Sheriff's deputies have converged on the area of Route 5 and Route 237, Stafford, to look for a suspect.
It's not clear what the initial complaint was about, but the caller has stated the suspect threatened to shoot him.
The suspect may be on ATV.
UPDATE 9:10 a.m.: I've not heard much more on this. There was a consultation with DEC for some reason. It sounds like, though not clear, that law enforcement is still on scene.
Justin J. Wheeler, 37, of Attica, is charged with driving with ability impaired by drugs and failure to keep right. Wheeler is accused of being involved in an alleged hit-and-run accident on South Main Street, Batavia, and was subsequently stopped on Route 98, Town of Alexander, for allegedly operating erratically. (initial report)
Thomas Anthony Sobczak, 45, of West Main Street, Corfu, is charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance and unlawful possession of marijuana. Sobczak was stopped on an unidentified road in Batavia at 2:45 p.m., Nov. 15, for allegedly following too closely behind a semi-trailer by Deputy Brian Thompson. Thompson reported allegedly finding marijuana and codeine in Sobczak's possession.
Jeffrey M. Kohorst, 22, of 6105 Main Road, Stafford, is charged with DWI, driving with a BAC of .08 or greater and speeding. Kohorst was stopped at 9:51 p.m., Saturday, in the City of Batavia by Officer Kevin DeFelice.
Michael Todd Dibble, 19, of Indian Falls Road, Corfu, is charged with unlawful possession of marijuana. Dibble was stopped at 11:35 p.m., Saturday, on Route 5, Town of Batavia, for an alleged traffic violation by Deputy Kevin McCarthy.
A 16-year-old of Pratt Road, Batavia, is charged with unlawful possession of marijuana. The youth was charged following a traffic stop on Angling Road, Pembroke, by Deputy Brian Thompson. A 16-year-old passenger in the car was also charged with unlawful possession of marijuana. The 17-year-old driver was charged with unlawful possession of marijuana, reckless driving and speeding (90 mph in a 55 mph zone). The reckless driving drive stems from an alleged attempt to elude law enforcement with four passengers in the car.
Gary David Doctor, 28, of East Main Street, Corfu, is charged with unlawful possession of marijuana and unsafe tires. Doctor was stopped on Route 33, Pembroke by Deputy Brian Thompson.
Dylan James Hawkins, 18, of Hilltop Acres, Morrow Road, Pavilion, is charged with unlawful possession of marijuana. Hawkins was reportedly a passenger in a vehicle stopped on East Avenue by Deputy Brian Thompson. The 17-year-old driver, of Bryant Street, Batavia, was also charged with unlawful possession of marijuana.
Teriance M. Schramm, 20, of Edwards Street, Batavia, is charged with criminal possession of a weapon and unlawful possession of marijuana. Schramm was allegedly seen on Nov. 15 walking down Ross Street with nunchaku ("nunchucks") in his pocket. He was questioned by Deputy Matt Butler and also found to allegedly possess marijuana.
Summer Ogden, 34, of Batavia, is charged with criminal contempt and disobeying a court order. Ogden was arrested by State Police at 8:32 a.m., Saturday. No further details released.
A motor-vehicle accident with injuries has been reported in the area of 9845 Roanoke Road, Pavilion.
Stafford Fire and Mercy EMS dispatched.
Law enforcement and Mercy EMS are responding to an accidental shooting at Godfreys Pond in Stafford.
At the shooting range there, a person accidentally discharged a firearm into his foot.
A 16-year-old from Oakfield is charged with harassment, 2nd, and aggravated harassment, 2nd. The youth is accused of sending threatening text messages to another student and then issuing a threat in-person to the other student.
Richard Dean McKague, 20, of Colorado Avenue, is charged with petit larceny. McKague is accused of attempting to leave Kmart with merchandise he did not purchase.
Janet L. Grossman, 43, of Clipnock Road, Stafford, is charged with unlawful possession of marijuana. The marijuana was allegedly found during a probation search of her home.
Recent indictments from the Genesee County Grand Jury:
Donald F. Stillwagon II, is charged with assault, 2nd. Stillwagon is accused of assaulting a police officer with the intent of preventing him from performing his lawful duties. The alleged incident occurred on Sept. 29. (Initial Report)
Adam B. Thomas is charged with misdemeanor DWI, driving with a BAC of .08 or greater and aggravated unlicensed operation of a vehicle. Thomas is accused of driving a 1998 Dodge on Prole Road in Stafford on June 13 while intoxicated.
Sath P. Dhanda is charged with two counts of criminal contempt, 1st. Dhanda is accused of physically attacking a woman for which there was an order of protection in place and putting her in fear for her life. The alleged incident occurred on Sept. 24.
James D. Henry is charged with attempted grand larceny, 3rd, and criminal possession of a forged instrument, 3rd. Henry is accused of attempting to steal something of greater value than $3,000 on Sept. 28 in the Town of Le Roy. He is also accused of possessing forged prescriptions.
