A caller on Broadway Road in Darien reports that a blue and silver limousine out of Buffalo stopped in front of her house and several of its passengers got out and urinated on her lawn before continuing their journey eastbound on Route 20.
A car fire is reported near 6751 Meadville Road. Alabama Fire Department is responding.
UPDATE 3:14 p.m.: The car fire is out. Alabama is back in quarters.
A small dog is reportedly locked inside a silver Toyota and all the windows are closed. The vehicle is near the garden entrance of Walmart.
UPDATE 2:54 p.m.: Law enforcement was unable to locate the vehicle -- "gone upon arrival."
A woman is reportedly "covered in blood" and walking a dog in Le Roy. She was on Myrtle Street in the village and is now walking northbound on Route 19. Le Roy Police are responding.
UPDATE 12:31 p.m.: Police met up with her on Craigie Street. "You can disregard," the officer tells dispatch. "She just got through running the 5K race." The officer says she is going to speak with the caller who is "very concerned" about the woman.
It's the biggest day of the year for the City of Batavia with the arrival of Summer in the City.
This is the 10th year for the Downtown event, which opens at 11 a.m. and goes until 9 p.m.
There will be over 45 vendors. Food concessions will be serving: BBQ, hot dogs & hamburgers, fried dough, pizza, and ice cream and lots more delicious treats. Artists & crafts persons will have a variety of artwork, jewelry and clothing for sale.
The entertainment lineup runs throughout the afternoon and evening. Downtown will be rock’n with Terry Buchwald is on stage from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. performing as Elvis and also doing a country music show. Hit N Run takes the stage at 6 p.m. and performs until 8 p.m.
There is also a kids' zone and classic cars.
At 6:15 p.m. is the 32nd Donald R. Carroll 5K Race and Walk, starting on Bank Street.
City firefighters will be holding a free child passenger safety seat check at the Fire Hall from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., 18 Evans St.
The following street closures are in effect now through 11 p.m.:
Other events going on today: The East Pembroke Mud Races, a 5K run at Frostridge and Hogs for Paws at Stan's.
This is our 3rd annual fundraiser and reunion event for our local animal shelter. We invite any former resident and supporters of the Genesee County Animal Shelter to come out and join us!
This event will be from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m .at Stan's Harley Davidson located at 4425 W. Saile Drive, Batavia.
List of activities:
*Bring an item from the Animal Shelter's wishlist or a monetary donation -- receive lunch on us (graciously donated by Beds-n-Bones Pet Lodge & Frank Penna Catering)
*Microchipping for Dogs and Cats $30
*Obedience training with Fort Hyde Kennel
*Professional photos taken of your pets
*50/50 Raffle
*Pick-your-prize Raffle
*Pet Photo contest
*Many Vendors (Dirty Hairy Pet Service, Amy's Fluffy Friends and more!)
*WBTA will be doing a live remote from 11-1
*Bounce house
There will also be a retirement celebration for Genesee County's K-9 unit, Pharoah. Pharoah will be joining us for the day. He will be doing demonstrations with his handler, Deputy Thompson.
We will also be trying to get donantions for the new K-9 unit, Destro, coming to join us in September.
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A fully involved car fire is reported in the area of 3137 Batavia Oakfield Town Line Road. Oakfield Fire Department is responding. It's between two houses, but "well away from the structures."
UPDATE 3:13 p.m.: Oakfield Fire Police are asked to shut down traffic at Town Line Road, west of South Pearl Road. Alabama Fire Police are asked to shut down traffic at Town Line and Macomber roads.
UPDATE 3:19 p.m.: Fire police are also going to stop traffic at Town Line and Hutton roads. A tanker is requested to the scene.
UPDATE 3:25 p.m.: The car fire is knocked down.
UPDATE 3:27 p.m.: Oakfield command says the road closures will remain in place until further notice.
UPDATE 4:06 p.m.: All units back in service. Road reopened.
The premiere of the Andrea Mangefrida Memorial Golf Tournament and Basket Raffle is Aug. 25 at the Le Roy Country Club, located at 7759 E. Main Street Road in Le Roy.
The purpose of this tournament is to replenish The Andrea Lynn Mangefrida Memorial Fund at Stepping Stones Learning Center. The fund was set up to buy teaching and recreation equipment the center.
Sign-in is 10 a.m. with the Shotgun Start at 11 a.m.
Prizes for: Closest to the Pin, Longest Drive, and Hole-in-One.
Cost is $50 per person for golf and dinner; $25 for just dinner. Doors open at 3 and dinner is served once the last golfer finishes.
There will be door prizes, basket raffles and more!
Ask about sponsoring a hole or donating a basket!
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Founded in 1994, Stepping Stones Learning Center has since grown into the leading provider and advocate for inclusive services to children in the Rochester area. The program began with two teachers serving nine children from birth to 5 years of age with and without special needs, and now serves more than 500 children birth to age 21 throughout Monroe and the surrounding counties, in half- and full-day inclusive classroom, clinic and community settings.
