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  2. Rochester crime family - Wikipedia

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    Buffalo crime family. Pittsburgh crime family. Rivals. Buffalo crime family. and various other gangs in the Rochester area. The Rochester crime family, also known as the Valenti crime family or the Rochester Mafia, was an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Rochester, New York that was part of the American Cosa Nostra.

  3. Frank Valenti - Wikipedia

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    Frank J. Valenti (September 14, 1911 – September 20, 2008) was boss of the criminal organization known as the Rochester crime family from 1964 to 1972. As the head of the organization he oversaw gambling, prostitution and extortion rackets operating in the city of Rochester, New York for 8 years. Frank and his brother Constenze "Stanley ...

  4. Constenze Valenti - Wikipedia

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    Constenze "Stanley" Valenti (February 8, 1926 – February 23, 2001) was boss of the criminal organization known as the Rochester crime family in the 1950s. As the head of the organization he oversaw gambling, prostitution and extortion rackets operating in the city of Rochester, New York. Constenze and his brother Frank were among the 100 or ...

  5. Killing of Daniel Prude - Wikipedia

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    On March 23, 2020, Daniel Prude, a 41-year-old African-American man, died after being physically restrained by Rochester, New York police officers. Prude had been suffering from a mental health episode after ingesting PCP and left his brother's house in a disturbed and naked state. His brother called the police, which then led to the encounter ...

  6. 2024 Rochester attack - Wikipedia

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    2024 Rochester attack. On the morning of January 1, 2024, a vehicle laden with canisters of gasoline driven by Michael Avery exploded after crashing into another vehicle in front of the Kodak Theater, which was hosting New Year's Eve celebrations. [1] Justina Hughes and Joshua Orr, two occupants of the vehicle, were killed along with Avery.

  7. Arthur Shawcross - Wikipedia

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    United States. State (s) New York. Date apprehended. January 5, 1990. Arthur John Shawcross (June 6, 1945 – November 10, 2008), also known as The Genesee River Killer, was an American serial killer, rapist and cannibal active in Rochester, New York from 1972 through 1989. Shawcross's first known murders took place in his hometown of Watertown ...

  8. Alphabet murders - Wikipedia

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    Naso was a New York native who had lived in Rochester during the early 1970s and who is known to have regularly traveled between New York and California. [ 74 ] [ 75 ] [ 77 ] Initially described by authorities as a person of interest in the Alphabet murders, DNA testing has confirmed Naso's DNA is not a match to the semen samples recovered from ...

  9. Rochester shooting - Wikipedia

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    Rochester shooting. A mass shooting took place on September 19, 2020, in Rochester, New York, United States, at a late-night backyard party on Pennsylvania Avenue. Two people were killed and fourteen others were injured. No arrests have been made. [1][2] It is considered the largest mass shooting in Rochester in recent memory.