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Police Beat: Alleged DWI arrest follows after cop observes suspect in store

By Howard B. Owens

John P. Vanderzell, 62, of 9732 Summit Street Road, Le Roy, is charged with DWI and aggravated DWI (driving with a BAC of .08 or greater). Vanderzell was reportedly observed at a store in Le Roy by Sgt. Michael J. Hare in an intoxicated condition. Sgt. Hare then reportedly observed Vanderzell get into his car and drive away. Sgt. Hare stopped Vanderzell and arrested him for alleged DWI.

Kyle B. Bacon, 19, of 679 E. Main St., Apt. 4C and Ryan T. Nugent, 19, same address, are charged with unlawful possession of alcohol by a person under 21. Batavia Police were dispatched to 679 E. Main St., Apt. 4C to check a report of underage drinking. Upon arriving, police allegedly found Bacon and Nugent in possession of alcohol.

Robert L. Drozdowski, 28, of 15 Washington St., Castile, is charged with criminal contempt, 2nd. Drozdowski was reportedly issued a stay away order out of City Court, which he allegedly violated by contacting the subject person by leaving voicemails on the person's mobile phone.

Accidents reported on the State Police blotter:

2:04 p.m., March 31, Boyce Road, Pembroke, one vehicle; Driver 1: Daniel M. Johnston, 58, of Corfu. No injuries reported.

Howard B. Owens

Hillary, We don't generally follow up on these kinds of cases. All three are fairly common. There would have to be something exceptional, say, about a DWI case for us to follow it. It would be inconsistent to follow up on one person's DWI case and not another's unless there was something exceptional about a particular case to warrant it. If I could afford to hire a full-time court reporter, we probably would follow up on every case, but it's just not realistic at this point.

I wish the courts had some sort of docket of dispositions that we could publish.

Apr 2, 2010, 9:10pm Permalink
Hillary Alley

Understandable...Monroe County is more efficient and with the times..you can look most things up on the county website. Maybe someday...

Apr 3, 2010, 10:35pm Permalink

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