New York State Troopers from the Bath barracks investigated
a motor vehicle accident which resulted in multiple charges against a Bath
man. At approximately 9:00 p.m. Friday
night, Troopers were dispatched to Harrisburg Hollow Rd. in the Town of Bath
for a report of a vehicle in the ditch.
The operator of the vehicle – William D. Schaffer, age 49, of 8029
Harrisburg Hollow Rd., Bath, N.Y. was located nearby, and was administered
field sobriety tests. As a result,
Schaffer was charged with felony DWI; felony DWAI; and Aggravated Unlicensed
Operation, 3rd degree. Schaffer’s
vehicle was unregistered, uninspected, uninsured, and displayed stolen
registration plates, and he was additionally charged with the appropriate Vehicle
and Traffic Law charges as well as criminal possession of stolen property 5th.
According to Senior State Police Investigator Curt Eaton, a search of the
vehicle allegedly yielded quantities of suspected marijuana and oxycodone. He
was additionally charged with unlawful possession of marijuana and criminal
possession of a controlled substance 3rd, a class B felony. Schaffer was arraigned before Town of Bath
Justice Chauncey Watches and remanded to the Steuben County Jail in lieu of
$10,000.00 cash bail/$20,000.00 property bond.
He is scheduled to reappear in court at a later date.
