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posted on
November 13th, 2008
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While Rochester Slept
based in
Rochester

One accident, one fire with quiet in between

This was a fairly slow night with the exception of a pretty spectacular accident followed four hours later by a 5 a.m. fire for the second straight day.
Fortunately for all involved, the inju ...

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posted on
November 12th, 2008
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While Rochester Slept
based in
Rochester

Fire, fire, toil and trouble

The overnight started with a fire.
It ended with a fire.
Somewhere in between I was hollered at by a city police officer.
All in all, another brilliant night in River City. It is ...

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posted on
November 9th, 2008
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While Rochester Slept
based in
Rochester

A very difficult traffic stop

There was one major story overnight and it was a doozy.
A Webster police officer, patrolling Route 104 on the lookout for drunk drivers, was sitting in his car writing a ticket to a driver fo ...

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posted on
November 8th, 2008
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While Rochester Slept
based in
Rochester

Staying busy makes the night go faster

Things were hopping in the city consistently from 11 p.m. until about 3 this morning, with two fires and one shooting dominating the action.
While a woman was burned in a house fire on St. St ...

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posted on
November 7th, 2008
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While Rochester Slept
based in
Rochester

Welcome to Lake Ayrault

Here is Clue No. 1 that the overnight is slow: The highlight is standing on a sidewalk shooting video of a water main break in Perinton at 2 in the morning.
It wasn’t just slow for me, ...

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