July 23, 2007 - A hearing was postponed for Paul Hempel, 49, a teacher in Buffalo who was arrested in a bar fight which began with Nicholas Hempel allegedly hurling racial slurs at a black festival worker.
Hempel was charged with criminal impersonation of a public servant. (He approached the victim and claimed to be a police officer.) His son, Nicholas Hempel, 22, was charged with third-degree assault, criminal possession of a controlled substance and criminal mischief with the intent to damage property.
Nicholas Hempel was arrested again later in the week for disorderly conduct in the City of Tonawanda after a police officer allegedly saw him urinating between two Canal Fest vendor tents along Main Street, according to reports.Paul Hemple is the husband of former North Tonawanda Councilwoman Sue Hempel.
The story of the arrest will make you grit your teeth.
HEARING POSTPONED: August 8 - The criminal hearings both Hempels, accused in a racially motivated bar fight, were postponed for the second time after the prosecutor said he still could not contact victims in the case.
The black carnival workers did not respond to written and telephone messages.
