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CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE – HANOVER – Kimberly R. Bennett, 40, of Farnham was charged Tuesday with endangering the welfare of a child, unlicensed operator and failed to yield right of way on a left turn Tuesday night following a vehicle accident. It is alleged that around 5:50 p.m. Bennett allowed her unlicensed juvenile daughter to operate the vehicle on Route 5 and 20 which caused a personal injury accident to occur. All parties involved in the accident were taken by EMS staff to Brooks Memorial Hospital for their non-life-threatening injuries. Bennet was later issued ...

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JAMESTOWN POLICE - Johnathon Robert Martinez, 21, of Jamestown was charged with third-degree assault and criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation at 4:59 a.m. Wednesday after officers responded to an east side address for a reported domestic dispute. Martinez allegedly applied pressure to another person’s neck, making the person unable to breathe for a short period of time. Martinez also allegedly bit the other person’s shoulder, causing a physical injury. Martinez was charged and taken to the city jail until he could be arraigned. - Dylan M. Abbey, 32, of ...

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JAMESTOWN POLICE - Illinois D. Jackson, 21, of Jamestown, and Makhai A. Sheehan, 20, of Jamestown were charged after a fight at 6:27 p.m. Monday on the city’s north side. According to a police report officers were flagged down while on patrol. Jackson allegedly became disorderly and shoved another person while they were holding a baby and then allegedly threatened another person during the incident. Officers responded to a second location nearby and reportedly found Jackson, who then allegedly fought with officers. After a brief struggle he was arrested and taken to the city jail. ...

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JAMESTOWN POLICE - Samantha L. Baird, 32, of Jamestown was charged with DWI, leaving the scene of a property damage accident, moving from lane unsafely and consumption of alcohol in a motor vehicle at 3:41 a.m. Sunday after officers responded to a property damage motor vehicle accident on the east side of the city. It was reported a woman had fled the scene, traveling south. Officers allegedly found the woman a short distance away from the accident. Baird was charged and taken to the city jail until she could be arraigned. - Branden Ryan, 22, of Jamestown was charged at 11:20 p.m. ...

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Dunkirk man charged in wild Thruway incident A Dunkirk man is facing charges after creating a major commotion on the state Thruway on Friday afternoon. New York State Police report David Payne, 35, was charged after bizarre incidents that took place shortly after 2 p.m. The first incident occurred on Alleghany and Holmes Road, when the car he was driving up to speeds of 100 mph went through a guardrail and landed on Interstate 90 near the Silver Creek-Irving exit. Once he crashed the vehicle, another motorist pulled over to check on his well being. Payne took that motorist’s ...

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CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE - PANAMA – William E. Curry, 42, of Panama was charged early Friday morning with two counts of second-degree harassment. It is alleged that Curry had slapped a victim in the face and threw an item and struck another individual. He was transported to the Chautauqua County Jail to await centralized arraignment. JAMESTOWN POLICE - Michelle Wasson, 47, of Jamestown was charged with driving while ability impaired and seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance at 3:51 p.m. Thursday after officers responded to an east side business ...