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JAMESTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT — Jamal M. Jackson, 32, of Jamestown, was charged Monday with two counts of fourth-degree Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance, seventh-degree Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance, Tampering with Physical Evidence, and second-degree Obstructing Governmental Administration. According to police, at about 4:30 p.m., officers observed a vehicle commit some vehicle and traffic violations near Prendergast Avenue and Kingsbury Street. Police said the vehicle was stopped, and during the stop, Jackson appeared to be impaired, and was asked to exit ...

Three nabbed after drugs, weapons probe

Three Jamestown residents are facing several drug and weapons charges. After a long-term narcotics investigation in the city of Jamestown by the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Department, Jamestown Police Department, and Dunkirk Police Department, Frank C. Nazario, Joliet A. Santos-Guzman, ...

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CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE – MAYVILLE – Juan A. Tufino, 33, of Jamestown and currently incarcerated in the county jail was charged Sunday with second-degree assault. He allegedly was involved in a physical altercation with another inmate. – MAYVILLE – George A Diramio, 33, of Niagara Falls was charged Wednesday around 1:50 a.m. with driving while intoxicated, DWI per se, first-degree aggravated unlicensed operation, speeding and unsafe turn without a turn signal following a traffic stop on North Erie Street in the village. Diramio was released with tickets to ...

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JAMESTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT — Erin R. Dale, 43, of Jamestown, was charged Sunday with fourth-degree Criminal Mischief, and Resisting Arrest. According to police, at about 5:42 p.m., officers responded to the city’s south side for a report of a domestic incident. Upon further investigation, officers learned that Dale allegedly damaged property during the dispute, and after she was told she was under arrest, Dale attempted to prevent officers from taking her into custody. After a brief struggle, Dale was transported to the Jamestown City Jail. CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY SHERIFF’S ...

Quattrone reacts to inmate killed in Oneida County facility

MAYVILLE — Chautauqua County Sheriff Jim Quattrone issued a statement in response to the body cam footage released from an incident at the Marcy Correctional Facility in Oneida County that resulted in the death of inmate Robert Brooks. The statement from Quattrone said, “The Sheriffs of New York State are shocked, like any rational person is, by the actions of State Corrections Officers at Marcy Correctional Facility which led to the death of Robert Brooks, as revealed by body camera footage released today. No human being should be treated that way by another human ...

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CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT — RIPLEY — At around 7:34 a.m. Sunday, deputies responded to a business on Shortman Road for a report of a female who used fraudulent money for a purchase. After a brief investigation, Kimberly Ramey, 47 of Westfield, was found to have used a fake $100 dollar bill and did receive an amount of cash back from the purchase which was stolen from the business. Ramey was charged with petit larceny and third-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument and released with appearance tickets to be in Town Court later.