OBSERVER Staff Report

A Dunkirk man has pleaded guilty to two counts of course first-degree sexual conduct against a child.

Aaron Gajewski, 39, of Dunkirk will be sentenced by Judge David W. Foley at a later date to 10 years in state prison and 20 years of post-release supervision. The conviction is a result of a “lengthy law enforcement investigation” by the Dunkirk Police Department with Chautauqua County District Attorney Jason Schmidt thanked the department for its assistance on the case.

The indictment was filed Aug. 24 by a Chautauqua County grand jury. Gajewski pleaded not guilty to the charges during arraignment in Chautauqua County Court on Sept. 1.

No details regarding what led to the indictment have been made public.

The charges of predatory sexual assault against a child and course sexual conduct with a child involve crimes involving kids under the age of 13.

“These types of cases, in which the victims are children, are the most serious and need to be dealt with most harshly in our community,” Schmidt said previously.

JAMESTOWN MAN INDICTED

A 49-year-old Jamestown man was arraigned on an indictment announced Friday by the Chautauqua County District Attorney’s Office.

Joseph Angelo is facing charges of predatory sexual assault against a child and course of sexual conduct against a child. He remained in Chautauqua County Jail on $35,000 bail, records show.

Angelo was picked up on an arrest warrant in October 2021 on a first-degree rape charge for an incident that allegedly occurred with a juvenile in 2011, the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office announced at the time.

The Sheriff’s Office Criminal investigation Division said it conducted an investigation into an allegation of a rape of a juvenile, though no further information was made public.