UTICA -- Responding to what it calls "numerous" complaints about men engaging in sex acts in Roscoe Conkling Park near Valley View Golf Course, Utica Police announced 12 arrests Saturday evening. Police say the men arrested would also accost people passing by, often times propositioning them while exposing themselves.
A search of the area by police turned up several discarded items used during the acts as well as blankets, clothing and undergarments. The Utica Special Operations Unit http://www.uticapd.com/ sent in an undecover officer to walk the park. That officer was approached numerous times by men, who would then expose themselves and masturbate. Police say several times, suspects grabbed the officer in a sexual manner while propositioning him.
The following is a list of those arrested, and the charges.
Brian G. Slocum, 54, Exposure of a person, a violation, Public Lewdness, a misdemeanor
Marc N. Stagliano, 58, Exposure of a person, a violation, Public Lewdness, a misdemeanor
William H. Williams, 52, Exposure of a person, a violation, Public Lewdness, a misdemeanor
George C. Brockett, 79, Exposure of a person, a violation, Public Lewdness, a misdemeanor
Joseph S. Aiello, 66, Exposure of a person, a violation, Public Lewdness, a misdemeanor
Robert E. Havranek, 77, Exposure of a person, a violation, Public Lewdness, a misdemeanor
Richard J. Emmert, 69, Exposure of a person, a violation, Public Lewdness, a misdemeanor
Timothy M. Wissenbach, 55, Exposure of a person, a violation, Public Lewdness, a misdemeanor
Patrick H. Murray, 47, Exposure of a person, a violation, Public Lewdness, a misdemeanor
Francis J. Grippe, 54 Harassment 2nd, a violation, Forcible Touching, a misdemeanor
Michael F. Leary, 67, Harassment 2nd, a violation, Forcible Touching, a misdemeanor
Craig A. Hood , 60, Exposure of a person, a violation
