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JAMESTOWN POLICE - Two Jamestown residents face charges after a traffic stop at 3:39 p.m. Thursday on Newland Avenue near Charles Street. City police and Chautauqua County Sheriff’s deputies working on a GIVE overtime detail report seeing a black Audi driven by Codie D. Swartz, 24, of Jamestown. Officers said they knew Swartz’s driver’s license had been revoked and pulled the vehicle over. Swartz was allegedly found with a small amount of cocaine. Eddie B. Texidor, 18, of Jamestown was riding in the vehicle, according to a police report, and was allegedly found with oxycodone. ...

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CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE – MAYVILLE – Jeffrey Buchanan, 34, of Erie, Pa. was charged March 21 with fourth-degree criminal mischief. Buchanan, an inmate of the county jail, is accused of throwing his jail issued electronic tablet multiple times into the cell walls and bars, rendering the tablet inoperable.

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JAMESTOWN POLICE - Eric L. Reese Jr., 18, of Jamestown was charged with driving while intoxicated and DWI per se at 1:28 a.m. Wednesday after his vehicle was pulled over on Fairmount Avenue near West Fifth Street for alleged traffic infractions. Reese was charged and taken to the Jamestown City Jail until he could be arraigned. ELLICOTT POLICE - FALCONER - Melissa M. Porter, 32, was charged with criminal obstruction of breathing on Tuesday after police responded to a Falconer address to check the well being of a woman. Officers report the woman was involved in a domestic incident ...

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JAMESTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT - Rasul N. Bonds, 36, of Jamestown, was charged with second-degree criminal contempt, third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation and failure to signal. Jamestown Police officers observed a vehicle allegedly commit a traffic infraction on Forest Avenue, near McKinley Avenue at 12:50 a.m. Monday. Officers initiated a traffic stop of the vehicle on Newland Avenue, near Broadhead Avenue. The operator of the vehicle was identified as Bonds. Officers report Bonds has a suspended license and was in the presence of a female victim who he has an active order of ...

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CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE – STOCKTON – Three people were placed under arrest after deputies were attempting to locate a Frewsburg man. On Monday, at 8:25 a.m., deputies were conducting a warrant check at a Stockton business for Andrew Whitford, 30, of Main Street. While making contact with Whitford, deputies observed a vehicle occupied by Shannon Boardman, 31 and Brandon Vangiesen, 32. Deputies were aware of multiple warrants for Vangiesen and an active Order of Protection between the two. Following an investigation, Boardman and Vangiesen, no address available, ...

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JAMESTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT — Mark G. Watson, 33, was charged with fifth-degree criminal possession of stolen property. On Thursday morning, officers responded to a North Side church regarding a larceny complaint. A subsequent investigation determined that an unknown person stole approximately 60 feet of copper gutter downspout from the church. Local scrap yards were notified to be on the lookout for any person attempting to scrap such property. At approximately noon that day, officers received a call from a local scrapyard advising that a male was attempting to scrap the ...