Rochester news briefs
Rochester man accused of rape
Keith D. Pero, 34, of Lake Avenue was arraigned Monday in City Court on charges of first-degree rape. Pero is accused of raping a 50-year-old woman on Feb. 3, according to Rochester Police spokesman Officer LaRon Singletary. Pero is being held in the Monroe County Jail on $15,000 cash bail or $45,000 bond, and is due to return to City Court for his preliminary hearing at 11 a.m. on Thursday.
Gift to help disease fight
The University of Rochester Medical Center has received what is believed to be the largest financial gift specifically for clinical research into Alzheimer’s disease in school history.
A $1.5 million gift from local couple William B. and Sheila Konar has created a new endowed professorship to support the research.
“Their generous support gives our clinical research effort on dementia a very firm foundation,” said Anton P. Porsteinsson, the first William B. and Sheila Konar professor.
