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The Genesee County Sheriff’s Department has brought more charges against a Byron teenager in connection with a fatal crash in November of last year. Sheriff’s Deputies charged 18 year old Cortney Greene with felony charges of vehicular manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide. She is also facing misdemeanor charges of driving while ability impaired by drugs and alcohol.

Meanwhile, investigators say Greene was at the wheel of a golf cart on November 26th when it was hit by a car. Greene and her passenger – 18 year old Zachary Rusin – were both thrown from the cart. Rusin died the next day at Strong Memorial Hospital.

New York State Police and a family in Batavia are asking for help in locating two men who may have jumped into the Genesee River in Rochester. 46 year old Michael King and his brother – 54 year old David – were reported missing by family members one week ago. They were last seen on February 19th after their brother dropped them off to retrieve a car on I-390.

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The jury will return for a fourth day of deliberations this morning as they’re still trying to decide the fate of 17 year old Faheem Abdul-Jaleel who’s accused of stabbing his 13 year old year old cousin in the neck 12 times. Abdul-Jaleel is charged with second degree attempted murder and first degree assault for allegedly stabbing 13 year old Samina Qasim after an argument last June. Authorities say after the incident he then tied her up and left her behind a trash can in the garage of the family’s Henrietta home.

Meanwhile, the defense argued that Qasim was the aggressor in the argument which led to the stabbing and that Abdul-Jaleel was acting in self-defense. The prosecution says Abdul-Jaleel is much stronger than Qasim and did not need to use – quote – “excessive force”. If convicted Abdul-Jaleel is facing up to 25 years in prison.

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According to hospital officials, a man who was stabbed several times following a bar fight at the Venu nightclub one week ago today has died. Officials say 21 year old Siaquan Moore died at Strong Memorial Hospital over the weekend. He was stabbed at least three times in his upper body during the early morning hours of Monday, February 20th and was admitted to Strong Memorial where he underwent several hours of surgery. Police say Moore was inside the nightclub when the fight broke out. At this time police are still not sure what led up to the fight and are still investigating the case.

The family of an elderly Irondequoit woman who died after plunging her car into the Genesee River is suing the Rochester Yacht Club alleging the club negligently failed to protect drivers from driving off its roadway into the water. Officials say 85 year old Bernice Ferenc was last seen alive the morning of February 12th, 2009 when she stopped for groceries at the Wegmans on East Ridge Road. Her disappearance sparked two massive searches involving hundreds of volunteers. Ferenc’s vehicle was finally discovered in late May of 2009 after independent divers notified Irondequoit police of an obstruction in the river channel at the yacht club. Ferenc’s body was found still seat-belted behind the wheel of the car.