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City Man Sentenced In Child Porn Case

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

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’

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 ...

Minor Injuries In Two-Car Crash

Minor injuries were reported after a two-car motor vehicle accident before 10 a.m. Monday on Ellery-Centralia Road in Dewittville. Departments from Bemus Point and Ellery Center responded as did law enforcement. Photos by Dan Kohler

Kiantone Woman Charged After Scuffle, Spitting At Business

A Kiantone woman is facing charges after allegedly losing her temper at a Jamestown business. Jamestown police report Racheal L. Waldron, 32, was charged with two counts of endangering the welfare of a child, DWI, two counts of felony aggravated DWI Leandra's Law and second-degree harassment after an incident at 11:05 p.m. Sunday. Officers responded to the southside business for a reported fight. A subsequent investigation determined that Waldron attempted to place an order as the business was closing. Waldron became upset the order was refused and proceeded to spit in the face of ...

Inmate Charged In Assault On County Jail Officer

An inmate has been charged after an investigation into a physical altercation on an employee with the Chautauqua County Jail. The Criminal Investigation Division of Chautauqua County Sheriff's Department determined that Lawrence A. Gibbons, 48, of Jamestown, struck a correction officer in the face and jaw. Gibbons was charged with second-degree assault and appeared for the Centralized Arraignment Process.