For more information about Stepping Stones Learning Center visit: steppingstoneslearning.com
About 20 firefighters from seven volunteer fire companies in the county were at the Darien Fire Hall yesterday to learn and practice how to rescue children trapped on a crashed school bus.
Extricating patients from school buses is unique, explained Jeff Luker, a coordinator with Emergency Services, because school buses are not built like other buses, or even cars.
"School buses are a lot tougher, a lot heavier, because they're handling our kids on the street," Luker said. "There's some special things we can do as fire service if there is an accident with kids to go in and take them off and deal with injuries."
While there was cutting and sawing during training, blades aren't the only tools used at a school bus accident.
"School buses are build different," Luker said. "The big cutting tools often used with a car often aren't as effective as using a screwdriver and a socket set."
Participating departments were Town of Batavia, Darien, Alabama, Byron, East Pembroke, Alexander and Le Roy.
If you think you're cut out for this kind of work, find out how to become a volunteer firefighter by visiting ReadyGenesee.com.
A caller to dispatch reports seeing a man driving a black sports car with the number 1 on the back of it forcibly put a female standing roadside into his car and drive off. She is wearing a pink shirt. The vehicle was last seen heading west on R. Stephen Hawley Drive toward Bank Street Road.
UPDATE 12:45 p.m.: This may be a related to an incident which occurred earlier on Norton Road. The female is also said to be Hispanic and wearing flowered pants. The vehicle may be a dark-colored Grand Am.
UPDATE 1:27 p.m.: Responders are back in service. They did not locate the vehicle.
A one-car accident is reported at Sumner and Colby roads in Darien. The vehicle is on its side and a person is complaining of back pain. Darien Fire Department and Mercy medics are responding.
UPDATE 11:44 a.m.: The male patient, who recently had back surgery, is being transported to an area hospital. Darien fire is back in service and the vehicle is being towed away.
Kyle Justin James Jackson, 21, of Slusser Road, Batavia, is charged with aggravated harassment. Jackson, while incarcerated in the Genesee County Jail, allegedly threw a plastic cup containing feces at a corrections officer. Jackson remains in jail on other charges.
Sandra Rae Marceill, 66, of Sanders Road, Stafford, is charged with DWI, driving with a BAC of .08 or greater, driving too slow/impeding traffic and moving from lane unsafely. Marceill was stopped at 11:04 p.m. Aug. 9 on Main Road, Stafford, by Deputy James Diehl.
David Michael Jackson, 36, of Lake Road, Pavilion, is charged with forcible touching, endangering the welfare of a child and sexual abuse, 3rd. Jackson is accused of touching the intimate parts of a person less than 17 years old.
April Lynn Walradt, 36, of Westcott Road, Le Roy, is charged with DWI, driving with a BAC of .08 or greater and moving from lane unsafely. Walradt was allegedly the driver in a motor-vehicle accident reported at 1:18 a.m. Thursday on Westcott Road, Le Roy. The accident was investigated by Deputy Matthew Fleming.
David Alexander Bramblett, 44, of Chapin Street, Canandaigua, is charged with DWI, driving with a BAC of .18 or greater, consumption of alcohol in a motor vehicle, unlicensed driver. Bramblett was stopped on Route 77 in Corfu following a report of an apparently intoxicated driver from a witness on the Thruway. Bramblett was stopped at 4:19 p.m. Tuesday by Deputy Eric Seppela.
It's time again for one of the most fun and exciting events in Genesee County -- the East Pembroke Mud Races, sponsored by the East Pembroke Volunteer Fire Department.
Registration for the race begins at 9 a.m., Saturday, and ends at 11:30. Racing follows. The registration fee is $15 per wheeler and $5 per extra classes. Racers pay an admission fee, as well.
There will also be the annual Mud Queen Scramble and a Mud King and Outlaw Class race.
Spectator admission is $10, and pit spectator admission is $15.
Raffle prizes include a 2013 Polaris Sportsman 500cc, a 2013 Polaris Outlaw 50cc and $3,500 cash. Second place is $500; 3rd is $250.
The fire department wishes to thank all of its sponsors and members for the support and work to make the event possible.
In the picture, from left, Willie Torres, Chuck Chatley, Gerri Baylor, Julie Waldron, Steve Smelski, Willie Welch, Dan Kolb and Ray Schramm.
A fire is reported in a residence at 380 Council House Road on the Tonawanda Indian Reservation. Alabama Fire Department is responding along with mutual aid from Indian Falls and Oakfield.
UPDATE 6 a.m.: Alabama command puts Indian Falls and Oakfield back in service and orders Alabama to continue in non-emergency mode.
UPDATE 6:09 a.m.: Alabama command puts two responding Alabama units back in service.
Corfu Mayor Ralph Peterson is going to receive a letter from the village attorney demanding his resignation.
