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CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY SHERIFF - Jonathon M. Tresler, 37, of Fredonia was charged with aggravated family offense and second-degree criminal contempt. The Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Criminal Investigation Division received a report that Tresler allegedly contacted a juvenile victim in violation of a full stay-away order of protection issued against him. He was taken to the Chautauqua County Jail. - Richard C. Koch, 44, of Wilmington, N.C., was charged with driving while intoxicated, unsafe lane change, and operating an unregistered motor vehicle after he reportedly went off the road and ...

Sheffield woman charged with stealing from pharmacy

A Sheffield, Pa., woman faces six felony charges after allegedly stealing prescription drugs from the pharmacy where she was employed. Alyssa R. McDowell, 34, of Sheffield was charged with five counts of acquiring or obtaining possession of a controlled substance by misrepresentation, ...

Eight charged after drug raid Tuesday on Second Street

Eight city residents face charges after a search warrant was executed at a Second Street apartment on Tuesday. According to a Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office report, an investigation into narcotics activity at 741 E. Second St., Jamestown, resulted in a search warrant being executed at ...

Julie Jackson-Forsberg running for county Legislature

Julie Jackson-Forsberg of Jamestown is running for the Chautauqua County Legislature seat in District 10. Jackson-Forsberg is endorsed by the Democratic and Working Families parties. District 10 includes Busti and Lakewood and the neighborhoods surrounding Persell School and Bergman Park in Jamestown and Ellicott. Jackson-Forsberg began her career as an English teacher and now develops entrepreneurship, employment readiness and personal development curriculum for people in prison. She has an EMBA from RIT’s Saunders College of Business and graduated from Hamilton College with a ...

Man accused of shaking baby, causing blindness

Charges have been placed against a man who is accused of shaking an infant which caused her to possibly become blind. According to the secret indictment, which was unsealed at the time of his arraignment in September, Seth Pulver, 28, has been charged with reckless assault of a child. It ...