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Charges filed in road rage incident in Sheffield

A Frewsburg, N.Y., man was briefly jailed last week after allegedly pointing a firearm at a driver on Route 6 on Thursday during a road rage incident - with both drivers blaming the other for the incident. Timothy J. Prince, 67, was charged with two counts of second-degree felony aggravated assault - attempts to cause or causes bodily injury with a deadly weapon, two counts of misdemeanor terroristic threats causing serious public inconvenience, two counts of misdemeanor simple assault and two counts of harassment on Thursday, Oct. 29, after the State Police at Warren responded to a ...

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JAMESTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT - Jonathon C. Swan, 60, of Jamestown was charged with Fugitive from Justice after police witnessed Swan trespassing at a closed business. It was also found that he had an active warrant for his arrest in Pennsylvania. Swan was taken into custody and is being held pending his arraignment. - Dakota J. Raymond, 28, of Jamestown was charged at 1:11 a.m. Tuesday with resisting arrest and multiple active warrants after officers patrolling the area of Foote Avenue and Allen Street saw Raymond riding a bicycle while known to have multiple active warrants out of ...

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CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT — VILLENOVA — at 3 p.m. Saturday, deputies responded to the town for a disorderly person report. Upon investigation it was determined that William Hendrickson, 58, of Forestville did threaten and engage in physical contact with the victim. He was placed into custody and transported to county jail and arraigned. WESTFIELD POLICE DEPARTMENT — At around 3:15 p.m. Oct. 25, officers were dispatched to the 96 E. Main St. 7-Eleven for a reported shoplifting. While on scene, officers reviewed surveillance footage within the store. It was found ...

Man charged with endangering welfare of physically disabled person

A man has been charged with assault and endangering the welfare of a physically disabled person on Monday. Justin Houghton, 40, was charged at 5:19 p.m. after city police responded to an address on the city's east side for a report of a domestic incident. Officers allege Houghton assaulted a ...

Warren man charged with weapon possession after downtown incident

A Warren resident and a 17-year-old youth have been charged after entering a downtown business on Wednesday with a handgun. Joel Crowe, 42, of Warren, and the youth were charged with second-degree criminal possession of a weapon and third-degree criminal possession of a weapon, while Crowe ...

Firefighters extinguish fire in vacant Allen Street home

Jamestown firefighters spent nearly five hours at the scene of a house fire at 433 Allen St., Jamestown, late Thursday night and early Friday morning. A 911 caller reported a house on fire at 10:44 p.m. Thursday. First responders found a working fire in a vacant and condemned 2.5-story wood-frame, balloon-constructed residential home. The first floor was well involved with fire spreading to the second floor and attic/roof area. Crews used a defensive attack because there were no concerns of fire exposures or the fire spreading to nearby properties. Fire vented to the exterior of the ...