OBSERVER Staff Report The U.S. Attorney's Office on Wednesday announced that 43-year-old Jarrod Adams of Erie, Pa., and 31-year-old Michael Murphy of Jamestown were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara for their alleged roles in a Jamestown area drug ring. Adams, who was ...

JAMESTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT — Raymond M. Medina, 18, of Jamestown, was charged with third-degree assault, second-degree strangulation, third-degree unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and two counts of petit larceny. Officers responded at 9 a.m. Monday to the west side of the city for a ...

GOWANDA POLICE DEPARTMENT • Amber R. Pisa, 27, no address listed, was charged with two counts of second-degree criminal trespass. Patrol was notified that Pisa had received numerous mandates from a property owner and police that she was banned from entering a residence on Commercial Street. ...

JAMESTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT -- Brian L. Turk, 19, of Jamestown, was charged with two counts of second-degree menacing. Around 8 p.m. Friday, officers responded to a report of a person with a weapon on the north side of the city. Upon arrival officers located two victims and the suspect ...

JAMESTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT — Michael C. Hallowell, 36, of Jamestown, was charged with second-degree unlawful imprisonment. Police responded at 7 p.m. Thursday to a reported domestic incident at a residence on the south side of the city. An investigation found that Hallowell allegedly held ...

DUNKIRK POLICE DEPARTMENT -- Alicia Eppinger, 45, of Dunkirk, was arrested Sunday and charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. -- James Hoster, 26, of Warren, Ohio, was arrested Monday and charged with driving while intoxicated (first offense), following ...