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A Monroe County grand jury has indicted the driver of a landscaping vehicle involved in a fatal crash in Wheatland in July. According to court documents, 55 year old John Ariano was indicted on vehicular manslaughter, driving while ability impaired by drugs and driving while ability impaired by the combined influence of drugs or alcohol. Monroe County Sheriff’s Deputies say Ariano was driving on Wheatland Center Road when he went through a stop sign and hit a minivan on North Road. The driver of the minivan – 69 year old John Blair – was pronounced dead at the scene.

Meanwhile, Police say Ariano told them he ran the stop sign because he was distracted. He was originally ticketed for failure to stop at a stop sign.

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A Batavia woman is facing assault charges after police say she punched a Walmart greeter on Christmas Eve. The greeter – a 70 year old woman – suffered a fractured face and is now recovering at home. 26 year old Jacquetta Simmons has been charged with two counts of second degree assault in connection with the incident. Police have not said what motivated the attack.

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A 23 year old Rochester man was shot in the upper body last night and transported to Strong Memorial Hospital for treatment of what officers on the scene described as life-threatening injuries. Authorities say the shooting took place around 10 o’clock last night on Avenue D near Hoff Street, between Joseph and Hudson Avenues. Police are searching for suspects and say they also used a K-9 unit to search the scene for evidence.

Authorities are investigating a possible home invasion robbery that took place last night on Parsells Avenue near Culver Road. Officials say the robbery took place at 556 Parsells Avenue around 11 o’clock which left two victims in the hospital. One 47 year old man was transported to Strong Memorial Hospital for treatment of a gunshot wound to the upper body. Authorities say he’s being treated for non-life-threatening injuries. The second victim suffered lacerations and was transported to Rochester General Hospital for treatment.

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Police say a 53 year old Albany man is dead after falling off a ledge while trying to get into his apartment through the window. Leonard Johnson locked himself out and was unable to reach his landlord over the weekend. Police say that’s when he tried to climb from a fire escape onto a third-floor ledge, but slipped and fell. A resident of the building found him and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

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An Elmira man under observation at Cayuga Medical Center escaped from the facility over the weekend, prompting a search by Tompkins County Sheriff’s Deputies, State Police and Ithaca Police. Officials say 37 year old George A. Wilson of Ithaca was located a short time later and arrested.

Meanwhile, authorities report that Wilson, who had been confined to the Medical Center after a three hour standoff in Ithaca last week, fled from the facility and jumped into the Cayuga Inlet to evade capture. He attempted to swim across the inlet, but turned back, climbed out of the water under his own power and was then arrested by Sheriff’s Deputies.