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Law and Order: Wyoming teen charged with third-degree assault in Pavilion

By Billie Owens

Nicholas Tyler Stutes, 18, of Wyoming Road, Wyoming, is charged with third-degree assault. He was arrested at 11 a.m. on June 2 following a complaint and investigation of an assault on Big Tree Road in Pavilion. The case was handled by Sheriff's Deputy Ryan DeLong.

Jenna T. Girolamo, 18, of Sutters Run, Rochester, and a 16-year-old female from Churchville, are charged with making graffiti, a misdemeanor, and trespass, a violation. The two defendants were allegedly found trespassing in Buttermilk Falls, Route 19, Le Roy, at 7:40 p.m. on June 4. They were also found to have allegedly made graffiti in the same area. They were arrested on the charges and issued appearance tickets for July 18 in Town of Le Roy Court. The case was handled by Sheriff's Deputy J.M. Diehl, and Le Roy PD officers E. Blodgett and Dent.

A 17-year-old male from Byron and a 17-year-old male from Bergen are charged with trespass, a violation. The two defendants were allegedly found trespassing in Buttermilk Falls, Route 19, Le Roy, at 7:40 p.m. on June 4. They were arrested on the charge and issued appearance tickets for July 18 in Town of Le Roy Court. They were accompanied by two females (previously cited above). All were removed from the property. The case was handled by Sheriff's Deputy J.M. Diehl, and Le Roy PD officers E. Blodgett and Dent.

David Horning

Kids get arrested for doing what we all did as kids growing up in the 70's now. No wonder they're bored and overweight. They couldn't just kick them off the property?

Jun 6, 2016, 6:12am Permalink
Ed Hartgrove

I agree, David.

Guess I can admit now (without fear of prosecution - due to the statute of limitations). I had only heard of Buttermilk Falls, until the early 80's. That's when I went there. (And, just in case the statute of limitations doesn't cover my a__ , I will state that by getting there, I MIGHT have reached it by walking down the center of Oatka Creek - which, being a navigable waterway, would not be "private property".

That being said, I was quite thrilled to find, after a long examination of a lot of the "graffiti" there, a tribute to my mother, "chalked" there by my father (they didn't have spray paint back then). I was able to KNOW who put it there, by the nicknames they had used for each other throughout their married lives. I asked my mom and dad about it, and she didn't even know it existed. But, my dad said he had put it there back in the early 30's, before they were even married. It was located on one of the curved portions of the underside. To this day, I still haven't figured out how people back then even reached where it was.

They are both gone now, but, as far as I know, that tribute still remains.

But, that was long ago. When it comes to people being charged with trespassing, now, I think Dylan captured it best, when he lamented, "Times, they are a changin'".

Jun 6, 2016, 9:58am Permalink
Howard B. Owens

I'm rather flabbergasted that people would find it acceptable to deface and vandalize A) another person's property; B) elements of nature that have been there for tens of thousands of years and should be preserved for others to enjoy.

You'll note that only twice in the past five or six years, have we seen reports of people being arrested for trespassing at Buttermilk Falls. In both cases, it was associated with some other incident (falling down the rocks and requiring rescue and this incident). But of course, we know, people go and see and enjoy the falls much more frequently than that ... people visit there all the time and aren't charged with trespass.

Jun 6, 2016, 10:51am Permalink
Ed Hartgrove

So, I'm guessing that you're one of the very rare people that have never tried skipping a rock across a pond or lake. Do I have that right, Howard?

Cripes! Even Opie (and, on at least one show, Andy Taylor, himself) did that.

Oh, wait. That was only Hollywood (but, I'm gonna guess that the studio probably didn't "own" the lake in the show - but I can't prove it).

Jun 6, 2016, 11:40am Permalink
George Richardson

Ed, in Austin there have been 83 incidences of rocks being thrown from bridges and vehicles in the last eighteen months. Lots of broken windshields, a little brain damage and a few deaths but completely organic. Andy and Barney could have solved the crime by now but arresting DUI's and Pot smoking homeless people takes precedence. So now the idiot Governor has gotten together a $25,000 reward and a bunch more morons are throwing rocks so they can turn themselves in and collect their own bounty. That's what Trump University does for you. I'm not sure how your comment and mine are connected but they are. In short, don't throw stones and don't mess up other peoples stuff. And don't sue 3500 people over a course of thirty years.

Jun 6, 2016, 11:55am Permalink
Lisa Woltz

Skipping rocks and graffiti are two different things. Actually, George, I was there with you until you said the drugs.

I don't believe you'll find the rocks are the issue. The issue is cans of paint, teenagers and breaking the law. No, I didn't do things like this. I failed at trying to make it out the window to sneak out.

Jun 6, 2016, 12:17pm Permalink
George Richardson

Lisa, if pot and alcohol are drugs then 80% of adults are on drugs at times. I hate graffiti until it becomes art and then I embrace it. I rode my bicycle to Buttermilk Falls several times as a preteen in Batavia and we smoked cigarettes up and under the bridge but no one could ever afford a can of paint so it was very minimal. I say don't throw stones, throw rotten tomatoes and eggs and oh man can a bad ever onion stink.

Jun 6, 2016, 12:40pm Permalink
Ed Hartgrove

So, here I go again - assuming.

I'm assuming that is your carefully couched way of saying, "Well, maybe I MIGHT have skipped stones at some point in my life", Howard.

What I was getting at was, those rocks might have (using your own words, Howard) "been there for tens of thousands of years and should be preserved for others to enjoy".

But, by picking up a stone and skipping it (if you EVER did, of course), you would have been altering the "elements of nature" (again, using your own words). That was what I was trying to get across.

Is skipping a stone "defacing property"? I guess that would depend on who's doing the determining. It would definitely fall under the alteration of "nature".

Do I find "spray-painted graffiti" innocuous? Not in the least. It can be hard, if not impossible, to remove. "Chalk", especially 80+ year-old chalk, can be removed with warm water from a squirt gun. If you'd like, I'll tell my dad the next time I see him.

Jun 6, 2016, 1:46pm Permalink
George Richardson

Howard, Ed, everyone else. I confess to throwing a snowy ice ball at a cop car at Oak Street and LaCrosse Ave.and then hiding under a big pine tree with two other 12 year old reprobates while a cop got out of the car and tried to find us.We laughed later but sweated big time in freezing temperatures for a while. It wasn't that long ago, just fifty years or so. Now they throw rocks.

Jun 6, 2016, 2:20pm Permalink
Ed Hartgrove

Weak analogy? Maybe. As I stated, "I guess that would depend on who's doing the determining."

"Farmer Joe" might not care whether people remove & throw stones in his pond. "Farmer John" might be terribly upset.

When you stop and think about it, if ten thousand people (or, 100,000 do) pick up stones and throw them into a waterway, that (could) possibly affect the course of the waterway. And, most definitely, alter the "scenic effect" those stones were providing in the first place.

Whatever! I (think) I'm done on this one.

Have a great day, Howard! I have a tropical storm I gotta watch now.

Jun 7, 2016, 10:56am Permalink

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