The Canadian woman who allegedly led local law enforcement on a high speed chase through Genesee County and into Orleans County on Dec. 19 has been charged with a series of vehicle infractions and a misdemeanor steaming from the incident.
Crystal Pinnock was arraigned today in Stafford Town Court before being released to Orleans County for arraignment on charges in that county.
Pinnock was charged with:
- Town of Le Roy, speed over 55 mph and unsafe passing.
- Town of Stafford, unlawful fleeing of a police officer (a misdemeanor), speed over 55, failure to yield to emergency vehicle, driving left of pavement markings and a misdemeanor count of reckless driving.
- Town of Batavia, speed in zone, driving left of pavement markings.
- City of Batavia, speed in zone, reckless driving (misdemeanor) and three counts of passed red light.
State Police will also press charges for alleged infractions in Elba.
Previously:
Has anyone found out what the
Has anyone found out what the heck her problem was?
Dave, She's Canadian
Dave, She's Canadian
True enough, maybe they
True enough, maybe they changed the chemical balance of Canadian Club and forgot to tell anyone
comment no longer needed.
comment no longer needed. deleted. Thanks, Howard.
Doug just beat me to it, ay.
Doug just beat me to it, ay. I'd crash the gate to leave that socialist enclave as well!
Bud - I think the offensive
Bud - I think the offensive comment that Bea is referring to has been removed. Consider yourself lucky you didn't have to read it.
Yes, thank you to whomever
Yes, thank you to whomever removed it. Appreciated from me personally.
Why was the comment
Why was the comment offensive? It wasn't racist. I was even politically correct by using African American and African Canadian. I was pointing out something factual yet it got censored. Amazing.
This isn't the first time
This isn't the first time Doug has made comments directed at a certain race. I think he was trying to be funny in a way that Strom Thurmond would have appreciated.
It was definitely racist.
It was definitely racist. Thank you for removing it Howard.
I'm not prejudiced. I poke
I'm not prejudiced. I poke fun at everyone, regardless of race.
Beth, I must disagree. It's
Beth, I must disagree. It's your opinion to feel otherwise but it doesn't make it so. I didn't slander anyone and I didn't call anyone names. Would it bother you if I picked out every crack bust and asked if this was "crackheads gone wild?" Think what you like.
Chris, you're the only one to
Chris, you're the only one to realize it was in jest, even with your political slant put on it :-)
Lighten up, folks.
Lighten up, folks.
I didn't remove the comment
I didn't remove the comment when I first saw it. I took some time to think about it. To me it wasn't clear cut, but the question I asked myself in the end was, "If I were a black reader would I think less of The Batavian if this comment were allowed," and I decided yes. Not because it's the most offensive thing that could be said, but because there was a whiff of characterizing African-Americans in a certain light, attempt at humor or not.
The other factor is based on long experience, I've seen racism in online forum absolutely destroy them. When I was director of new media for the Ventura County Star, we had to close comments involving any mention of an African-American or Hispanic. We've been exceptionally fortunate with The Batavian to not have to deal with race issues much. I'd like to keep it that way.
So, Doug, I see your POV, but I also see it from others. And I'd rather just not have race be an issue on the site.
Still wonder why she flipped
Still wonder why she flipped out and went racing around the area.
How in the world can someone
How in the world can someone get so far without being caught?
I suppose one has to take
I suppose one has to take into consideration: the element of surprise, time of day, her speed, road traffic and rural juridictions involved. Also, without knowing her motivation, predicting her course for an intercept would be problematic. I can think of several high speed chases, law enforcement in pursuit from the-get-go, that covered substantial territory. I also think it's fair to say, the level of road patrol is pretty thin. Except for speed traps on 490, I rarely see patrol cars anymore.
How would a border guard in his/her cubicle contact Barre Center and warn of an approaching felon? I bet a good ten minutes went by before Erie/Niagara County authorities were notified.
Who knew she was on her way to LeRoy to take in the latest Jell-o display?
