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Woman accused of trying to prevent police from arresting boyfriend on parole warrant

By Howard B. Owens

A Batavia woman who allegedly tried to prevent law enforcement officers from finding and arresting her boyfriend today was charged with obstructing governmental administration, 2nd.

Arrested and released on an appearance ticket was Landrea D. Ames, 39, of East Main Street, Batavia.

Her boyfriend was located and taken into custody on a warrant for an alleged parole violation.

Arrested was Darrell J. Holloway, 42, of East Main Street, Batavia.

Members the Local Drug Enforcement Task Force secured a warrant to search residence of Ames for Holloway.

Batavia PD and Sheriff's deputies assisted in the arrests.

Holloway most recently served time at the Mohawk Correction Facility for attempted criminal possession of a controlled substance, 3rd. He had previous convictions, according to DOCs, for attempted burglary, 2nd, grand larceny, 4th, and burglary, 2nd.

William Wombatski

Darrell Holloway was one of the greatest athletes to ever grace a court or field in Batavia. I knew him quite well as he was growing up, and he has always had a good heart. The fact that most of his life has been spent either behind bars or in-and-out of the courts is a real shame. I wish him well and hope that he is able to find the strength to get on the right path.

Aug 24, 2011, 11:06am Permalink
Gary Spencer

Dennis, I would bet your post was taken down because Mr. Holloway was never convicted of burglarizing your home, therefore, it is an allegation and we can have allegations on the batavian.
I remember Darrell from our childhood, he was indead a great athlete, and had a lot of potential. It is sad to see where his life has gone.
Having said that he has had multiple chances to turn things around and has not done so, now it looks like he is on his way back to prison, again.
I would like to see him turn things around and become a "productive member of society".....we'll see what happens.

Aug 24, 2011, 4:19pm Permalink
Howard B. Owens

Dennis, I thought Billie was going to email you. The main issue was the name calling.

As for the allegation about the burglary, I wasn't overly concerned about that in this case because A) Federal law protects us against liability for anything you write; B) while I had no idea if his previous burglary conviction was for the specific crime you mentioned, it's not like he hasn't been convicted of burglary once before.

Aug 24, 2011, 4:25pm Permalink
Billie Owens

Dennis, I emailed you earlier this afternoon explaining why I deleted your post. It was due to the first four words characterizing Holloway, not the rest of it. It violates our no-name-calling policy.

Aug 24, 2011, 4:51pm Permalink
dennis wight

yes, i got the mail after that last post, thanks Billie and Howard. Gary, perhaps YOU would like him wandering around inside your house in the middle of the night while your family is sleeping.

Aug 24, 2011, 5:08pm Permalink
dennis wight

Holloway broke in to my home while my children and i were sleeping and stole cell phones. My new security system includes, but not limited to, a very protective female Rotty and a 12 gauge.

Aug 24, 2011, 5:13pm Permalink
Billie Owens

Right on Dennis! We live on Maple Street across from Thorpe in the city. Nice area, great neighbors. Not. We have a 167-pound male rottweiler/Swiss mountain dog and other means of protecting our household, but we eagerly look forward to the day when we can either rent a house or buy one in the city and MOOOVVE!

(FYI posters -- remember that as far as FACTS are concerned, truth is always its own defense.)

Aug 24, 2011, 5:27pm Permalink
Gary Spencer

Dennis,
No sir, I would NOT want Mr. Holloway in my house for any reason, I am not sure where you would get an idea like that. I simply said I remember him from when we were kids, I remember what a great athlete he was and I think it is a shame that he ruined his life! I also remember a couple years ago he was being investigated for other burglaries (and was confronted by a man whose house he (allegedly) broke into, as far as I can tell no charges were filed; I assumed that you were one of those whose house he broke into.

Aug 24, 2011, 9:28pm Permalink
William Wombatski

A local High School often allows inmates from Wyoming County Correctional Facility to perform light custodial duties during the summer months. One summer a few years back I was visiting this building and had a chance to chat with one of the inmates. We got to talking about sports and physical fitness opportunities available to the inmates. We put two-and-two together and realized that Mr. Holloway was someone we both knew. This inmate went on to tell me that he absolutely DOMINATED the basketball court at WCCF. He was a legend amongst his peers. Sadly, his peers at the time were doing time for crime. However, this guy is more than just a criminal. He cwill forever be one of the best athletes to come out of Batavia, NY.

Aug 25, 2011, 9:22am Permalink
Gary Spencer

William,
obviously being a great athlete isn't enough, one must also be a contributing member of society. I remember when he committed the burglaries for which he first went to prison for (around 1987?) he terrorized the State St/Bank St, Hart St. area because he broke into something like eight houses there and people were afraid to go to bed at night for fear he would break in while they slept.
He was a great athlete and the judge said he had potential and didn't want to send him to prison, but Darrell violated probation enough times that his potential had run out.

Aug 25, 2011, 9:44am Permalink
William Wombatski

Aren't there professional athletes that have criminal records? I guess you have to be REALLY good at sports in order for society to give a free pass on criminal behavior. Darrell just needed to practice more.

Aug 25, 2011, 12:23pm Permalink
Billie Owens

If an athlete is fortunate enough to make it to the big leagues, garnering all the attendant fame, money and privilege, society often overlooks some unlawful behavior. But it's also unlikely, rare, that someone at that level would be committing residential burglaries in a place like Batavia. Now if a pro athlete lives in Brentwood, Calif., and nearly decapitates his ex-wife and a male waiter, and has the money for fancy pants lawyers, it can be a different story. But some people just self-destruct, regardless of their circumstances, and a lot of times addictions are at the root of it. Like baseball's Darrell Strawberry and Pete Rose, et al.

Aug 25, 2011, 1:59pm Permalink

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