TWO SENTENCED IN COUNTY COURT

MAYVILLE — Chautauqua County District Attorney Jason Schmidt announced a pair of sentencings within the last week on Monday.

¯ Hashaun Leeper, 46 of Jamestown, was sentenced on Sept. 27 by Judge David W. Foley to an indeterminate term in state prison. Leeper will be required to serve a minimum of 1.5 years and a maximum of three years and being convicted of first-degree criminal contempt. This conviction is a result of two separate incidents, one in the city of Dunkirk and one in the city of Jamestown both in 2021. Schmidt would like to thank the Dunkirk Police Department and the Jamestown Police Department for its hard work on this case.

¯ Thomas Fafinski, 39 of Dunkirk, was sentenced Monday by Foley to an indeterminate term in state prison. Fafinski will be required to serve a minimum of 3.5 years and a maximum of seven years after being convicted of third-degree burglary. Fafinski was arrested after breaking in to the Dunkirk Motel in November 2021. Schmidt would like to thank the Dunkirk Police Department for its hard work on this case.

Both convictions were result of pleas by the defendants.

CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE

¯ A search warrant last week in the town of Ellicott led to the arrest of a Jamestown man after officers found a slew of drugs and accessories.

Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Investigators, the Jamestown Metro Drug Task Force, Jamestown Police Department SWAT and Jamestown Police Department executed the warrant on a room at the Clarion Pointe Hotel, located at 2800 N. Main St. around 3:15 p.m. Friday. In the hotel room at the time of the warrant execution was 37-year-old Bart M. Bartlett. As a result of the search, investigators found 70.3 grams of methamphetamine, 15.8 grams of fentanyl, scales and packaging material and $663 in U.S. currency. Bartlett was charged with second-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and second-degree criminally using drug paraphernalia.

Bartlett was transported to the Centralized Arraignment Program at the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Jail.

Authorities continue to ask members of the community to call and report suspicious or narcotics related activity within their neighborhoods. For the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office Tipline call either 800-344-8702 or 716-664-2420 and for the Jamestown Police Department Tipline call 716-483-8477.

¯ MAYVILLE — Karlie L. Hallett, 31, was charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and first-degree promotin prison contraband at 3:07 p.m. Sept. 17 in the Chautauqua County Jail. Deputies report Hallett was in possession of fentanyl while in the jail. She will be in court later.

LAKEWOOD-BUSTI POLICE

¯ LAKEWOOD — Erika A. Garcia, 30, was charged with petit larceny at 8:26 p.m. Sunday at Walmart in Lakewood. She will be in Busti Town Court later.

CATTARAUGUS COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT

¯ GOWANDA — At about 11:50 a.m. Friday, Patrick P. Phillips, 41, of 2388 Route 83, Fredonia, was charged after he came into contact with officers of the Dunkirk Police Department on an unrelated incident. An investigation revealed that Phillips had an active warrant for his arrest out of Cattaraugus County Family Court. He was transported to the Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Office and remanded to jail where he was to be held until he could be seen in Family Court later.

¯ RANDOLPH — A 27-year-old Akron, Ohio, woman has been charged with third-degree criminal possession of stolen property after an accident on Interstate 86 on Friday. Deputies responded to a vehicle in a ditch and a female walking on the interstate. After an investigation, it was found that Tiffani Gray had stolen a vehicle in Akron that become stuck in the ditch. She was charged and released to be in court later.

¯ SOUTH DAYTON — A Cherry Creek man has been charged with second-degree trespass. Deputies report Terrance A. Mussall, 36, entered and remained unlawfully in a vacant residence at 309 Pine St. throughout the night and into the following day. Mussall, of 6338 South Road, was released and will be in court later.