RaVen Blackehart
April 24th, 2009, 07:40 PM
A man wearing just a sock led police on a short chase through West Seneca early this morning, before police located his van … with pornographic photos inside … and found him hiding nearby.
The incident began at about 4:15 a.m., when Lt. Edward Baker checked on a suspicious van behind Wimbledon Plaza and found pornographic photos spread across the front seat and dashboard.
The lieutenant also found an occupant in the back seat, wearing only one sock. The man in the van wouldn't get out of the vehicle and instead fled from the scene in the van, almost getting into an accident on Center Road before the pursuing lieutenant lost sight of him on a side street.
The fleeing driver ditched the van at a Seneca Street collision shop, before Baker found him hiding on top of a nearby abandoned travel trailer.
Baker charged Garrett Scheg, 37, of no permanent address, with seven misdemeanors, including unlawfully fleeing from police, public display of offensive sexual material and public lewdness.
West Seneca police have had at least one recent report of similar activity in a van spotted in the town.
"There had been a prior report of a person matching his description with this kind of behavior," Lt. Patrick Shea said. "We're pretty sure it's the same guy."
http://www.buffalonews.com/258/story/650226.html?imw=Y
The incident began at about 4:15 a.m., when Lt. Edward Baker checked on a suspicious van behind Wimbledon Plaza and found pornographic photos spread across the front seat and dashboard.
The lieutenant also found an occupant in the back seat, wearing only one sock. The man in the van wouldn't get out of the vehicle and instead fled from the scene in the van, almost getting into an accident on Center Road before the pursuing lieutenant lost sight of him on a side street.
The fleeing driver ditched the van at a Seneca Street collision shop, before Baker found him hiding on top of a nearby abandoned travel trailer.
Baker charged Garrett Scheg, 37, of no permanent address, with seven misdemeanors, including unlawfully fleeing from police, public display of offensive sexual material and public lewdness.
West Seneca police have had at least one recent report of similar activity in a van spotted in the town.
"There had been a prior report of a person matching his description with this kind of behavior," Lt. Patrick Shea said. "We're pretty sure it's the same guy."
http://www.buffalonews.com/258/story/650226.html?imw=Y