Wednesday, April 30, 2008

TRAINS WILL ONCE AGAIN TRAVEL 'UPSIDE-DOWN' IN LOCKPORT ::Wednesday, April 30::

Senator George Maziarz announcing Tuesday that the Falls Railroad Company is slated to receive $950-thousand to fix-up the famous 'Upside-Down' tressel that crosses the canal in Lockport. He says the money will be used to repair, paint, and ultimately reopen the currently unused bridge because of increased train traffic to the Orleans County ethanol plant. The money comes from the Passenger and Frieght Rail Assistance Program - administered by the New York DOT - which funds track and bridge improvements.

NAMES OF 5 PEOPLE INVOLVED WITH WILSON HAZING IDENTIFIED ::Wednesday, April 30::

The three baseball players in the case have been identified as 18 year old Geoffrey Seefeldt of Ransomville, and 16 year old's Colton Sherman and Christopher Sidote. Seefeldt was charged with three counts of aggravated sexual abuse, while Sherman and Sidote were only charged with one count a peice, with all three also being charged with endangering the welfare of a child. The trio allegedly took their victims to the back of the bus after an April 17th baseball game in the Falls, where they sexually abused their fellow teammates with a foreign object. The State Police have also arrested the coaches who were on the bus at the time; who apparently didn't do anything to stop the criminal attacks. William Atlas, the school's JV coach, and Thomas Baia, the Varsity coach, have too been charged with the class A misdemeanor of endangering. Atlas and Baia are scheduled to appear in Wilson Town Court on May 8th at 7pm. As for the three students, their court date is on the 22nd.

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