Sheriff’s Office searching in Hulberton for man missing since last night
Photos by Tom Rivers: Orleans County Sheriff’s Office personnel are on the north side of the canal in Hulberton as part of a search for a man last seen about 4:30 a.m.
Update at 10:43 a.m.: A body has been found in the water and is being recovered by the Sheriff’s Office and other personnel at the scene.
HULBERTON – Members of the the Orleans County Sheriff’s Office and other first responders are checking the Erie Canal and Hulberton hamlet for a man who was last seen about 4:30 a.m.
The man lives on Canal Road. His phone, a bandana and an unsmoked cigarette were found on the edge of the north side of the canal, just west of the lift bridge.
The Sheriff’s Office was called to the scene about 5:30 a.m. when friends of the man were concerned they hadn’t seen him. The man had been drinking, deputies said at the scene this morning.
The Sheriff’s Office has used an underwater drone and an aerial drone, as well as the K9 Otto to try to find the man. Sheriff’s Office personnel also have done a search on foot and the Marine Patrol vessel will soon be at Hulberton.
Monroe County is bringing a dive team, and Murray, Brockport and Spencerport fire departments will have rescue boats in the water to help with the search.
An investigator at the scene said the man might not be in the water.
Sheriff’s personnel are checking the area to see if they can locate the man.
