Bath Police: Campbell Woman Facing Numerous Charges      

From Police Chief Colin Taft: On 07/14/2023 at 4:19 PM, officers with the Village of Bath Police Department were dispatched to McMaster Street for a female reporting that she had just been stabbed.  This report initiated an emergency response from officers as well as Bath Ambulance.  Upon arrival, a female was located at the corner of McMaster St. and E Steuben St. The female was not stabbed and was not injured whatsoever. In attempting to investigate the report, the female refused to identify herself and attempted to walk away from the scene several times.  When officers attempted to detain the female to identify her and prevent her from leaving the scene, the female physically resisted. She was detained following a brief struggle, during which, an officer sustained an injury to the left elbow.  The female was identified as Holly L. Bailey, age 36, of Campbell. Bailey was suspected to be under the influence of narcotics. Bailey was arrested and charged with NYS PL 240.50(2)- Falsely Reporting an Incident in the third degree, a Class A misdemeanor, NYS PL 195.05- Obstructing Governmental Administration in the second degree, a Class A misdemeanor, and NYS PL 120.05(3)- Assault in the second degree, a Class D felony. The assault charge stems from the injury sustained by the officer.  Holly was processed and transported to the Steuben County Jail for CAP arraignment where she was released.

 

The Air Quality Problem, Is Back, Again...

Air quality is an issue once again locally.  Meteorologist Rob Carolan says smoke from Canadian wild fires, this time from Western Canada, not Quebec, are in Steuben County skies again.  To check the air quality for where you are, go to AIrNow.Gov

 

Remember This Week's Road Work Going On In Rathbone

Steuben County Public Works Commissioner Eric Rose is reminding people that County Route 80 from County Road 22 to County Road 21 in Rathbone is closed today through Thursday.  Rose also says there’s a detour from 730am to 330pm, through this Thursday. 

 

Fentynal Is A Major Topic These Days

Republican Congressman Nick Langworthy spoke with reporter Brian O'Neil recently about how Fentanyl is coming from China and into America from the Mexican border.  Democrat U.S. Senators Schumer and Gillibrand spent the weekend saying the same exact thing: that the United States has to get the Fentynal problem under control.  "The majority of illegal fentanyl entering the United States is made with Chinese precursor chemicals and manufactured in Mexico," Gillibrand stated.  Schumer, according to a report from Reuters, said that the government in China is fully aware of this, and does not protest it.

Conservative commentator Tucker Carlson also talked about that same issue over the weekend at a conservative conference in Florida: the Turning Point USA Conference. 

Steuben County Republican Chair, Joe Sempolinski, notes that all sides are seeing the issue, exactly the same way.  "Am actually a little bit encouraged to see people both sides of the political spectrum, talking about this," Sempolinski tells WVIN.  "Obviously, you don't usually have both Tucker Carlson and Chuck Schumer, on the same page," Sempolinski stated this morning.