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Panama residents charged with possession of stolen property Two Panama residents face charges after stolen items that include an ATV were allegedly found on their property. James L. Murray, 37, of Wiltsie Road, Panama, and Emily J. Walker, 33, of Wiltsie Road, Panama, were each charged with third-degree criminal possession of stolen property, a class D felony, after a search warrant was executed at their property on Wiltsie Road at 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 27, as part of an investigation by the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigatin Division into stolen property. The ...

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DUNKIRK POLICE DEPARTMENT — A Dunkirk man is facing charges after swinging a machete while walking near the 300 block of Main Street on Sunday night. Jonathan Gonzalez-Colon, 34, was charged with second-degree reckless endangerment, disorderly conduct and second-degree harassment. At approximately 8:22 p.m., Dunkirk Police officers responded to calls of a man wielding a large machete and wildly swinging it at passersby. Upon arrival officers observed the suspect, later identified as Gonzalez-Colon. Gonzalez-Colon refused officers commands to drop the machete, and then spit in the ...

Jamestown woman charged in alleged kidnapping

A Jamestown woman has been charged by Ellicott police after an alleged kidnapping attempt on Saturday. Angelea A. Luszcak, 33, of Jamestown, was charged with second-degree attempted kidnapping, two counts of endangering the welfare of a child and second-degree harassment after an incident Saturday after Ellicott police responded to a report of a woman attempting to kidnap a child in the area. It's alleged Luszcak approached an 8-year-old and grabbed onto the child's coat. Luszcak then allegedly started to drag the youth down the alley and away from her home. Another youth, according ...

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JAMESTOWN POLICE - Gavyn R. Haskins, 23, of Jamestown was charged with DWI and traffic citations after officers working on a GIVE detail pulled a vehicle over near East Second and Bowen streets at 7:23 p.m. Saturday. Haskins was allegedly intoxicated. He will be in Jamestown City Court later. - William G. Johnson, 54, of Jamestown was charged with DWI, DWI per se and traffic citations after officers working on a GIVE detail pulled a vehicle over at 10:47 p.m. on the city's east side for an alleged traffic infraction. Johnson was charged and released with tickets to be in city court ...

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JAMESTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT - Debra Maldonado, 64, was charged Feb. 25 with having an active warrant, and seventh-degree possession of a controlled substance. According to police, at about 7:39 p.m., officers stopped a vehicle on Linden Avenue, near Forest Avenue, for an observed traffic infraction. After approaching the vehicle, police said, officers observed Maldonado, who was known to have an active arrest warrant, in the passenger seat. She was placed into custody on the warrant, and after a search of her person, officers located an alleged quantity of methamphetamine in her purse. ...

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CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT - Ian Tyler Ward, 33, of the town of Hanover, and Sarah Kestler, 38 of the town of Hanover were both charged Tuesday with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. Officials said, at about 8:52 p.m., deputies conducted a traffic stop on Routes 5 and 20 in the town of Hanover. Ward was the operator, and Kestler was the passenger. Upon further investigation it was found that Ward allegedly failed to dim his vehicle’s headlights while passing other motor vehicles, and both parties are alleged to be in possession of a ...