CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT -- A Dunkirk resident is facing charges after a motor-vehicle accident early Sunday. Around 12:02 a.m. deputies responded to Route 380 in the town of Ellicott. Upon arrival deputies located the vehicle and its operator Ryan C. Collins, 24. Through an ...

JAMESTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT ¯ Michael A. Baxter, 59, of Jamestown, was charged with aggravated family offense and second-degree criminal contempt. Officers responded at 2 p.m. Thursday to the east side of the city for an unwanted person. The person was identified as Baxter, who had active ...

JAMESTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT ¯ Michael A. Green, 32, no known address, was charged with making graffiti, possession of graffiti instruments, third-degree criminal possession of a weapon and two counts of seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. Officers responded at 1 ...

CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE ¯ SILVER CREEK — Broderick Vanaernam, 33, of Irving, was charged with driving while intoxicated. Deputies responded Saturday to a complaint of a vehicle leaving the scene of an incident that occurred on Central Avenue in the village of Silver Creek. The ...

CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE ¯ HANOVER — A fire that broke out early Monday in the town of Hanover is undetermined pending further investigation. Firefighters from numerous department were called at 3:06 a.m. to a reported fire at 391 Versailles Road. Upon extinguishing the ...

Faulty electric blamed in fire FALCONER — A blaze at a multi-family house in Falconer on Sunday was the result of a faulty electrical service line. Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Department fire investigators announced the determination early Monday after the Falconer Fire Department along ...