CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT

SILVER CREEK — Four village residents have a date in court after a battle over living arrangements at a Main Street residence.

Around 1:11 p.m. Friday, Chautauqua County sheriff’s deputies along with New York State Police responded to a report of multiple subjects fighting. As a result, multiple subjects had suffered unwanted physical contact.

Subsequently David R. Turner, 35, Emily V. Dudkowski, 25, and Raymond J. Gerspach, 19, were each charged with a count of second-degree harassment. Solana R. Anstett, 43, also of Silver Creek was charged with three counts of second-degree harassment. All parties are to be in Hanover Town Court later.

CHAUTAUQUA — At about 02:30 a.m. Sunday, deputies conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle on Nettle Hill Road. The operator, identified as Ronald D. Miller Jr. of Mayville is alleged to have been operating the vehicle while the registration had been suspended and his operating privileges had been as well.

An investigation at the scene alleges that Miller had been operating the vehicle while in an intoxicated state. Miller was arrested and transported to sheriff’s offices in Mayville for processing.

Further investigation determined that Miller has previous convictions for DWI within the past 10 years, making this arrest a felony. Miller was charged with felony DWI, aggravated DWI, third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation, operating a vehicle while registration is suspended or revoked and open alcohol containers in a motor vehicle.

Miller will be in the town of Chautauqua Court at a later date.

NEW YORK STATE POLICE

A Jamestown man was charged Saturday after an investigation into the June theft of a dirt bike in Ripley.

At about 2:30 p.m., the New York State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Troopers out of Fredonia charged Cortland J. Hepfner, 22, with third-degree grand larceny, a class D felony, and second-degree burglary, both felonies.

On June 9, troopers responded to a burglary complaint on Klondike Road. The complainant stated an unknown person had gained access into their garage through a window and stole a Kawasaki dirt bike worth $4,000. Just a few days later, troopers located the stolen property in the town of Dunkirk and returned it to the owner. Throughout the investigation, multiple sources would name Hepfner as the primary suspect in the burglary.

Troopers located Hepfner in the city of Jamestown and transported him to Fredonia for questioning. Further investigation would reveal Hepfner was already on probation for a prior burglary.

Hepfner was sent to the Chautauqua County jail in lieu of $50,000 bail.