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Law and Order: Teen couple allegedly caught 'engaging in sexual activity' at DeWitt park, charged with public lewdness

By Billie Owens

Julia K. Hahn, 18, of Lyman Road, Bergen, is charged with public lewdness. She was arrested at 3:54 p.m. on May 19 after she was allegedly found by police to be engaged in sexual activity with another individual in DeWitt Recreation Area on Cedar Street in the City of Batavia. She was issued an appearance ticket for 1 p.m. on May 31 in City Court. The case was handled by Batavia Police Officer Christopher Lindsay, assisted by Officer Mitchell Cowen.

Robert V. Wasinger, 18, of Delevan Elton Road, Delevan, is charged with public lewdness. He was arrested at 3:54 p.m. on May 19 after he was allegedly found by police to be engaged in sexual activity with another individual in DeWitt Recreation Area on Cedar Street in the City of Batavia. He was issued an appearance ticket for 1 p.m. on May 31 in City Court. The case was handled by Batavia Police Officer Christopher Lindsay, assisted by Officer Mitchell Cowen.

Britanny B. Cina, 27, of Ross Street, Batavia, is charged with DWI -- common law, and DWI per se. At 1:56 a.m. on May 21, Batavia police responded to the 7-Eleven store on East Main Street for the report of multiple subjects fighting in the parking lot. Upon further investigation, Cina was arrested after it was learned that she allegedly drove a motor vehicle to the convenience store in an intoxicated condition. She was arrested and processed at BPD headquarters where a chemical test was administered, and allegedly it found her BAC to be over the legal limit. She was issued traffic tickets and her City Court date is set for June 1. The case was handled by Batavia Police Officer Arick Perkins, assisted by Police Chief Shawn Heubusch.

Alexander J. Jasinski, 22, of Godfreys Pond, Bergen, is charged with: driving with a BAC of more than .18 percent; DWI; third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation; failure to stop at a stop sign; and moving from lane unsafely. At 9:52 p.m. on May 21, Jasinski was allegedly involved in an accident at the intersection of West Avenue and Weatherwax Road in the Town of Elba. He was westbound on West Avenue when he allegedly failed to stop at the stop sign and his pickup truck went through the intersection and struck a 15-by-15 foot building, a fence and a parked car before coming to rest. The case was handled by Sheriff's Sgt. Ronald Meides, assisted by Deputy Eric Meyer.

Byron Gilbert Keller, 21, of Sumner Road, Darien, is charged with: driving with a BAC of more than .08 percent; driving while intoxicated; unlawful possession of marijuana; and failure to keep right. At 4:59 p.m. on May 21, following a report of a motor-vehicle accident at 9864 Alexander Road in the Town of Alexander, Keller was arrested and charged as noted above. Keller is to appear in Town of Alexander on June 14.

Nikki L. Stonebraker, 27, of Liberty Street, Batavia, is charged with unlawful possession of marijuana. Stonebraker was arrested following an investigation into an alleged distrubance on Liberty Street at 9:21 a.m. on May 19. The defendant was issued an appearance ticket for this afternoon in City Court. The case was handled by Batavia Police Officer Jason Davis, assisted byn Officer Kevin DeFelice. At the same incident, she was also charged with endangering the welfare of a child following a physical domestic incident with her former boyfriend which was allegedly witnessed by her children. For that case, she was released under supervision of Genesee Justice and is to be in City Court to answer the charge at a later date. The case was handled by Batavia Police Officer Marc Lawrence, assisted by Officer DeFelice.

Christopher T. Sprague, 22, of 36 Dellinger Ave., Batavia, is charged with second-degree criminal use of drug paraphernalia. He was arrested at 5:55 p.m. on May 12 after NYS Parole checked his residence and allegedly found drug packaging material inside. He was issued an appearance ticket for City Court on June 14. The case was handled by Batavia Police Officer Christopher Lindsay.

Selina Sarai Tapia, 20, of State Street, Holley, is charged with unlawful possession of marijuana. She was arrested following a traffic stop at 4:20 p.m. on May 16 on Alleghany Road in Alabama during which time was allegedly found to be in possession of marijuana. She was issued an appearance ticket for Town of Alabama Court on June 21. The case was handled by Sheriff's Deputy Michael Lute.

Dave Meyer

Really?? Two kids caught parking a) have to be arrested and b) have to have their names published?? Seriously? How about a stern warning from the officer at the scene and send them on their way??

I'm glad the Batavian wasn't around when I was 18.

Musta been a slow news day.

May 24, 2016, 1:50pm Permalink
Jason Crater

Per the Facebook comments on this article (always to be taken with a grain of salt), it sounds like they were parking in broad daylight.

If there were any children around, I see no issue with arresting them.

Dewitt Park closes at dusk, FTR.

May 24, 2016, 3:32pm Permalink
Brett Orr

Back in 1955 when people "parked", they did it at night time, in a parked car, surrounded by other horny teenagers doing the same thing. In this case it was broad daylight, in a public park witnessed by people NOT doing the same thing. So, yes... They have to be arrested. Having sex in public is against the law. Considering that you are considered an adult at the age of 18 means that you get to have your named printed in public police blotters when you get caught diddling someone's no no places in public. Seems odd to me that people ridicule a news source for simply posting the news.

May 24, 2016, 4:06pm Permalink
david spaulding

interesting indeed, i believe the "parking" rumor is just that a rumor. i imagine the young adults are probably embarrassed and their parents mortified. since i do not see a charge of child endangerment i assume there were no victims of this crime, i hope the court gives them a good scolding and sends them on their way. a lesson learned.

May 24, 2016, 6:18pm Permalink
Ed Hartgrove

Ah-h-h! Fond memories of times gone by. This reminded me of one warm, autumn night, back in '71 (it was VERY dark out).

My wife and I, (legally separated at the time) were parking alongside the Covington Town building. Though we were separated, we were good friends. VERY good friends.

Things had just started to get interesting, when a rap-tap-tap was heard on the passenger window. It was a cop, shining the brightest flashlight I'd ever seen through the window.

There was a mad scramble for clothes, and I rolled the window down. To this day, I'm not sure if that cop was being facetious, or was half-blind, but he said, "What're you two doing in there?" (I think he was being facetious)

Before I could get a word out, he said said that he had noticed our car there, and that there had been some reports of "gas siphoning" going on at the town sheds, but, he said, "I'm guessing it wasn't you two!"

Then he asked for our ID's. We gave him our license's. As we were separated, we had the same last name, but different addresses.

He looked them over very carefully, then said, "You two have different addresses, but the same last name. Are you two related?" (Ya can't fool a bright cop).

I've often wondered what would've happened if I had said we were brother and sister. But, I didn't. I figured I was already in trouble, so I told him the truth.

He said something along the lines that he guessed we weren't up to anything malicious, so we could go back to what we were doing (Yeah - like THAT was gonna happen). Then he left.

Not 100% sure, but, I think I (already) needed to smoke a cigarette, before I could drive away. Very disconcerting encounter, to say the least! But, fond memories!

May 24, 2016, 9:01pm Permalink

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