CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT — FRENCH CREEK — At around 12:56 a.m. Friday, deputies responded to an address on Route 426 for a reported altercation. Upon arrival and after conducting an investigation, Brett Rater, 35, and Breeanna Byers, 35, both of French Creek, were charged ...

CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE – PORTLAND – Itzamarie G. Rose, 25, of Falconer was charged Tuesday with driving while intoxicated, DWI per se, third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation, and backing unsafely. Around 8:45 p.m. deputies responded to a motor vehicle accident in the ...

CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE – ELLERY – Jennifer A. Lugo, 38, of Bemus Point was charged Tuesday around 11:30 a.m. with second-degree harassment and fourth-degree criminal mischief. It is alleged that she threw a cell phone at another individual and subsequently took a phone from ...

GERRY — A Sinclairville woman is facing charges after recklessly discharging a firearm and injuring an individual. Chautauqua County sheriff's deputies report they and New York State Police responded to a residence on Old Chautauqua Road in the town of Gerry for a reported gunshot victim ...

A Mexican man who has been removed twice from the United States has pleaded guilty to re-entering the country illegally. U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced that 31-year-old Jose Roberto Perez-Solis, 31, a citizen and national of Mexico, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge ...

Cassadaga Valley Central School District was in a lockout during a portion of Monday after an apparent shooting incident in the Sinclairville community. The district announced the temporary lockout in a Facebook post shortly after 10:28 a.m. “While this matter was unrelated to our schools, ...