. Another exchange via courier was made.
Sheriff’s deputy arrested in Genesee County sex-trafficking sting
Updated Apr 28, 2021;
Posted Apr 28, 2021
Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson speaks during a press conference on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020 at the Genesee County Sheriff s Office in downtown Flint. (Jake May | MLive.com)Jake May | Mlive.com
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GENESEE COUNTY, MI A sheriff’s deputy was among those caught in the most recent sex-trafficking sting by the Genesee County Sheriff’s Office GHOST operation.
Benjamin Reinhart, 24, was arrested and fired from his position over the weekend after he allegedly exchanged messages with an undercover officer posing as a 15-year-old girl online, Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson said during his weekly news briefing on Wednesday, April 28.
Fenton man seriously injured in crash that closed SB US-23 for nearly 7 hours
Updated Apr 19, 2021;
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FENTON, MI A Fenton man in his 30s was seriously injured in one of two crashes Monday morning that shut down southbound US-23 near the Thompson Road exit for almost seven hours, according to the Genesee County Sheriff’s Office.
The first crash shortly after 10 a.m. Monday, April 19, involved a semi-tractor trailer hauling a trailer full of soybeans which crashed into the back of a pickup truck with a trailer hauling an excavator, Cpt. William Lanning told MLive-The Flint Journal.
The semi-tractor flipped onto its side. The crash was due to construction and slowing of traffic, Lanning said.
Public unveiling planned for Genesee County Sheriff’s education facility
Updated 8:00 AM;
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FLINT, MI The Genesee County Sheriff’s Office is set to hold a public unveiling this week of its new education facility for former Genesee County Jail inmates with a felony on record.
The unveiling will be held at 5601 North Saginaw Street during Sheriff Chris Swanson’s 1 p.m. weekly news conference on Wednesday, April 21.
The new facility is an expansion of the department’s IGNITE program, which aims to break the cycle of generational incarceration negatively affecting families and communities. The program is made possible in partnership with Mt. Morris Consolidated Schools.
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