Area Police Reports
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 ...