Rochester, New York – April 16 - 19, 1008

Development of Fugitive Safe Surrender in the Rochester/Monroe County area was launched in May 2007, under the leadership of Peter Lawrence, United States Marshal for the Western District of New York. For almost a year, Marshal Lawrence has worked with government, corporate, non-profit, and faith-based partners to lay the groundwork for a successful Fugitive Safe Surrender operation in Monroe County, New York. That four-day surrender period has now been set for Wednesday, April 16, to Saturday, April 19, 2008.

Senior Pastor Ronald Domina of Bethel Christian Fellowship (321 East Avenue in Rochester) has agreed to host the surrender days in his church, where he will be joined by fellow faith-based leaders of the program and members of the Rochester Police Department’s Clergy Response Team, Reverend Delores Simpson of First Genesis Baptist Church, Father Don Wollscheleger, Reverend Emmitte Myrick of the Helping Hand Missionary Baptist Church, Rabbi Philip Goldstein of the Monroe County Jail Ministry, Reverends Phil and Ruby Harlow, Bishop Sabou Matthias of The Prophet’s House, and Chaplain Tommy Davis of the New York State Chaplains Association.

Key judicial participants include the Honorable Patricia Marks, Supervising Judge of the Criminal Court for the 7th Judicial District, New York State Supreme Court Judges John Ark and Joe Valentino, Monroe County Court Judges Elma Bellini, John Geraci, and Alex Renzi, who also serves as the Supervising Town Court Judge.

Legal team partners include the offices of District Attorney Mike Green, Public Defender Timothy Donaher, and Conflict Defender Rick Youngman. Additional partners include the Rochester Police Department, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, Monroe County Information Services, Monroe County Pre-trial Services, Monroe County Probation, the Monroe County Drug Treatment Court, the Monroe County Mental Health Court, the Rochester City Court, the Monroe County Court, and the Monroe County Superior Courts.

Individuals with open warrants in Monroe County who wish to surrender, and their loved ones who wish to assist in this process, are encouraged to call the FSS-Rochester hotline at (585) 232-1136.