Members of the Genesee County Harley Owners Group were out on Route 98 recently picking up trash as part of an ongoing effort to help keep local roadways clean.
The Harley club does clean-ups four times per year.
The group is responsible for Route 98 from the Thruway to Elba.
Pictured are Paul Ballard, Bob Aiken and Fred Devore.
Photo submitted by Frank Capuano.
A 30-year-old man is unconscious following a motocross accident at Area 51.
East Pembroke Fire Department and Mercy EMS are responding. Mercy Flight in Batavia is on ground standby.
Area 51 is located at 3500 Harloff Road.
UPDATE 6:05 p.m.: Mercy Flight is requested to the scene.
UPDATE 6:06: Mercy Flight is canceled.
UPDATE 6:45 p.m.: Howard was told by the manager of Area 51 that the man was knocked unconscious but provided no other details. This was not a fatality, but we have no further details about his condition, where he was transported or if he was transported.
James D. Qutermous, 52, of 9484 Putnam Road, Batavia, is charged with grand larceny, 4th. Qutermous is accused of accepting a $1,500 down payment to paint a house in Le Roy, and cashing the check, but never returning to start the work or return the money.
Troy Anthony Hokenson, 42, of Wood Street, Batavia, is charged with petit larceny. Hokenson is accused of stealing $49.11 worth of merchandise from Kmart.
There's a one-car accident at the corner of Oak and Main streets with possible injuries. The vehicle struck a tree.
UPDATE (by Howard) 1:33 p.m.: The driver apparently lost brake power, according to police, and swerved to avoid hitting another car. The driver was transported by Mercy EMS to UMMC for evaluation, but is not believed to be injured. City Fire Department responded, as well.
A few people seemed to find this afternoon a good time to fish the Tonawanda Creek.
Above is Kyle Kendall, 7, and a student at John Kennedy School, who had just caught a northern pike when I happened by, which his father, Dave, displays for him.
Amy Showler was doing a little spring cleaning in her apartment on Pearl Street this afternoon. She had just returned from taking a few things to storage and was cleaning her kitchen with bleach, so she decided she needed to open a window in her living room.
When she went into the room, she saw flames climbing up a wall.
She tried putting the fire out with water, but that didn't work, so she found her fire extinguisher, she said.
"By then the room was filling up with smoke, but I took my extinguisher and started putting out the fire," Showler said.
About that time, Cory Paris, who has a used car dealership across the street, arrived with his own fire extinguisher and started spraying the flames on the second floor exterior from the ground.
"A young man playing in the park ran over and asked to use the phone," Paris said. "When we looked, we could see the flames coming out, so we grabbed the fire extinguishers and ran over."
"The flames were pretty big," he added.
City Fire Department responded to the call and finished putting out the blaze.
The cause of the fire has not been determined.
Showler said shortly afterward that she didn't know yet how much of her property had been burned or damaged by smoke or water.
A single-engine airplane apparently reported electrical trouble and was planning on making an emergency landing at the Genesee County Airport.
The original call gave the plane a 10 minute ETA.
Within minutes of the Town of Batavia Fire Department being dispatched, an airport official called in and said the plane made a safe landing.
All Batavia units were put back in service.
A fire in an upstairs apartment is reported at 107 Pearl St. City of Batavia Fire Department is responding. Medics, too.
UPDATE 12:50 p.m.: City command reports fire is knocked down. They are checking for "extensions" of the fire.
Rachellyn G. Burek, 29, of 4131 Broadway Road, Apt. #4, Darien, is charged with identity theft in the third degree. Burek is accused of using the identity of another person from December 2006 to August 2007 to obtain service from Time Warner Cable. Burek allegedly received more than $900 in services. The case was investigated by Det. Pat Corona, Batavia PD.
Kelly J. McMurty, 34, of Benedict Street, Perry, and Linda L. McMurty, 55, of Embury Avenue, Silver Lake, are each charged with petit larceny. The women are accused of stuffing clothing items in their purses and then walking past the last point of purchase without paying for the items.
