Trio Of Convictions Lead To 13-Year Sentence For City Man
A Jamestown man convicted in three separate incidents will spend 13 years in prison.
District Attorney Jason L. Schmidt announced Monday that Dylan Abbey, 33, was sentenced in Chautauqua County Court on convictions for three separate incidents that occurred in the City of Jamestown.
Abbey had previously pleaded guilty in November 2025 to two counts of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and one count of fourth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. The pleas covered incidents from Jan. 27, 2025, April 8, 2025, and July 20, 2025.
On Jan. 27, 2025, the Jamestown Police Department attempted to conduct a traffic stop against the defendant in conjunction with a search warrant that was occurring in the City of Jamestown where Mr. Abbey led police on a vehicle pursuit, the pursuit ended when he drove into a farm field and his vehicle became stuck in the snow. JPD found several controlled substances in Abbey’s possession.
On April 8, the Jamestown Police Department attempted to take Abbey into custody on an active warrant. During this incident, they found Abbey to be in possession of a large quantity of methamphetamine. On July 20, the Jamestown Police Department responded to a complaint of an unwanted person, and found that person to be Mr. Abbey; and there were again active warrants for his arrest. During this incident, Abbey led the Jamestown Police Department on a foot pursuit, and was eventually captured where he was found to be in possession of a large quantity of methamphetamine.
At the time of Mr. Abbey’s plea, he was released from the Chautauqua County Jail under the supervision of the Chautauqua County Probation Department until his sentencing date. On Jan. 27, he was again arrested by the Jamestown Police Department following the execution of a search warrant in the City of Jamestown. This arrest violated the terms of Abbey’s plea agreement giving Judge David Foley the discretion to sentence him to the maximum on each conviction. The charges from the incident in January are still pending.
Foley sentenced Abbey to 10 years’ determinate in state prison on each third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance conviction plus three years’ post release supervision, and three years determinate in state prison plus three years’ post release supervision on the fourth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance conviction. The ten year sentences will run concurrently, and the three year sentence is to run consecutively to the ten year sentences, resulting in a total sentence of thirteen (13) years determinate’ plus three years’ post release supervision.
Schmidt “would like to thank the tireless efforts of the Jamestown Police Department and the Southern Tier Regional Drug Taskforce which led to the successful prosecution of this individual.”



