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Rolison And Woman Indicted On Drug Charges

A Jamestown woman who was accused of smuggling drugs into the county jail, as well as the recipient who is behind bars for killing two people, have both been indicted.

Chautauqua County District Attorney Jason Schmidt has announced that Debbie Hires, 57, and Randall Rolison, 61, have been indicted by a county grand jury on charges of fifth-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance and first-degree promoting prison contraband.

The indictment alleges that Hires gave a quantity of methamphetamine to Rolison during a visit with him while he was housed at the Chautauqua County Jail on March 7.

“A quick response from corrections officers at the jail resulted in the retrieval of the methamphetamine from Mr. Rolison’s person. The investigation was then conducted by the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Department Criminal Investigation Division,” Schmidt said in a news release.

He noted this incident occurred just days before Rolison was to be transported to the custody of the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision to begin serving his sentence in state prison on the two fatal motor vehicle accidents.

Rolison pleaded guilty in June 2023 to second-degree manslaughter in the Dec. 31, 2021 death of Alexis Hughan, and to aggravated vehicular homicide for the Dec. 3, 2022, death of Linda Kraemer.

Hughan was 15 years old and a 10th-grader at Jamestown High School when she died.

Kraemer was 71. She was killed while Rolison was out on bail.

Rolison was sentenced in February to between 13 and 40 years in state prison.

Hires was arraigned on Sept. 4 by Judge David Foley and pleaded not guilty. She was released on her own recognizance and is scheduled for a pre-trial conference on Nov. 8.

Rolison was brought to the county from Attica Correctional Facility and arraigned Sept. 9 by Foley. Rolison pleaded not guilty and is scheduled for a pre-trial conference on Nov. 12.

The District Attorney would like to thank the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office, with recognition to the Corrections Officers involved in this incident for their diligent supervision and quick response.

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