Man Who Sold Drugs In Celoron Death Headed To Prison

August 5, 2025

A Fredonia man who sold drugs that caused a man in Celoron to overdose and die is headed to prison. U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo has announced that 38-year-old John Wallace Buchanan, who was convicted of narcotics conspiracy, was sentenced to serve 11 years and three months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. Buchanan was also ordered to pay restitution totaling $8,570 to the family of the victim. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Joshua A. Violanti, Jeffrey E. Intravatola, and Mary Clare Kane, who handled the case, stated that during the conspiracy, Buchanan sold heroin, ...

Cigarette Blamed For Lakewood Fire

August 4, 2025

LAKEWOOD – A cigarette is being blamed for causing a fire at a local business complex this morning. Around 7:30 a.m. Monday the Lakewood Fire Department and Lakewood-Busti Police Department responded to 401 E Fairmount Ave. for a reported structure fire. That address has multiple businesses located there, including two insurance agencies, a financial advisor and a chiropractor. After extinguishing the fire, the Chautauqua County Fire Investigation Team was requested to the scene to conduct an origin and cause fire investigation. Investigators determined that the fire was caused by ...

State Agencies Issue Air Quality Advisory For Sunday

August 2, 2025

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Amanda Lefton and State Department of Health (DOH) Commissioner Dr. James McDonald are issuing an Air Quality Health Advisory for fine particulate matter on Sunday for the Western New York, Eastern Lake Ontario, and Adirondack regions due to the impact of smoke from wildfires in Canada. In these regions, there is the potential for visible smoke and hazy skies and New Yorkers may see temporary spikes in smoke-related pollution. The pollutant of concern is Fine Particulate Matter. The advisory will be in effect ...

City Man Sentenced In Child Porn Case

August 1, 2025

A Jamestown man has received a 30-year prison sentence for producing child pornography. U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced Friday that Roberto Millan, 36, also was sentenced to 20 years supervised release by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. Assistant U.S. Attorney Maeve E. Huggins, who handled the case, stated that between Dec. 28, 2021, and Feb. 8, 2022, Millan engaged in sexually graphic conversations with a 15-year-old victim over TextNow, a mobile phone application. The conversations included demands and instructions from Millan that the victim take sexually explicit ...

City Woman Sentenced For Role In Drug Conspiracy

July 31, 2025

A Jamestown woman has been sentenced after being convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 40 grams or more of fentanyl. U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced Thursday that Holly Berenguer, 43, was sentenced to time serve and four years’ supervised release by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. Assistant U.S. Attorney Joshua A. Violanti, who handled the case, stated on Sept. 5, 2021, a Jamestown Police Officer arrested Berenguer on an active bench warrant for failure to appear in Jamestown City Court. While she was being processed, police ...

‘My Spirit Can Never Leave JHS’

July 28, 2025

Eating peanut butter & jelly sandwiches, trading baseball cards and playing Wiffle Ball were my earliest memories of my interactions with the McElraths in the 1960s. Separated by a half-dozen houses on Hallock Street on Jamestown’s west side, the Kindbergs and McElraths not only had ...