Edward S. Wiosinski, 60, of 1364 Rush Henrietta Townline Road, Rush, is charged with aggravated harassment, 2nd. Wioskinski was arrested by Le Roy Police for allegedly harassing another person.
Michelle DiFalco, 22, no permanent address, is charged with unlawful imprisonment, 1st, reckless endangerment, 1st, strangulation, 2nd and criminal mischief, 4th. DiFalco is accused of being involved in an incident at 3 a.m., Saturday, in which she allegedly damaged personal property, choked another person and would not allow that person to leave the residence. DiFalco was jailed without bail.
A 16-year-old from Wyoming Road, Wyoming, is charged with unlawful possession of marijuana. The youth, a student at Pavilion High School, was found allegedly in possession of marijuana while in the school.
David Walter Cook, 46, of Lockport Road, Elba, is charged with DWI, driving with a BAC of .08 or greater, speeding and failure to keep right. Cook was stopped on Maltby Road, Elba, at 1:55 a.m., Saturday, by Deputy Jason Saile.
Ryan Eugene Davis, 27, of Mashall Road, Medina, is charged with felony DWI, aggravated driving with a BAC of .18 or greater, felony aggravated unlicensed operation, 1st, driving without an interlock ignition. Davis was stopped at 3:48 p.m., Friday, on Park Road, by Sgt. Thomas Sanfratello. Davis was allegedly driving an other person's car without the owner's permission. He was jailed on $15,000 bail.
Martin F. Jones, 40, of 4036 W. Main St. Road, Batavia, is charged with petit larceny. Jones is accused of stealing beer from Hess Mart at 12:30 a.m., Sunday. Following a complaint, Officer Frank Klimjack reportedly located Jones walking on West Main with beer in his possession.
Trevor M. Rich, 30, of 8943 Creek Road, Batavia, is charged with aggravated harassment and criminal contempt. Rich is accused of sending annoying text messages to a person in violation of an order of protection. Rich was jailed on $1,000 bail.
Dashawn A. Butler, 30, of Batavia, is charged with four counts of acting in a manner injurious to a child less than 17 years old. Butler was arrested by State Police and jailed on $5,000 bail. No further details released.
Jodi L. Teed, 43, of 6785 Creek Road, Mt. Morris, is charged with operating a vehicle while impaired by drugs, unlawful possession of marijuana and inadequate headlights. Teed was stopped at 10:24 p.m., Saturday, on South Jackson Street, Batavia, by Officer Matt Fleming.
Late yesterday afternoon, I took a drive out through Elba, Oakfield and the Town of Batavia. Here's four photos from the drive.
Above, a horse at Macomber and Townline roads, Batavia.
A tree on Pekin Road, Elba.
I suspect this is an old outhouse, but I'm not sure. On Pekin Road, Elba.
Flowers by a pond on Slusser Road, Batavia.
The Empire Cup and College Showcase is under way at Genesee Community College this weekend.
The event brings together more than 50 colleges and universities from throughout Upstate New York for nonstop soccer.
From what I saw from my brief time at GCC today, soccer fans might enjoy attending Sunday. It's a pretty high level of competition.
The event was moved to GCC from the Batavia Sports Park on Bank Street Road because those fields remain heavily saturated from recent rains.
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Care-A-Van was at Batavia Gardens for their weekly grocery distribution. A group of women had gotten together to celebrate one of their friend's birthday. Instead of bringing gifts for her, they all brought items that could be used to bless other mothers on Mother's Day. They then created and donated the blessing boxes to Care-A-Van to distribute to moms and and to children to have a gift to give to their mom on Mother's Day.
Here below is Bridget Ohlson, Co-Founder of Care-A-Van blessing one of the women that came to the truck today.
A car on the Thruway has apparently lost its fuel tank and spilled fuel "all over" the roadway.
The spill is in the eastbound lane in the area of mile marker 388.6.
Town of Batavia firefighters dispatched.
