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JAMESTOWN POLICE - Two city residents face charges after police broke up a reported burglary. At 6:10 p.m. Thursday, city police participating in a Gun Involved Violence Elimination detail responded to a south side home for a reported burglary in progress. Officers saw a man jump out of a second story window behind the home while police also found a woman in the home. Patrick Dhondt, 49, was charged with second-degree burglary fourth-degree criminal mischief while Katherine P. Hartman, 36, was charged with second-degree criminal trespass. Both were taken to the city jail until they ...

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JAMESTOWN POLICE - Sole A. Thomas, 22, of Jamestown was charged with third-degree assault at 1:49 a.m. Thursday after city police responded to the north side of Jamestown for a fight. Upon arrival officers report seeing a large crowd and an active fight. After investigation it was found that Thomas allegedly assaulted another person and injured the other person. She was taken to the city jail until she could be arraigned. - Beverly L. Campbell, 64, of Jamestown was charged with endangering the welfare of a child at 9:57 p.m. Wednesday after officers responded to a home on the north ...

Westfield man facing drug charges after accident

A motor-vehicle accident Friday night led to charges for a Westfield man in the city of Dunkirk. At approximately 8:53 p.m., Dunkirk Police conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle on the 300 block of Eagle Street. Upon identification of the operator of the vehicle, Mark C. Baker II, 36, was found to have an active and confirmed arrest warrant for a probation violation, wanted by the Erie County Sheriff’s Office. Officers attempted to take Baker into custody for the arrest warrant, but he refused to cooperate and fled the scene in the vehicle at a high rate of speed south on Eagle ...

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CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE – VILLENOVA – Tucker J.R. Bauer, 20, of Pomfret was charged Sunday morning with second-degree harassment, fourth-degree criminal mischief, second-degree menacing, fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon, second-degree strangulation, second-degree unlawful imprisonment and endangering the welfare of a child. It is alleged that Bauer was involved in an altercation around 10:30 a.m. at an unspecified address on Route 83. Tucker was placed in custody and transported to the Chautauqua County Jail for arraignment. He will answer the charges ...

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CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT — ELLERY — After 11:30 p.m. Saturday, the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office responded to a motor vehicle accident on Route 430. The operator of the vehicle was identified as Drew C. Whidden, 46, of Bemus Point. Further investigation found Whidden to have been driving while intoxicated. Whidden was charged with DWI, aggravated DWI (BAC .18 or higher), and moving from lane unsafely. He will be in town court later. JAMESTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT — Vanessa M Braun, 43, has been charged with second-degree assault, second-degree attempted ...

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CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE – Lisa Hughes, 41, of Angola was charged Tuesday with third-degree burglary and petit larceny. It is alleged that Hughes shoplifted from a business on Vineyard Drive in Dunkirk around 12:40 p.m. She was released with an appearance ticket to appear in the Town of Dunkirk at a later date. – BROCTON – Michael Rodriguez Hernandez, 26, of Brocton was charged Tuesday with third-degree criminal mischief and third-degree menacing. Around 9:30 p.m. deputies were called to a reported altercation in the village. Deputies allege Rodriguez Hernandez did ...