Law enforcement must run in the Meskill family genes. Tompkins County Sheriff Peter Meskill reports that his sister, Leta Jones, recently helped police in Erie County catch a woman who had allegedly just attemtped to rob a bank. The Buffalo News reported the story

http://www.buffalonews.com/437/story/625834.html

and Sheriff Meskill notes for us that his sister was in bank at the time of the incident. In her car, she followed the alleged robber through the streets of Buffalo, and then alerted police to her whereabouts. The woman "lost" several hundred dollars running down the street before she was apprehended. Sheriff Meskill's niece, who was also present at the scene, recovered the money, while Leta followed the woman as she drove away from the bank.