Posted by C. M. Barons on
Posted by C. M. Barons on January 1, 2010 - 9:20am
Who knew she was on her way to LeRoy to take in the latest Jell-o display?
...and, then decided to saunter over to Orleans County to check out the apples.
What would make her flip out
What would make her flip out like that? Her boyfriend took off with her best-friend on the ferry to Charlotte, her in-laws were arriving to stay-through the holidays, Kim Kardashian's new perfume was selling at House of K, Lil' Wayne checked into the Byron Hotel, her gift card for the Spa at Artemis was expiring...
Good thing i don't work for
Good thing i don't work for NASA then
You know, I am going to sound
You know, I am going to sound very judgemental here, but I read a whole bunch of outrage above over a remark I didn't happen to see, but some folks thought it was racist. I'm not calling anyone anything, but C.M. and Karen, ask yourselves "Would I have made those same comments if the picture of this girl was of a white girl." Food for thought, all I'm sayin'.
According to the National
According to the National Drug Intelligence Center, "Cocaine, both powder and crack...is supplied by Dominican sources in New York City, specifically Washington Heights. Albany serves as a distribution center for crack cocaine in Upstate New York."
Most of the crack cocaine seized at the U.S. - Canadian border in WNY is going TO Canada.
From the NDIC website:
Illicit drug production is limited in the HIDTA (High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas) region; however, some production of marijuana does occur, particularly in the Upstate New York counties. In addition, heroin is often repackaged into retail quantities in the New York metropolitan area, and powder cocaine is commonly converted to crack in the HIDTA region. African American, Dominican, and Jamaican distributors are the primary groups involved with converting powder cocaine to crack; it is often converted in small batches near the intended market because federal sentences for distribution or possession of crack are lengthier than those for powder cocaine. Some crack is transported from New York City to New Jersey. Of the crack sold in the HIDTA's Upstate New York counties, about half is converted from powder at the market site and half is transported from New York City as crack.
The HIDTA region's expansive transportation infrastructure is exploited by DTOs to transport drugs into and throughout the region. Six major interstate highways and 10 subsidiary interstates offer extensive transportation options from the New York metropolitan area to population centers throughout the country. Interstate 95 alone connects the HIDTA region directly to cities and towns along the East Coast, where over a quarter of the U.S. population resides; I-95 also connects the region to 10 major airports and 10 major seaports. Three international airports--John F. Kennedy, Newark Liberty, and LaGuardia--make the New York metropolitan area one of the world's busiest air transportation hubs, and various other international airports, including Buffalo Niagara International Airport and Albany International Airport, serve the region. Amtrak passenger rail service, commuter rail services, the largest subway system in the world, and an extensive network of commercial buses and taxis provide traffickers with additional transportation options to and within the area. The Port of New York/New Jersey is the largest container port complex on the East Coast of North America. Cargo is shipped to the port from more than 150 countries, and in 2006 the port handled more international cargo than ever before, over $149 billion worth (see Figure 2). Erie County in Upstate New York provides access to four major land POEs on the U.S.-Canada border.13 DTOs routinely take advantage of these numerous transportation options to smuggle drugs into and throughout the HIDTA region. Law enforcement officials also report that DTOs are increasingly using indirect routes such as state routes and back roads to transport drugs to the HIDTA region in an attempt to avoid law enforcement interdiction.
To lower the risk of having large quantities of drugs seized, many Colombian and Dominican DTOs store drugs in suburban areas outside New York City and bring smaller amounts into the city that they can distribute quickly. These stash locations are usually residences in suburban neighborhoods. Colombian DTOs are using such stash locations in the suburbs of Long Island and Westchester County and in areas with large Colombian populations, including Hudson and Passaic Counties in northern New Jersey. Many Dominican DTOs are also using stash locations in suburban neighborhoods in northern New Jersey.
