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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 ...

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CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE - SHERMAN - Virginia A. King, 72, of Sherman was charged with criminal mischief in the fourth-degree. On Wednesday, sheriff’s deputies responded to a call for a past-tense damaged property complaint. It was alleged that she had damaged property belonging to another individual. King was arrested and taken to Chautauqua County Jail for centralized arraignment. - FRENCH CREEK - Ricky L. Waltenbaugh, 49, of French Creek was charged with criminal mischief in the fourth-degree. On Tuesday, police responded to an address on Cherry Hill Road for an ...

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JAMESTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT - Bobby R. Mount, 43, of Jamestown was charged with resisting arrest, in addition to outstanding arrest warrants at 12:02 a.m. Monday. Jamestown police were conducting a warrant check on Mount in the city's south side. Once he was located, officers attempted to place him under arrest. After an alleged brief struggle, he was taken into custody and taken to Jamestown City Jail until he could be arraigned. - Four individuals were charged after an incident that took place in Brooklyn Square last Wednesday. Jamestown Police say that they were on patrol near ...

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CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT — HANOVER — At 8:46 p.m. Saturday, sheriff's deputies responded to an incident. Further investigation found that Matthew R. Thompson, 38, of Hanover, did engage in a physical altercation with another individual. Thompson was charged with second-degree unlawful imprisonment and criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation. Thompson was transported to county jail for arraignment. JAMESTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT — Tyler G. Coulter, 28, was charged with two counts of second-degree criminal contempt. At approximately 8:37 p.m. ...

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CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY SHERIFF’s OFFICE - Tiffany A Borek, 45, of Angola was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh-degree, as well as petit larceny. Deputies were called to a local business on Tuesday in Hanover. Once officers were dispatched, the suspect had reportedly left the scene. Police were quickly able to arrest Borek, and once he was in custody, investigators found 2.3 grams of methamphetamine in his possession. He is scheduled back in the Town of Hanover court at a later date to answer to his charges. - Nathan Houser, 24, of Ellington was ...

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CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE - BEMUS POINT - Jonathan Rivera, 41, of Bemus Point was charged with petit larceny and criminal possession of stolen property. After an investigation was conducted by the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office, Rivera was arrested and taken into custody, where he was charged and released to be back in Chautauqua Town Court later. JAMESTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT - Michael S. Cook, 53, was charged with first-degree criminal contempt. Officers of the Jamestown Police Department were performing a domestic violence detail when they saw Cook walking with a ...