A Westfield man, who is being held on $1 million bail after allegedly trying to murder a woman in March in the village, is facing an additional charge.

On Monday, an investigation was conducted by the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Division. It was found that Jahmaul W. Johnson, 53, did contact an individual who had a valid stay away order of protection against him. Johnson was charged with second-degree criminal contempt and will answer the charges out of the Town of Chautauqua Court.

Johnson was already facing second-degree attempted murder, multiple violent felony-class weapons charges, and multiple counts of endangering the welfare of a child, arising from the March 7 shooting of a female victim in Westfield. At his arraignment in County Court, a plea of “not guilty” was entered on Johnson’s behalf before the court set bail at $1 million cash or, in the alternative, a $2 million property bond.

He now faces prison time of up to 25 years on the attempted murder charge and up to 15 years on the weapons charges, with the possibility that these sentences will run consecutively.

According to Westfield Village Police Chief Erik Karlstrom, at approximately 7:24 p.m. on March 7, he and his officers responded to two simultaneous 9-1-1 calls placed from the residence where the shooting took place, one made by the children who were present when their mother was shot, and the other made by the female gunshot victim.

Upon arrival, police and fire first responders immediately tended to the victim who had been shot once through the chest.

Johnson was quickly identified as a suspect but had already fled the scene, leading to a police pursuit which culminated when he crashed his getaway vehicle into a ditch and was taken into custody in the town of Pomfret a short time later that evening.