Office Of Sheriff County Of Steuben PRESS RELEASE - 5/3/08

THE STEUBEN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE ISSUED TWO SUBJECTS TICKETS YESTERDAY RELATED TO THE COHOCTON WIND PROJECT. THE SHERIFF’S PATROL STOPPED THE TRACTOR TRAILER HAULING A BULLDOZER ON COUNTY ROUTE 121 IN THE TOWN OF WAYLAND NEAR LOON LAKE. THE OPERATOR EDAWARD W. LAWRENCE, AGE 39 OF CLIFTON SPRINGS (NY) WAS CHARGED WITH VIOLATING THE OVERSIZE PERMIT CONDITIONS, OVER WIDTH VEHICLE, AND OVERLENGTH COMBINATION. THE OPERATOR OF THE OTHER VEHICLE ERIC M. BEASLEY, AGE 22, OF BREWERTON WAS CHARGED WITH ESCORTING WITH OUT AN ESCORT CERTIFICATE, IT IS ALLEGED THAT THE TRACTOR TRAILER OPERATOR HAULING THE BULL DOZER WAS IN VIOLATION OF THE SPECIAL HAULING PERMIT MAKING THE ISSUED PERMIT VOID. THE PERMIT ISSUED FOR THE HAULING COMPANY WAS FOR LOADS GREATER THAN 12 FEET REQUIRING A CERTIFIED ESCORT VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WITH THE TRACTOR TRAILER WAS A REGULAR PICK UP TRUCK BELONGING TO THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, COUNTY ROUTE 121 HAD ONE LANE SHUT DOWN FOR OVER ONE AND A HALF HOURS WAITING FOR A CERTIFIED ESCORT VEHICLE TO SHOW UP. BOTH SUBJECTS ARE TO APPEAR IN WAYLAND TOWN COURT.