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Fredonia woman charged after thefts from nursing home patients

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DUNKIRK - A Fredonia woman has been charged after a months-long investigation into the theft of funds from nursing home patients. Around April 22, Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office Investigators received a complaint regarding the issue at a facility in the town of Dunkirk. Investigators later charged Stacey Fadale, 45, with third-degree grand larceny and first-degree falsifying business records. It is alleged that over the course of several years, Fadale had stolen in excess of $11,000 in funds from multiple patients. It is also alleged Fadale destroyed records of the facility in ...

City clerk, treasurer pay hike criticized

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DUNKIRK - Dunkirk Mayor Kate Wdowiasz defended a $15,000 pay raise for Clerk/Treasurer Amy Dobek after city resident Albert Dawson demanded its cancellation. “When the elected treasurer position was eliminated, the city clerk salary jumped 37.5%, from $40,000 to $55,000, with total compensation even higher,” Dawson said at a Common Council meeting. “That’s a $15,000 raise while Dunkirk taxpayers are absorbing an 84% property tax hike. We were promised that department consolidation would save money. Instead, savings are immediately followed by a pay bump. The justification given ...

Two charged after Fredonia drug raid

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 FREDONIA - Two individuals were arrested after an investigation into narcotics activity at 99 W. Main St. in the village of Fredonia. A search warrant was executed around 2 p.m. Tuesday by officers from the village of Fredonia Police Department, narcotics investigators from the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office and narcotics detectives from the Jamestown Police Department. Located at the residence at the time of the search warrant were Justin Stoll, 32, and Alijah Ernewein, 34. As a result of the search, investigators seized 78.7 grams of fentanyl, scales and packaging material ...

Two charged with possession of stolen guns in Carroll

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CARROLL - A complaint of someone firing guns too close to a home in Carroll resulted in charges against two Jamestown men. On Sunday, Carroll police officers responded to an address on Page Road for a complaint of firearms being discharged too close to a residence. Upon arrival, officers ...