Jason A. Armstrong is charged with assault, 2nd, and criminal contempt, 2nd. Armstrong is accused of causing serious physical injury, with intent to do so, to another person in Stafford on June 27. Armstong is also accused of being in the presence of another person he was ordered by a court not to be around.
A man who lives 143 miles from Genesee County has been nabbed in connection with a series of timber thefts from local property owners.
Donnie Eugene Hendrickson, 49, of County Route 17, Bernhards Bay, is facing two charges of grand larceny and one for petit larceny for the alleged lefts in early 2010.
Bernhards Bay is northeast of Syracuse, on the north side of Oneida Lake.
Hendrickson is accused of stealing more than $21,000 in timber.
The first alleged theft occurred Jan. 9. Hendrickson allegedly removed $1,800 in timber from Stein Farms property. He's been charged with grand larceny, 4th, for that alleged crime.
In mid-February, $19,000 in timber was reported missing from Hy Hope Farms in Stafford. Hendrickson is being charged with grand larceny, 3rd.
The petit larceny charge stems from an alleged $450 theft of timber in February from Englereth Farms, Stafford.
The cases were investigated by Deputy John Duyssen.
A concerned citizen alerted authorities of an unusual situation in a Stafford Cemetery about a half hour ago. Seems a pickup truck was there along with some people looking around with flashlights. After all, Halloween is tommorrow and this seemed a bit...instrusive.
Before Sheriff's could respond, apparently impatience got the better of the caller, and he fearlessly investigated things himself. Once satisfied that no shenanigans were going on, he called back and said there was no need for the law to respond.
The prowlers were actually hunters, who'd shot a deer, tracked it to the cemetery and were simply trying the find their kill and load it into the truck.
A two-car accident (possibly three) with injuries is reported at Route 5 and Fargo Road. There is entrapment and extrication will be needed for one of the vehicles.
Stafford Fire Department, State Police and Mercy EMS are responding.
UPDATE: (5:18 p.m.): The entrapped person has been extricated. The 46-year-old female driver of one of the vehicles in en route to UMMC with bruises, a sore arm and other minor injuries.
The others involved apparently are being cared for at the scene or being transported via ambulance to UMMC.
CSX is planning to shut down the railroad crossing at Seven Springs Road from Monday at 9 a.m. through Tuesday afternoon.
A fire in a Dumpster is reported at 8468 Seven Springs Road, toward the Clinton Street end. There is heavy smoke.
Town of Batavia and Stafford Fire departments are responding.
A fire is reported inside the maintenance shop of the Stafford Country Club. The shop is located off Route 5, just east of Route 237.
Stafford and Pavilion fire departments are responding, along with tankers from the Town of Batavia and fire police from Le Roy. South Byron fire is to fill in at the station for Stafford.
There is heavy smoke inside the structure.
UPDATE (5:53 p.m.): Firefighters are warned that there are chemicals stored inside the northeast end of the building. A firefighter says one piece of machinery is on fire but it is almost out. The roof does not need ventilating at this time.
UPDATE (5:57 p.m.): They are going to vent the north end of the building.
UPDATE (6:02 p.m.): The fire is confirmed to be contained to one piece of machinery and it has been dragged outside. Everything is under control. They are releasing some equipment to go back in service.
In hindsight, 21-year-old Danielle Lovett wishes she hadn't said it was OK for witnesses to leave the scene of an accident she was involved in Sunday night.
It turns out that after the witnesses left, so did the driver of the other car -- flat tire, damaged muffler and all.
Lovett's 1999 Buick was totaled.
Even though Lovett's insurance is giving her $2,100 toward a replacement, she still has to pay a $500 deductible.
"I'd just like to find him so he can pay me back the $500," Lovett said.
She describes the driver as a white male in his late 40s or early 50s. She believes he was driving a Pontiac Aztec or similarly styled car.
The driver's side rear suffered some damage, she said. The man drove off with a flat tire and the noise from his muffler made Lovett think his exhaust system was damaged in the accident.
Even though the Sheriff's Office is investigating the accident, Lovett has tried herself to find the driver, alerting area mechanics and body shops to the damage.
A Bergen resident, Lovett said she was heading home from Batavia at 11 p.m., Sunday, on Route 33 in Stafford when a car coming off of Prole Road failed to yield at a stop sign.
She was unable to brake in time and struck the rear of the car.
Lovett wasn't hurt, but she knew right away her car was majorly damaged.
She said when she got out of the car, the other driver approached her and asked if she was OK. She was, and he said, "OK, so I can leave now?"
"No," she said. "We need to do this the right way."
She called 9-1-1 and when she got off the phone, the man said, "OK, so I can leave now?"
Lovett insisted he stay and suggested they exchange information. He said he would go to his car and get his documents and she searched her glove box for a pen. When she looked up, the man was getting his car and leaving.
Lovett said the man stumbled toward her after he got out of his car and had slurred speech. At first, she figured he was just as shaken up as she was, but after awhile, she realized it was more than just after-accident shock.
"That's when I thought, 'Oh, my God, he's drunk,'" she said. "He's totally wasted."
