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Law and Order: Young man accused of punching older family member, leading to felony charge

By Howard B. Owens

Forrest Ansel III, 24, of East Main Street, Batavia, is charged with assault, 2nd. Ansel is accused of punching a relative several times, causing physical injury. The alleged victim is over 65 and more than 10 years older than Ansel. Ansel was arraigned and released under supervision of Genesee Justice.

Paul C. Ferraro, 19, of South Pearl Street, Oakfield, is charged with grand larceny, 3rd. Ferraro is accused of stealing more than $3,000 over a two-month period while employed at Save-A-Lot. Ferraro was jailed without bail.

Thomas Webb

Thomas A. Webb, 54, of Syracuse, is charged with criminal possession of a forged instrument, 2nd. Webb was arrested after a bank employee called about two people in the bank trying to cash forged checks. Webb was apprehended at the scene, but the other person fled before police arrived. Police recovered the checks and the IDs of both suspects. The investigation indicates at least one other person may be involved. That person appears to have supplied the forged checks to the suspects and similar checks that were cashed at another bank branch in the City of Batavia. Le Roy PD and Batavia PD are working together in an ongoing investigation.

Timothy J. Lewis, 20, of Ellicott Street Road, Pavilion, is charged with harassment, 2nd. Lewis is accused of hitting a family member and a friend while in the parking lot of Oliver's Candies at 3:30 a.m., Wednesday.

Katherine S. Thomas, 41, of Ross Street, Batavia, is charged with disorderly conduct. Thomas is accused of intentionally breaking a glass mug on the sidewalk in front of her residence, causing a physically offensive and hazardous condition.

maryann valone

HONESTLY ---DO NOT BELIEVE EVERYTHING U READ-ESP ON THE INTERNET OR POLICE BLOTTER-THIS IS A ACCUSATION-A CHARGE- HE IS INNOCENT-I KNOW AND EVEN IN A COURT OF LAW -TILL PROVEN GUILTY-though i have no faith in the justice system n with good cause-and u don't n won't know what i am speaking about here either-oops i guess in the net world of loser geeks it is not polite to use caps-get real-not everything is a lil funny jest for ninnys to make silly jokes and laff about-go volunteer somewhere or do something better with ur time-commenting n put downs on everything constantly -when u know nothing about the issue-or most of what you comment on---jus saying-and i do use the funny sayings i heard too-but only to make things be true n real and help people out - not just to see n hear my own bs-and get a minutes worth of attention-so say what you will n vote on it-social network -bs-haters n losers abound n talking -to get attention-as i said -ya'll get a life-i am living mine-with GOD and goodness n will no longer reply to any more nasty put downs n false info-stories-comments- so now that i am gone have at it-show the world how cool u are-like anyone cares-lmao !
this reply began politely to #3 comment but #ed -is the one that it is directed to now-have a good day

Aug 31, 2014, 1:54pm Permalink
Ed Hartgrove

Huh? Say what?
Not really sure why your scream was directed at #3, maryann. I can only surmise that either 'someone' didn't watch the movie, or didn't understand what it was about.
But, don't worry. I never understood the Kardashian's, and life still went on. You'll survive.

Aug 30, 2014, 1:27am Permalink
maryann valone

eddie- i saw the movie abt 30x n understand it well- i was not screaming n u must be drunk -go home-lol !-i have survived for 58 yrs -despite all the bs n u don't know ""sheet "-abt this so u just wanna spout off n feel like a champ-lol-so come at me - and don't fear for us-we got it babe----bwahahaha !-thank you for ur comments on every little thing that u see-get a life !

Aug 31, 2014, 7:51am Permalink
Howard B. Owens

I don't appreciate the implication not to trust our reporting, especially the accusation that just because it's online, it's less trustworthy.

We reported that a person was arrested and charged with a crime. If those facts are wrong, prove it.

Nowhere in the report does it say he actually did it. We don't know. We don't pretend to know. All we know is that the police say they arrested somebody and charged that person with a crime. I trust the police are not lying to us about those two facts. I've never in my life seen the police put out a press release saying they arrested somebody when in fact that person had not been arrested.

It will be up to the judicial system to determine whether the accusations are true. It's not the job of the police nor The Batavian to determine whether or not a person is actually guilty of a crime.

Aug 31, 2014, 2:34pm Permalink
Lorie Cook

I believe everything I read on the internet. What? Are you telling me those emails about my inhertance are wrong. You will all see when I own everyone. Ha!

Aug 31, 2014, 9:09pm Permalink
Kyle Couchman

LOL Ed that quote you used was the #3 quote from most Forrest Gump websites. I think NOW the appropriate Forrest Gump quote would be...

"Stupid is as Stupid does".... Forrest Gump.

Sep 1, 2014, 9:00am Permalink
maryann valone

exactly Howard !
thank you for clarifying that
that's what i wanted to say
it's the comments people make -that imply guilt
that really are hurtful to someone and their family n friends
i feel bad now that i said that to ed -but he used that darn -"run forrest run" quote and it appeared he assumed the guy was guilty by saying "no box of chocolates for that" and i thought it was funny as heck too but -i can't laff because i am forrests mama n i know -its a family problem and all n its so yikky and a total embarrassment to the whole family-any way you look at it--- and i sure wish i never named my poor kid forrest after his grandfather n father on his dads side -that movie came out when the poor kid just entered kindergarten n wow-that's all we heard for like forever-lol !-bwahahaha-lol !
sure love that movie though-lol !

Sep 2, 2014, 5:06am Permalink
maryann valone

yeah lorie
i know
i am a little bit gullible still n i try to check stuff out but -at least i know i am not inheriting anything from bologna-lol !

Sep 2, 2014, 4:47am Permalink
maryann valone

noooooo-lorie
so sorry u mistook my comment
i just saw the pain in the persons eyes as he read the comment- and stuff
a lot of people believe when they read the charges that it is a done deal-as thhey say -and it kinda sticks in peoples minds forever-
and i definitely don't think i am cool
lol
i was a big nerd n still am- and i don't even be a "smart enuf nerd"
to be a computer geek nerd-lol!
ha ha ha
lmao !

Sep 2, 2014, 4:54am Permalink
Billie Owens

There's probably a foreign language course I could take to help my reading comprehension. But I can't think about that right now. I have a headache from slogging.

Sep 2, 2014, 12:43pm Permalink
Ed Hartgrove

Not sure, Lorie. I see, at this point, it's up to -6.

I suppose there could be a slew of Homers out there, that grew up in the shadow of The Simpsons. Personally, I never met one, but, ya never know.

I do remember going thru a period at school when I was Mister Ed.
It never bothered me though. I remember thinking, "Yeah, you just WISH you had a horse that was smart enough to talk. But, then you'd have to explain to your parents why the horse was the smart one".

Sep 2, 2014, 9:55pm Permalink
maryann valone

in the court of public opinion
social networking
and commentary
trolls with too much time and too much mouth
too little knowledge
little insight and less heart
rule
in the court of law
the guy with the best lawyer wins

and most who read the charges and accusations remember it forever no matter the truth or outcome

and now with the public commenting forums...........

Sep 4, 2014, 7:48am Permalink

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