Once shipments of cocaine and heroin arrive in the New York City metropolitan area, portions of the shipment are sometimes transported to the Upstate New York counties of the HIDTA region. Most of the cocaine and heroin abused in upstate markets is transported by couriers, often female, and upstate dealers who travel to New York City from Albany, Buffalo, Rochester, and Syracuse to bring back midlevel to wholesale quantities of the drugs for distribution. As upstate markets have increased in size, larger quantities of drugs are being transported to these counties, and New York City-based traffickers are more commonly traveling upstate to deliver drugs to their known customers. Distributors in Upstate New York also arrange to have cocaine and heroin transported directly from Atlanta; Chicago, Illinois; Florida; North Carolina; and Texas, bypassing sources in New York City entirely. Law enforcement reports indicate that some cocaine traffickers in Rochester have increased their activities so significantly that they are bypassing sources of supply in New York City and dealing directly with Mexican sources. These methods of operation indicate that the drug markets in these upstate counties have grown significantly.
“…the question I asked myself
“…the question I asked myself in the end was, `If I were a black reader would I think less of The Batavian if this comment were allowed,’ and I decided yes."
Howard…I did not see the offending comment; I appreciate being spared and respect your consideration of others.
I’d like to suggest you ask yourself that question again.
Dave, had you read the
Dave, had you read the offensive remark before it was removed, you would realize that these light hearted remarks are just idle musings on a lazy New Year's Day morning. They are connected to this story only because of the bizarre series of events - not the person involved.
Call me misogynist if you
Call me misogynist if you like, Dave; there was nothing related to race in my comments. I'll take the brickbats over sounding sexist, though. However, if the driver had been a male, I would have changed:
His girlfriend took off with his best-friend on the ferry to Charlotte, his in-laws were arriving to stay-through the holidays, Kim Kardashian was modelling at House of K, Ozzie Osborn checked into the Byron Hotel, his gift card for Mancuso Lanes was expiring...
...then, again, Ozzie is kind
...then, again, Ozzie is kind of passe'. I'll leave it Lil' Wayne.
Or was it the Jell-o
Or was it the Jell-o reference you found provocative?
I completely forgot that Bill
I completely forgot that Bill Cosby was the Jell-o spokesperson.
Alright, mea culpa. I don't
Alright, mea culpa. I don't even know or care who Lil Wayne is, and I thought Kim Kardashian was African-American. I looked at Google Images and found out she isn't, I guess. She's just plain hot. I was irritated with Karen and she probably wasn't attacking me anyway, and sexist that I am I couldn't attack a woman without throwing one at a man. Hell, i don't even know if C.M. is a man or woman, just assuming. So, my apologies Karen and C.M.. Is Bill Cosby still the Jell-o spokesman?
Thats ok Howard, No Biggy, I
Thats ok Howard, No Biggy, I know readers got the point. Such is life... Oh and Dave, it had nothing to do with you, because you, like me have a right to your opinion. Just offering a reason, why someone would run from the Canadian border. Happy New Year Ya'll!~!
Karen, I interpreted "it
Karen, I interpreted "it doesn't take a rocket scientist to see the big picture" as directed at me, so I lashed out. Sorry. I'm not upset, hope you aren't. Time to move on.
Doug has made other comments
Doug has made other comments on this site that I consider to be racist:
http://thebatavian.com/blogs/howard-owens/trio-accused-breaking-apartme…
You can say that you're not a racist Doug but I'm not buying it. I know - you have black friends, right?
If memory serves, Jell-o
If memory serves, Jell-o (General Foods, Altria, Kraft Foods- whoever marketed the product at the time) and Bill Cosby parted ways when his otherwise spotless image was sullied in 1997. (The same year his son was murdered.) He admitted to a 1970s era marital indiscretion after being blackmailed by the other-woman's daughter, Autumn Jackson.
In 2005 Tamara Lucier Green, charged Crosby drugged and attempted to rape her. A California attorney, Green announced at the time that 10 other women were prepared to accuse him of same. Prosecutors never pressed charges because, "...insufficient, credible, and admissible evidence exists upon which any charge against Mr. Cosby could be sustained beyond a reasonable doubt."
In addition to Jell-o pudding, Crosby hawked products for Ford Motor company and Eastman Kodak Co.