There was at least one witness to the accident, Lovett believes, and other people who may have seen the hit-and-run car. She's hoping somebody will be able to come forward with more information to help find the driver.
UPDATE: A possible suspect vehicle has been identified. About 20 minutes after this post appeared, Lovett received a call from a person who read the story suggested a car matching the description was parked at a local repair shop. I happened by while Danielle was checking out the vehicle. She said the car sure looked like the one from the accident and the paint transfer, she said, matched the color of her vehicle. The deputy investigating the accident, Howard Carlson, doesn't come on duty until 11 p.m. and Lovett was told to call back then.
Here are four recent news items from the Genesee County Economic Development Center:
A motor-vehicle accident with minor injuries is reported at 7906 Byron Road, near the Stafford Country Club.
Stafford fire department and Mercy EMS are responding.
A two-car accident, that is not blocking, has been reported in the area of 6177 Main Road, Stafford.
Stafford Fire and Mercy EMS are responding.
A caller reports smoke in her basement at 1073 Bethany Center Road. She said she started her furnace just prior to the smoke appearing.
Stafford Fire and Bethany Fire being dispatched.
First responder reports: "Nothing showing."
UPDATE 11:43 a.m.: Crews and equipment being held in their halls while the situation is further investigated.
UPDATE 11: 47 a.m.: Stafford standing down.
UPDATE 12:25 p.m.: Bethany back in service.
On the way back home from the fire on Roanoke Road, Stafford, yesterday, of course I stopped along the way to take some pictures.
Above is a series of barn and silo structures on Sweetland Road, Stafford. Below, the back of the barn at Ellicott Street Road and Stafford-Batavia Townline Road, and under that a railroad mile marker along the railroad track next to Lehigh Road, Batavia.
BTW: If you like my photography, you might enjoy the photoblog I set up: Vufindr.com. Of course, many of the shots will have appeared on The Batavian, but I set up Vufindr.com to allow for larger format pictures.
In 1823, James Monroe was president, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison were still alive, and it would be more than six decades before Thomas Edison would start the first electric company.
It was also the year a brick house was built at 9418 Roanoke Road.
Today, electricity sparked a fire, driven by high winds, that gutted the little red brick house.
"It's a nice old house," said Betty Smart, who lived on the former farm property for 40 years with husband Terry.
It first started when winds disconnected a electrical wire leading from the house to the barn. The live wire hit the metal roof over the kitchen igniting combustible material under the tin.
Once there were flames, wind gusts quickly fed the fire.
“It’s an abnormal condition that we normally wouldn’t see, but that wind got into the interior and just moved the fire right through the house," said Tim Yaeger, emergency management coordinator.
The Smarts called 9-1-1 as soon as they spotted the fire and immediately got out of the house. Nobody was injured in the fire, or in fighting it, and the Smart's three pets live outside and were not harmed.
Yaeger said beside the winds, water supplies were a challenge. Firefighters used two hydrants, but one of them was nearly 3/4 of a mile from the scene. Crews also trucked water in from a pond two miles away.
Assisting Stafford were fire departments from Pavilion, Bethany, Byron, Bergen, Le Roy, Town of Batavia, Caledonia, York, along with Le Roy's ambulance service and Mercy EMS.
More pictures after the jump:
High winds blew live electrical wires onto a roof at 9418 Roanoke Road in Stafford. It's smoking and the fire has spread to the kitchen. It's now a second-alarm fire.
Stafford, Bethany, Le Roy, Town of Batavia and Pavilion are responding to fight the fire and control traffic. National Grid has been notified.
The location is between Sweetland and Westacott roads. The homeowner is outside with fire personnel.
UPDATE (3:12 p.m.): All available manpower in the area is called to the scene. There are three areas on fire inside the home. More traffic control is called for.
UPDATE (3:28 p.m.): Wyoming County is asked to standby in their own quarters with a full crew in case they are needed. Tankers, pumpers, hydrants are all being used and at the ready to fight the fire. Countywide, more crews are called to stand in at the responders' stations. Caledonia is called to help out. National Grid is at the scene. Power inside the house is out. The fire has spread to the garage.
UPDATE (3:40 p.m.): This is now a three-alarm fire. Firefighters were ordered out of the garage, which was "buckling" due to fire damage. There are four fire sites inside the structure now. It has spread to the second floor.
UPDATE (3:46 p.m.): A thermal-imaging camera is requested at the scene. Fire is now in the attic, too.
UPDATE (3:53 p.m.): Inside fire crews are getting out of the structure. They will be fighting it now from the outside only.
UPDATE (4:48): Fresh crews have been called in to replace tired firefighters. The structure is still smoking. The Wyoming County Correctional Facility Fire Brigade is being contacted to aid with equipment, we believe additional lengths of fire hose. Refreshments for the firefighters are requested. The modest, brick home appears to be a total loss. It was built in 1823 and for the past 40 years it has been the home of Terry and Betty Smart.
UPDATE 7:33 p.m.: All units back in service.
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