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CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT Around 6 p.m. Friday, the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office assisted the Jamestown Police Department with a hit and run accident. Deputies checked the area of 4911 Baker St. Ext. for the suspect vehicle which was located in the ditch. Further investigation found that Courtey M. Thomas, 25, of Ashville was operating the vehicle in an intoxicated state. Thomas was taken into custody and charged with driving while intoxicated common law, failure to maintain lane. Additional charges of leaving the scene of an accident out of the city of ...

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CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE – MAYVILLE – Vanessa M. Braun, an inmate of the Chautauqua County Jail, was charged Feb. 14 with second-degree harassment and second-degree obstructing governmental administration. She is accused of spitting on an officer while returning to her housing unit. – CLYMER – Tyler C. Thompson, 31, of Ashville, was charged Feb. 16 with driving while intoxicated, DWI per se, unlicensed operator and moving from lane unsafely. Around 4 a.m. deputies were called to the area of 8344 Main St. for a reported motor vehicle accident. Upon arrival a male ...

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JAMESTOWN POLICE - Jose E. Roman, 38, of Jamestown was charged with second-degree obstructing governmental administration at 3:32 p.m. Feb. 13 after officers responded to East Second Street near Winsor Street for a reported fight. Officers report seeing Roman throw items at a passerby’s vehicle before trying to flee the scene when contacted by officers. Roman was taken to the city jail and later released with an appearance ticket to be in Jamestown City Court later. - Danielle D. Middaugh, 50, of Jamestown was charged with fourth-degree criminal mischief and second-degree ...

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JAMESTOWN POLICE - Two city residents face charges after police broke up a reported burglary. At 6:10 p.m. Thursday, city police participating in a Gun Involved Violence Elimination detail responded to a south side home for a reported burglary in progress. Officers saw a man jump out of a second story window behind the home while police also found a woman in the home. Patrick Dhondt, 49, was charged with second-degree burglary fourth-degree criminal mischief while Katherine P. Hartman, 36, was charged with second-degree criminal trespass. Both were taken to the city jail until they ...

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JAMESTOWN POLICE - Sole A. Thomas, 22, of Jamestown was charged with third-degree assault at 1:49 a.m. Thursday after city police responded to the north side of Jamestown for a fight. Upon arrival officers report seeing a large crowd and an active fight. After investigation it was found that Thomas allegedly assaulted another person and injured the other person. She was taken to the city jail until she could be arraigned. - Beverly L. Campbell, 64, of Jamestown was charged with endangering the welfare of a child at 9:57 p.m. Wednesday after officers responded to a home on the north ...

Westfield man facing drug charges after accident

A motor-vehicle accident Friday night led to charges for a Westfield man in the city of Dunkirk. At approximately 8:53 p.m., Dunkirk Police conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle on the 300 block of Eagle Street. Upon identification of the operator of the vehicle, Mark C. Baker II, 36, was found to have an active and confirmed arrest warrant for a probation violation, wanted by the Erie County Sheriff’s Office. Officers attempted to take Baker into custody for the arrest warrant, but he refused to cooperate and fled the scene in the vehicle at a high rate of speed south on Eagle ...