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JAMESTOWN POLICE - Bracken D. Warren of Jamestown was charged with third-degree criminal possession of stolen property, second-degree aggravated unlicensed operator, unregistered motor vehicle, no inspection and operating without insurance at 3:23 p.m. Monday. According to a police report, the Jamestown Police K-9 Unit was assisting the Lakewood-Busti Police Department find a stolen motor vehicle in Jamestown. The vehicle was found by police in the Stowe Street area. The vehicle was seen being driven away before officers pulled the driver over. Warren was taken to the city jail until he ...

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ELLICOTT POLICE - Tevin Lise, 33, of Falconer was charged with second-degree menacing, second-degree criminal impersonation and parole absconder warrant at 11:10 a.m. Saturday after Ellicott police officers responded to a domestic incident where it is alleged Lise had a valid parole warrant and was possibly armed with a firearm. Ellicott police officers were assisted by the State Police and Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office; the agencies were able to take Lise into custody without incident. Lise was taken to the Chautauqua County Jail and will be in Ellicott Town Court later. - ...

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Vacant home damaged in Saturday fire A fire early Saturday morning damaged a vacant home at 24 Broadhead Ave., Jamestown. The property is currently owned by the Chautauqua County Land Bank. Jamestown firefighters responded to the fire at 12:15 a.m. and found the front porch of the home on fire with fire extending to the front porch roof and involving the vinyl siding of the second story and roof eaves at the corner of the building. The front door was closed and all first floor windows and exterior doors were either intact and/or closed or covered with plywood. Firefighters ...

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JAMESTOWN POLICE - Jason M. Seekings, 38, of Lakewood was charged with second-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument, a class D felony, at 11:30 p.m. Wednesday after city police officers pulled his vehicle over on Linden Avenue near Myrtle Street. Officers found Seekings was allegedly using a forged dealer license plate on the vehicle. During the course of the investigation it was determined that Jason M. Seekings was using a forged Dealer plate. Seekings also received numerous uniform traffic tickets as the vehicle was unregistered, uninspected and uninsured while Seekings ...

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JAMESTOWN POLICE - Cory A. Carlson, 33, of Jamestown was charged with felony fugitive from justice at 4:15 p.m. July 22 at 110 E. Fourth St. City police officers were assisting the county Probation Department. Carlson had an outstanding arrest warrant from the Warren County Sheriff’s Office in Warren, was charged and taken to the city jail until he could be arraigned. DUNKIRK POLICE DEPARTMENT — Verdan Juricevic, 33, of Buffalo, was arrested July 6 and charged with second-degree strangulation, second-degree harassment, violation of park hours, no bicycle lights, no bicycle ...

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CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE – SINCLAIRVILLE – A morning fire has been labeled incendiary. On Tuesday around 10 a.m. the Sinclairville Fire Department and several mutual aid fire departments responded to East Avenue in the village of Sinclairville for a residential structure fire. After extinguishing the fire, the Chautauqua County Fire Investigation Team was requested to the scene to conduct an origin and cause fire investigation. Investigation into the fire found that the fire was incendiary in nature. No injuries were sustained as a result of the fire. At this ...