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JAMESTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT — Shakira L. Cuevas-Garcia, 23, of Jamestown was charged with driving while intoxicated and other violations. At approximately 4:05 a.m. Sunday, officers conducted a traffic stop at the intersection of East Second Street and Hopkins Avenue. A subsequent investigation revealed that Cuevas-Garcia was operating the vehicle while intoxicated. Cuevas-Garcia was taken into custody and transported to the Jamestown City Jail. After being processed, she was released on an appearance ticket and is scheduled to appear in Jamestown City Court on a later date — ...

Jamestown man sentenced on drug charges

A Jamestown man has been sentenced for his guilty plea involving drug charges. District Attorney Jason Schmidt announced Monday that 33-year-old Jamal Jackson was sentenced to a total of 6 years in state prison with 5 years of post-release supervision by Judge David W. Foley after being convicted of fourth-degree attempted criminal possession of a controlled substance and fourth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. In December 2024, members of the Jamestown Police Department road patrol conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle in which Jackson was a passenger. During ...

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JAMESTOWN POLICE - Chelsea T. Coulter, 34, of Jamestown was charged with second-degree aggravated harassment and first-degree felony criminal contempt at 6:30 a.m. Thursday after officers responded to a home on the north side of Jamestown for a reported domestic dispute. During the ...

Three charged after Dunkirk drug raid

Two Dunkirk residents face drug charges after a search warrant was executed at 5:03 p.m. Thursday at a Beach Road home in Dunkirk while the owner of the property was also charged. Alexiss J. Matthews, 32, of Dunkirk was charged with second-degree criminal possession of a controlled ...

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JAMESTOWN POLICE - Jami Slater, 35, was charged with driving while ability impaired by drugs at 10:40 p.m. July 24 after officers responded to a request to check the well being of a person at the Tim Hortons restaurant in Brooklyn Square after it was reported there was a woman in a car slumped over the steering wheel. Slater was charged, arraigned and released to be in court later.

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ELLICOTT POLICE - Michael G. Newman, 45, of Falconer was charged with first-degree menacing with a weapon and second-degree harassment on July 21 after officers responded to a disorderly person. Newman was allegedly waving a hatchet around and pouring lighter fluid on the apartment floor ...