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Morning Summary

Dan Fischer — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:13:00 GMT

Investigators today continue to look for the cause of a fire that killed three horses in Orleans County.
Fire swept a horse barn at the Lone Oak Stables on Norway Road in Kendall early yesterday.
The horses were the only animals in the barn.
An off duty firemen spotted the flames from a distance but the blaze had been burning for some time.

A Genesee County Sheriff’s deputy, posing as a pizza deliveryman, has arrested a Byron woman for identity theft.
21-year-old Alisha Ballard of Byron Road is facing numerous charges for allegedly using a stolen credit card to make purchases at a Byron Pizzeria.
Deputies also allege Alisha stole credit card numbers from customers while employed at the Citgo gas station in Batavia.
Deputy Brad Mazur delivered the pie and after Alisha signed the suspect credit card slip, - he busted her – all in 30 minutes or less.

The Buffalo father accused of fatally beating his infant son has been denied bail. Prosecutors say 26-year-old Darnell Miller pleaded not guilty to one count of second-degree murder. Miller is accused of savagely beating his eight-month-old last October. Miller could face a mandatory life term if convicted.

Bills fans will get one final look this season at quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick in the starting lineup. Fitzpatrick is likely to get the start for the final game of the year against Indianapolis. He had been nursing an ankle injury but was taking practice on Wednesday with the stating team. Brian Brohm, who started in last week's embarrassing loss to Atlanta was taking reps with the second string team.

Morning Summary

Dan Fischer — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:52:00 GMT

A local snowmobile club should have their bridge re-installed in the Town of Alabama within a month.Back in September, the Oakfield Sno-Packers built a small bridge over a creek. Just one month later, the county took the bridge out claiming the club had not followed proper procedure.With snowmobile season now in full swing, County Manager Jay Gsell says the wheels of government are slowly turning to re-install the span: LISTEN The bridge, which was removed in one piece, is now back in the possession of the Oakfield Sno-Packers.

There was a whole lotta swearing going on at the Genesee County Courthouse.

The oaths of office were administered last night to all office holders who won election in November. This list included Batavia City Councilmen and women, Town Officials and county legislators. The Batavia City Council holds their organizational meeting for the new term next Monday. Former Ward Two Councilwoman Mary Ann Clattenburg is expected to be named council president. Her successor in Ward Two has yet to be announced.

Admitted embezzler Paul Ryan Tenney has his sentencing delayed, again.

Tenney skimmed over a hundred-thousand dollars from Batavia contractor Elcon Incorporated, while working as the company’s bookkeeper.

Tenney’s sentencing has been delayed several times before, as the court attempted to confirm that Tenney had entered a drug treatment program.

Tenney’s new sentencing date is next Monday.

The Genesee County Local Drug Task Force busts two at a Batavia hotel.

Police say they received a tip about drug sales at the Days Inn off Noonan Drive.

A search of one room at the hotel turned up a thousand-dollars worth of crack cocaine and two suspects:

25-year-old Taheed Moffett and 22-year-old Lekisha Avant, both of Rochester, face felony drug charges.

That Canadian woman who led local police on a high speed chase two weeks from one end of Genesee County to the other, is facing a slew of charges.

In Genesee County alone, 24 year old Crystal Pinnock has been slapped with 14 traffic violations in four Genesee County towns and the city of Batavia. She also faces charges in Orleans County.

Drug Bust in Batavia

Dan Fischer — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:12:00 GMT

Two arrested in drug raid at Batavia Days Inn

Morning Summary

Dan Fischer — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:22:00 GMT

Bitter cold wind chills greets Batavia commuters this morning, along with 4 to 6 inches of new overnight snow.
The temperature at 7:00am was 4-degrees and with winds out of the west at 5 to 10 miles an hour, the wind chill was 10-degreesbelow zero.
The weather instruments at the State School for the Blind recorded a peak wind gust early this morning of 27 miles an hour.
All of Western New York is under a Winter Weather Advisory.
There are no specific watches or warnings for Genesee or Orleans Counties.
A lake-effect snow warning has been posted until six tonight for southern Erie, Wyoming, Chautauqua and Cattaraugus Counties.

Flags will fly at half-staff tomorrow across New York State in honor of Army Specialist Jason Johnston of Albion.
Johnston, a member of the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, was killed on Saturday when his unit was attacked with an IED, an improvised explosive device planted along a roadside.
Johnston’s parents, Brad and Jenny Johnston, wrote in a statement to <i>WBTA News</i> that Jason always wanted to be in the military. He felt a strong sense of duty to serve. His parents said Jason wanted to attend Syracuse University following his term in the army.

The State Police union is upset with Governor Paterson over the size of his security detail.
Officials with the state Troopers Police Benevolent Association say the governor now has over 200 officers assigned to his detail, yet the governor has ordered a hiring freeze for new state troopers.
The number of state troopers on patrol has declined from nearly three-thousand in 2006 to about 27-hundred this year.

Batavia Police have released the condition of boy struck by a vehicle on Washington Avenue last Wednesday. Buffalo Women’s and Children’s Hospital reports that 13-year-old James DiFalco’s condition has improved from guarded, to stable.