GENESEO – Village Mayor Richard Hatheway released a statement Friday laying out the details leading up to Thursday's federal detention of seven people on Mary Jemison Drive and that police did their job and did it well. Hatheway's statement comes after Village Trustee Mary Rutigliano advocated for the release of the seven people, two adult women and five children, to the media and at protests during and following the detention. Hatheway's … [Read more...]
Geneseo Town Officials Support Police on Detention of Suspected Illegals in Village
GENESEO – Town officials are making their stances known as protesters continue to denounce the federal detention of seven people as suspected illegal immigrants Thursday evening. Town Supervisor William Wadsworth, Deputy Town Supervisor Roberta Irwin, and Town Councilman Matt Griffo posted their comments to Facebook. "I support the police and trust they know how best to handle a delicate situation," posted Wadsworth. "It wasn’t a pretty … [Read more...]
Trustee Rutigliano: Geneseo Detention Protests are the Right Response
GENESEO – The Village Trustee who joined protests at a traffic stop where two women and five children were taken into custody by Border Patrol says that Geneseo is having the right response. Mary Rutigliano was one of dozens who gathered at the traffic stop for hours as Geneseo Police and Border Patrol agents questioned and ultimately took into custody seven people. Later, she and many others protested outside the Border Patrol office in … [Read more...]
Geneseo Trustee: Cops Should Not Have Called Border Patrol on Suspected Illegal Immigrants
GENESEO – Geneseo Village Trustee Mary Rutigliano and several SUNY Geneseo students and recent alumni immediately responded to the detainment of seven people, two adults and five children, as suspected illegal immigrants from a routine traffic stop Thursday evening. Rutigliano returned a request for comment at 1:39 a.m. Friday while outside the Irondequoit Border Patrol Office with members of Metro Justice Rochester and the Worker Justice … [Read more...]
Geneseo Police Detain Suspected Illegal Immigrants at Traffic Stop
GENESEO – The Geneseo Police Department stopped a car for an alleged speeding violation on Mary Jemison Drive and assisted in detaining two adults and several children for allegedly having no valid identification. Geneseo Police Chief Eric Osganian said that a Geneseo Police Officer stopped a minivan for an alleged speeding violation and called U.S. Border Patrol to confirm the driver's identity when they could not produce a valid form of … [Read more...]
Geneseo Police Bust Illegal Immigrants at Traffic Stop
GENESEO – The Geneseo Police Department reported three illegal immigrants to the U.S. Border Patrol after a traffic stop on Rte. 63 on April Fool's Day. According to a press release from Geneseo Police Chief Eric Osganian, Armando Diaz-Macario, 34, Catalina Juarez-Velazques, 25, and Hilario Ramirez-Vasquez, 28, were taken into custody by the U.S. Border Patrol. Officer Benjamin Swanson stopped a vehicle on Rte. 63 for Failure to Keep Right. … [Read more...]