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Jamestown pair charged after youth, dogs found in ‘hazardous’ conditions

Deplorable living conditions for a youth and dogs led to charges against two Jamestown residents. At 3 p.m. Friday, officers of the Jamestown Police Department responded to a residence on the west side of the city to assist the Department of Development. During the investigation, officers discovered a 3-year-old child living in deplorable and hazardous conditions. Officers also located three dogs that appeared malnourished and were being kept without accessible food or water. The dogs were removed from the residence by Animal Control, and arrangements were made to ensure the child's ...

St. Anthony’s Church closing Aug. 31

St. Anthony's Roman Catholic Church in Fredonia will close Aug. 31. Members of the church's finance committee made the announcement after 9:30 a.m Mass Sunday. They cited declining attendance and donation rates. The closure will leave Fredonia without a Catholic church. St. Joseph's on Main Street closed as of Jan. 1, 2025. St. Anthony's was originally slated to close in the spring, under the Buffalo Diocese' plan to address a shortage of clergy and falling attendance by combining parishes. The church got a reprieve -- but it only lasted a few months.

Drug investigation leads to charges for Buffalo man

JAMESTOWN --- A Buffalo man is facing charges after a drug investigation A search warrant was executed on Thursday at 312 E. Sixth St. in the lower apartment in Jamestown. The search warrant was executed by narcotics investigators from the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office and narcotics ...

Jamestown man found with crack cocaine, charged

A Jamestown man faces drug charges after a search warrant was executed on North Main Street on Thursday morning. Joel I. Rosario-Negron, 44, of Jamestown was charged with two counts of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and second-degree criminally using drug paraphernalia at 6:10 a.m. Thursday. According to a police report, narcotics investigators from the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office and Jamestown Police Department executed a search warrant at 1107 N. Main St., Jamestown, with Jamestown Police SWAT making entry into the house. Located inside the ...

Two charged after drug raid in Jamestown

Two Jamestown residents face charges after a search warrant was executed at 6:33 a.m. Thursday on Falconer Street. Around 6:33 a.m. Thursday, the Jamestown Police Department SWAT team was activated and executed a search warrant at 352 Falconer St., Jamestown. Once the SWAT team made entry, officers allegedly found Alexis Morales-DeJesus and Niderah M. Manuel along with three youths .Once the residence was secured, detectives searched it and allegedly found two revolver style handguns, a 9mm semi-automatic handgun, fentanyl, digital scales, packaging materials and a quantity of U.S. ...

Report reveals ‘serious’ mistreatment concerns inside Lakeview

A report released this week by The Correctional Association of New York reveals “serious concerns” regarding the treatment of inmates inside the walls of the Lakeview Correctional Facility in Brocton. Observations and findings from the one day visit to the prison in April 2025 were ...