A report of an allegedly intoxicated man with a child at Walmart at 9:43 p.m., Friday, led to a traffic stop and the arrest of Cody A. Bush, of Bank Street, Batavia.
Bush, 25, was charged with felony driving while ability impaired by drugs, felony aggravated DWI with a child in the car (Leandra's Law), felony aggravated unlicensed operation, four counts criminal possession of a controlled substance, 7th, and unlawful possession of marijuana.
The child allegedly in the car is 2 years old.
He was allegedly in possession of four different types of controlled substances.
Bush was also charged with driving left of pavement markings, unsafe tires, uninspected motor vehicle and unlicensed operation.
Following arraignment before Justice Thomas Williams, Town of Batavia Court, Bush was jailed on $15,000 bail.
Just after midnight, a Kentucky man allegedly punched somebody in the face while on Main Street, Batavia, and took his wallet.
Officer Frank Klimjack was on patrol on Main Street when the incident occurred and immediately apprehended the suspect before the crime was even reported to the dispatch center.
Charged with robbery, 2nd, and assault, 2nd, was Patrick J. Ettleman, 43, of 1218 West Oak St., Louisville, Ky.
Ettleman was jailed without bail.
City firefighters dispatched to 16 Harvester Ave. for smoke in the residence.
No fire seen.
UPDATE 8:26 a.m.: Second alarm, second and fourth platoons requested to the scene.
UPDATE 8:33 a.m.: Fire located in the ceiling on the first floor on the A side.
UPDATE 8:41 a.m.: Fire under control.
UPDATE 9:21 a.m.: Red Cross being notified for four adults and three children.
UPDATE 12:25 p.m.: All fire units put back in service.
Luz J. Castro, 27, of 679 E. Main St., Batavia, is charged with theft of services. Castro was arrested following a complaint by Time Warner Cable.
Rebecca S. Hensel, 28, of 8311 Kelsey Road, Batavia, is charged with DWI, driving with a BAC of .08 or greater and speeding. Hensel was stopped at 1:03 a.m. on West Main Street in the area of Bogue Avenue for allegedly going 50 mph by Officer Darryle Streeter.
Robert C. Paris, 21, of 3469 W. Main St. Road, Batavia, is charged with harassment, 2nd. Paris is accused of harassing an acquaintance.
A 17-year-old resident of 41 S. Pearl St., Apt. 1, Oakfield, is charged with falsely reporting an incident, 3rd. The youth is accused of contacting the Genesee County Sheriff's Office on April 13 saying she was a victim of a crime. The reported incident allegedly did not occur.
A level 3 sex offender is in jail after being accused of sending indecent text messages to a minor and of not properly reporting a change of address.
Held on $50,000 bail is Marlek E. Holmes, 37, of 103 W. Main St., Batavia.
Holmes is charged with disseminating indecent material to a minor, endangering the welfare of a child and sex offender failure to notify change of address within 10 days.
The text messages were reported to Batavia Police on Feb. 19. That case was investigated by Det. Todd Crossett.
Det. Charles Dudek conducted the investigation into Holmes' residency.
Le Roy Police assisted in the investigations.
More than two dozen young football enthusiasts turned out for an organizational meeting for the Batavia Bulldawgs, a new youth traveling football team.
Actually, two teams -- one for third- through fifth-graders and another for fifth- through new seventh-graders.
Unlike youth football, the Bulldawgs will play four of their eight games away from home, against other teams in the region.
The games are also played on 100-yard fields under the same rules as high school football's Section V.
Team Vice President Ken Proefrock explained that the Bulldawgs will learn the same system used by the Batavia Blue Devils and work as a feeder organization, preparing Batavia's young players to be competitive at the high school level.
Registration is from 6 to 8 p.m., May 13, in City Centre, between JCPenney and Sunny's. Students need a photo, proof of school grade (current report card or letter from the school) and doctor's clearance. For more information, write bataviabulldawgsfootball@gmail.com.
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