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Police Beat: Driver accused of dumping trash charged with DWI

By Howard B. Owens

Gergory P. Hamm-Johnson, 19, of 10140 Brookville Road, Alexander, is charged with a felony count of DWI, aggravated DWI and illegal dumping. He was stopped by Deputy Kevin McCarthy at 2:52 a.m. for allegedly throwing trash from his vehicle onto Old Creek Road in Alexander. 

Brian T. Rushing, 24, of 3314 Eagle Harbor Road, Albion, is charged with DWI, DWI with a BAC of .08 or greater, driving left of pavement markings and unlicensed operation of a vehicle. Rushing was stopped on Townline Road in Bergen by Deputy Howard Carlson on Thursday at 5:33 a.m. for an alleged traffic violation.

Matide Maximino Luis, 21, no address, is charged with entering the country illegally. Luis was picked up last week following a traffic accident on Route 20 in Pavilion. Luis allegedly ran from the scene after deputies suspected he was in the country illegally. He was captured after a short foot chase. Luis was turned over to the Department of Homeland Security Border Patrol.

Four Genesee County men were arrested for alleged trespass on Sept. 19, according to a State Police blotter item released yesterday. The four men are apparently accused of trespassing at 2750 Maple Road, Oakfield. Arrested and charged were Ryan T. Schultz, 22, of Oakfield; Robert J. Maerten, 22, of Basom; Donald J. Maerten, 24, of Basom; and, Adam R. Bischoff, 22, of Oakfield. No further details are available.

Laura Scarborough

The four Genesee County guys are a bunch of GREAT kids. The address that is listed is for the US Gypsum.... which has the "Gyp Pond" for fishing out back. You need to get a license to fish from the Gyp.... that's probably all that the trespass charge is.

Sep 25, 2009, 12:29pm Permalink
Doug Yeomans

See what I mean about charges being laid unreasonably in some cases? Maybe they could have just as easily gone and gotten the permission from whomever they needed to after the state police found them there. Why bust them and put that extra burden on the taxpayers when the budget is already tight? Maybe that's my answer, though. Charge them and fine them. Fleece them to line the coffers. I don't understand why more issues are not resolved without an arrest. There are better solutions in many cases.

Sep 25, 2009, 2:13pm Permalink
tom hunt

It is not a matter of enforcing the law; but lining the government coffers with fees and fines extracted from the working class pockets!

Sep 25, 2009, 3:33pm Permalink

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