PARENTING FAIL
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Drunken Bills fan passes out, leaving three children crying By Lou Michel
News Staff Reporter
January 04, 2010, 1:16 PM
An Olean man passed out and collapsed into a snowbank with his two children and a third child standing around him crying after Sunday’s Buffalo Bills game in Orchard Park, authorities said.
Jeffrey A. Miles, 34, was charged with three counts of endangering the welfare of a child, Orchard Park police said.
Miles was transferred to an emergency medical station at Ralph Wilson Stadium for treatment.
Officers called the children’s mothers in Olean and made arrangements for the women to pick them up, police said.
The harsh weather at Sunday’s game did not curtail rowdy and drunken behavior on the part of other fans.
Orchard Park police also arrested a Toronto man on charges of reckless endangerment and assault after he threw two propane cylinders into a bonfire. Two people sustained burns and required treatment at Erie County Medical Center.
John Musikka, 40, was charged in that incident and later released on $300 bail.
Stadium security officers arrested a total of 17 individuals on charges ranging from possession of alcohol by minors to disorderly conduct.
With the Bills season now at an end, Orchard Park Police Chief Andrew Benz described policing efforts as commendable in making sure the general public was protected.
He explained that he assigned several extra officers to patrol around the stadium before, during and after the games. Back at the police station, an extra lieutenant routinely helped supervise processing of those arrested.
The Bills’ organization, the chief added, was more proactive this season in curtailing rowdy behavior.
“I believe the Bills have an interest in having a safe and secure environment for the fans and if you do something wrong, you’re going to face arrest,” Benz said.
During the just-completed season, a total of 216 people were arrested, most inside the stadium, but some outside of it.
Also this past Sunday, state police made two traffic arrests following the Bills-Colts game.
Martin J. Rutecki, 22, of Colden, was charged with drunken driving after his vehicle crashed into a mailbox and ended up in a ditch on Boston State Road, troopers said.
Frank R. Dulak, 19, of Depew, was stopped on Transit Road in Lancaster for unsafe lane change, according to troopers. He was charged with unlawful possession of marijuana.
In total, state police issued 22 traffic tickets to motorists following the game.
