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CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE – NORTH HARMONY – Telly Ortiz Jr., 27, of Jamestown, was charged Friday with fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon and insufficient tail lights. Deputies pulled over Ortiz around midnight on Route 394 in North Harmony for a traffic infraction and said they observed a weapon inside the vehicle. He was processed on scene and released with an appearance ticket scheduled to appear in the Town of North Harmony Court at a later date. JAMESTOWN POLICE - Tiffany M. Freedline, 35, of Jamestown was charged with three counts of failure to ...

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JAMESTOWN POLICE - An 18-year-old Jamestown youth was charged with gang assault early Wednesday morning. Around 2:45 a.m. Wednesday, Jamestown police officers were alerted to an in-progress assault behind the former Oriental Star restaurant in Brooklyn Square, on the Riverwalk. According to a police report, officers arrived and saw three people running west across South Main street. Officers caught two youths and 18-year-old Julio Arizmendi. Police allege Arizmendi, the two youths and an unidentified Black male attacked a person with a stick, knife, imitation pistol and a glass bottle ...

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CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT — SHERIDAN --- A vehicle pursuit last week has led to drug charges against at town resident. Chautauqua County sheriff’s deputies report its Criminal Investigation Division attempted to stop Philip A. Decker, 25, who was a known suspended operator. He failed to comply and led an investigator on a pursuit from the town of Sheridan into the town of Hanover on Thursday. Decker abandoned his vehicle on Routes 5 and 20 near Hanford Road and fled on foot. He was later located at a residence in Hanford Bay and taken into custody. Through an ...

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JAMESTOWN POLICE - Daniel R. McKay, 30, of Jamestown, was charged with two counts of criminal possession of a weapon, third-degree criminal possession of a weapon, two counts of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, fourth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, fifth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance after a traffic stop at 9:47 p.m. Tuesday. According to a police report, officers pulled over a vehicle at North Main and West Sixth streets for a traffic infraction and ...

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CATTARAUGUS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE – PERRYSBURG – Three people are facing drug charges following a police raid. According to deputies, on June 12, the Southern Tier Regional Drug Task Force executed a search warrant on Gun Parker Drive in the town of Perrysburg. During the search of the residence, officers allegedly discovered a quantity of crack cocaine, fentanyl and drug paraphernalia. Naomi Lindgren, 45, of Gun Parker Road, Perrysburg and Amir Banks, 23, were charged with second-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, two counts of criminal third-degree ...

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JAMESTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT - Zachary Clark, 55, of Jamestown, was charged with second-degree criminal contempt following an incident which took place Thursday morning. Officers conducted a street check at 12:59 a.m. at an address on the city’s west side. Officers report that Clark, who has several active arrest warrants from JPD was also allegedly in violation of a duly served order of protection. Clark was taken into custody, transported to the city jail and will be in court at a later date. - Robbie M. Stearns, 29, resident of Frewsburg was arrested and charged with two counts ...