ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Rochester police have stepped up their presence near the former Kodak Hawkeye facility on Saint Paul Street, arresting eight people since September.
The arrests were made for crimes including burglary, larceny, resisting arrest and several others. RPD was out at the building Friday to arrest an Ontario County man accused of trespassing.
The city says they have been in contact with the building’s owners, Phoenix Investors, but can’t share details about those conversations without the owner’s permission. There are three people listed as a point of contact for the property on the owner’s website, but none answered calls this afternoon about their long-term plans for the building.
Geoffrey Blanding moved to the area a few months ago with his family and he’d like to see the building used to help the community.
“I thought about you know, tearing it down because you know if there’s no use of it then I think that would be a good thing to do,” Blanding said. “But I do also believe that they should use it for people in the community who struggle like I mentioned that I was homeless at one point in my life so for people who like struggle with like getting proper identification stuff like that but need a place to stay. I think that would be a good thing to do with that building if they’re gonna make any use of it.”
Blanding says he feels much safer in the area now than he did when he first moved here thanks to an increased security presence.
Rochester police told News10NBC that Phoenix Investors did install additional security cameras and contracted a security company back in July after multiple break-ins.
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