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CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT — Jaralyn E. Majak, 36, of Silver Creek was charged Thursday with first-degree criminal contempt, petit larceny, and second-degree harassment. According to officials, at about 3:36 a.m., deputies were dispatched to a report of a disorderly person at an address in the town of Hanover. Through investigation, it was determined that Majak allegedly took another person's dog and refused to give it back. Upon further investigation, it was also found that Majak allegedly violated an order of protection and spit at the individual from whom she ...

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CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT - Kayla E. Seagrave, 26, of Panama, was charged Oct. 28 with speeding, driving while intoxicated, and DWI per se. According to officials, at about 7:10 p.m. deputies conducted a traffic stop on Charlotte Center Road in the town of Charlotte. Through investigation it was determined that Seagrave allegedly was driving while intoxicated. She was placed in custody, and will be in Charlotte Town Court later. - Ingrid E. Collins, 49, of Stockton was charged Oct. 29 with criminal obstruction of breathing. According to officials, at about 2:54 a.m., ...

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CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT — At around 1:34 a.m. Sunday, the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office conducted a traffic stop on E. Main St. in Fredonia. The operator was identified as Jorge E. Rosario Alvarez, 45, of Fredonia. An investigation found Rosario Alvarez to be driving while intoxicated. He was charged with DWI, DWI per se, and speed in zone. He will answer for his charges in the village court. — At around 1:20 a.m. Saturday, the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office conducted a traffic stop on East Main Street in the village of Fredonia. The operator was ...

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CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT - Harley Gurule, 39, of Irving, was charged Oct. 22 with third-degree sexual abuse. According to officials, on Oct. 11, an investigation was conducted by the criminal investigation division. Through investigation, it was found that Gurule allegedly did subject a juvenile victim to unwanted sexual contact. Gurule will be in Hanover Town Court later. - Robert I. Owens IV, 24, of Jamestown was charged Oct. 22 with first-degree criminal contempt. According to officials, at about 3:30 p.m., deputies responded to a Kennedy for a reported order of ...

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DUNKIRK POLICE DEPARTMENT — Samuel Young, 18, of Fredonia, was arrested Sept. 15 and charged with second- degree reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct. — Nicholas Watts, 34, of Dunkirk, was arrested Sept. 16 and charged with endangering the welfare of a child and second-degree obstruction of governmental administration. — Sandro Rodriguez, 40, of Dunkirk, was arrested Sept. 17 and charged with two counts of seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and single counts of second-degree criminal use of drug paraphernalia and second- degree ...

Westfield man facing numerous child porn charges

A town of Westfield man is facing child pornography charges after a seven-month investigation by the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Department. Nicholas Neal, 25, was charged Tuesday with one count of promoting an obscene sexual performance by a child and 10 counts of possessing an obscene ...