If he doesn't resign, Mark Boylan, village attorney, is instructed to contact the appellate division of the NYS Supreme Court to begin the process of trying to remove Peterson from office.
Corfu's trustees voted 3-1, with Peterson supplying the no vote and Trustee Keith Busch absent, to take steps to remove Peterson from office.
While there's a long string of complaints that trustees and village residents have about Peterson, the latest alleged action that has angered trustees is an alleged admission by Peterson that he withheld an important letter from the village because he wanted to see a lawsuit against the village proceed.
This allegation came out after a closed session where trustees -- without Peterson, who was barred from the closed session -- discussed their options in the wake of recent events involving the lawsuit, village personnel and an alleged threat made by former village justice Robert Alexander.
Corfu trustees held an emergency board meeting on these topics this evening.
After Boylan raised the allegation that Peterson withheld the letter to perpetuate the lawsuit, Peterson denied it.
Trustee Ken Lauer said, "Oh, you have a different story to tell?"
"Yes, I have a different story to tell," Peterson said.
As Peterson started to speak, Lauer repositioned a microphone from a television news station to point at Peterson and Peterson paused and then said, "I've been advised by counsel not to make any statements."
As soon as the meeting adjourned, Peterson walked out of the building without speaking to anybody.
In May, Peterson reportedly received a letter from Andrew Fleming, the attorney representing a group of part-time village police officers who claimed they were illegally deprived work hours. The letter was an offer to settle a potential lawsuit before it reached that stage.
Trustees only learned of the letter Monday when Fleming showed up at the village board meeting.
Peterson allegedly made a statement in closed session that night that he wanted to see the lawsuit filed, so he allegedly withheld the letter from the other trustees.
Also stirring the pot for trustees was a letter Peterson reportedly sent out Aug. 8 (PDF) asserting his power as mayor to run the village. He threatened legal action against any trustee, or the board as a whole, if attempts were made to usurp his power.
This evening, the trustees also voted 3-1 on a motion instructing Boylan to send a letter to Peterson barring him from contact with village office staff over concern that Peterson's continued contact with staff will lead to a harassment lawsuit.
The other motion passed Thursday was one instructing Boylan to send a letter to Robert Alexander barring him from village property.
Last night the Town of Pembroke board instructed Boylan, who also represents the town, to send a letter to Alexander barring him from town property.
According to witnesses, at Monday's village meeting, Alexander allegedly threatened to break the neck of a Town of Pembroke board member.
State Police confirm receiving a report of an alleged incident involving Alexander, but decline to disclose any further information pending completion of an investigation.
Two residents spoke at Thursday's village meeting. Charlie Lenhard, who identified himself as a longtime friend of Peterson's, told Peterson it's time for him to resign. Drew Doll said that as a 60-year resident of the village, he's embarrassed by what the village has become. The problems started, he said, long before any of the current trustees were on the board. It's time, he said, to dissolve the village.
A person reportedly tossed a cat out of the window of a moving vehicle in the vicinity of Darien Lake Theme Park. The vehicle is said to be a 2002 black Chevy Silverado registered to a Corfu resident. The vehicle was last seen heading west on Route 33. Law enforcement is searching for it now.
UPDATE 6:41 p.m.: The complainant told an officer that the cat was tossed out the driver's side window, north of the theme park's camping entrance. It was white, and it rolled a few times and then ran off. Someone is looking for it to check its well being and officers are still searching for the Silverado.
UPDATE 7:03 p.m.: A State Trooper found the suspect and interviewed her. The woman said that the cat is hers and that "it was underneath her car and not thrown." The Trooper is back in service. No word on whether the cat was found or if the owner is going back to try and retrieve her pet.
There was a bit of history at the county's election's office this afternoon -- for the first time in Genesee County history, Libertarians turned in signatures to put their own candidates on a local election ballot.
Batavia City Council candidates Lisa Whitehead (center) and Jim Rosenbeck (right) need 191 valid signatures to get spots on the ballot.
In New York's system, the Republican and Democrat candidates get to gather signatures first. When they're done, so-called third party candidates can gather signatures. None of the third-party signatures can duplicate signatures gathered by the Republicans and Democrats.
They all, of course, must be registered voters.
The Libertarians turned in 459 total signatures, which will now be reviewed by the election commissions to see if the minimum threshold of valid signatures have been met.
With Whitehead and Rosenbeck is Phil Ricci, chairman of the Genesee County Libertarian Party.
For the 16th consecutive year, Genesee County lost jobs from June to July, according to data released by the NYS Labor Department.
There are 500 fewer non-farm jobs locally, with a month-over-month drop from 23,900 to 23,400.
In 1997, the June-to-July job count for Genesee County for each month was 23,400 jobs.
Data from the labor department goes back to 1990 and in those 23 years, Genesee County has never found itself with more jobs in July than in June.
The county did gain jobs year-over-year, however, going from 23,100 jobs to 23,400.
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