Rochester-area police are outraged that dangerous criminals are being turned loose under the "Less is More Law" signed by Governor Kathy Hochul last week.
Hilton elementary students sexually abused during school hours, authorities say
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Kirk Ashton, 51, was charged with six counts of first-degree sexual abuse and five counts of second-degree course of sexual conduct against a child, both felonies, and nine counts of endangering the welfare of a child, a misdemeanor, according to the New York State Police.
At a mid-morning news conference in Greece, Major Barry Chase of New York State Police said that all of the alleged sexual acts took place at the school during school hours over the past four years.
Kirk Ashton, 51, was charged with six counts of first-degree sexual abuse and five counts of second-degree course of sexual conduct against a child, both felonies, and nine counts of endangering the welfare of a child, a misdemeanor, according to the New York State Police.
At a mid-morning news conference in Greece, Major Barry Chase of New York State Police said that all of the alleged sexual acts took place at the school during school hours over the past four years.
Ashton, a Rush resident, has been the principal at Northwood Elementary School in the Hilton Central School District since 2004. He was placed on administrative leave from the school district last week. Chase said that Ashton was last in contact with students on March 26, the last day of school before spring break.
A third person has been charged in connection with the violent abduction of two Greece siblings in January as a 19-count felony indictment was revealed by Greece police this week.
Dimitri Cash Jr., 5, and his sister Shekeria Cash, 3, were forcibly taken from their foster home on English Road around 8:40 p.m. on Jan. 18 by two masked, unidentified suspects.
The siblings were located by federal law enforcement officials less than 48 hours later in Montgomery, Alabama after police tracked a rental car there. They were unharmed and were reunited with their foster family within a few days.
According to court documents released Tuesday, Joenathan Cash, 22, and Kimara Pluviose, 32, were the two accused of breaking into the house and abducting the siblings. Dimitri Cash Sr., 29, the children s biological father, planned the kidnapping from their foster home with his cousin Joenathan Cash and his girlfriend Pluviose.
Father of abducted Rochester kids arrested, charged with kidnapping
Updated Jan 24, 2021;
Posted Jan 23, 2021
Dimitri Cash Jr., 5, left, and Shekeria Cash, 3, right, were kidnapped from English Road in Greece, Monroe County, around 8:40 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 18, 2021. The children were wearing pajamas when they were taken by two men wearing ski masks, police said. An Amber Alert has been issued for the children.Provided by police
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The father of two Rochester kids abducted and taken to Alabama earlier this week has been arrested and charged with kidnapping, according to Monroe County Jail inmate records.
Dimitri Cash Sr., 29, has been charged with second-degree robbery, second-degree kidnapping and first-degree burglary, jail records show.