State Police in Cattauraugus County says authorities have found a Franklinville area girl safe and sound, after she was allegedly abducted early yesterday morning near Shady Lane in the town of Lyndon.
Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Department dispatchers say the child 12 year-old McKenzie Wilson and the two teenaged suspects who allegedly took her were found shortly before 5 PM Tuesday in the town of Farmersville.
Troopers say McKenzie was allegedly abducted about 5 AM and, an AMBER Alert was issued. State Police say the primary suspect was identified as 18 year-old Joshua Monette and, the other was 16 year-old John Harvey. Troopers say given the circumstances they believed the girl's well-being was in jeopardy.
The three were reportedly in a stolen, red Chevy Silverado truck that had reportedly left the Lyndon area. But, again McKenzie Wilson has been found safe, and sound. State Police will only say the investigation is continuing.
A Jamestown man faces several felony charges after allegedly breaking into a northside home early yesterday morning and, threatening the victim with a hand-gun.
City police were called to the scene on Prendergast Avenue about 2 AM and learned that 41 year-old Miguel Angel Ramos-Flores had burglarized the home and, then threatened the women there with a gun before fleeing. Officers say the woman had an order of protection against Ramos-Flores.
Police found him near Spring Street and, he tried to run off before being captured. Officers say he gave them a false name while being arrested.
Ramos-Flores was arraigned on two counts of second-degree burglary, and one count each of first-degree aggravated criminal contempt, and second-degree menacing. He was sent to the county jail without bail.
A number of minors were arrested late last week after state Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers found 30 to 40 people partying at a large bonfire in the Chautauqua Gorge.
DEC officials say rangers were patrolling the area about 11 PM last Friday when they spotted about 30 parked cars along the State Forest area. The rangers hiked into the woods and, spotted the people near a large bonfire, with alcohol and garbage scattered about the area.
They contacted the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Department for assistance and determined that most of the partygoers were under the age of 21. Rangers say the alcohol at the scene was collected and disposed of. They also allegedly seized one-pound of marijuana. Several summonses were issued and, the pot was turned over to Sheriff’s deputies, who arrested one person.
Local Congressman Tom Reed is expressing his condolences to the people of England following the suicide terrorist attack at the end of an Ariana Grande show in Manchester.
Reed opened his weekly telephone conference call by saying the attack now being claimed to have been carried out by the Islamic State group was a "horrific" act that defies description. Security has been beefed up at many locations in the United States and, while that's a good move Reed says we need to maintain our American ideals where people can be secure yet free to live as they want.
The Manchester attack left 22 people dead and sent young concertgoers fleeing, some still wearing the American pop star's trademark kitten ears and holding pink balloons. Teenage screams filled the Manchester Arena just after the explosion Monday night, and members of the audience tumbled over guardrails and each other to escape.
New York farmworkers are hoping a legal challenge might tip the scales in their favor after years of protesting a state law that prevents them from unionizing.
Nearly 100 advocates and migrant workers rallied at the Capitol Tuesday against a loophole in state law that prevents them from organizing for better working conditions and overtime pay. Longtime opponent New York Farm Bureau has blocked efforts to change the law, arguing small farms cannot afford the higher labor costs and strikes that might ensue.
The New York Civil Liberties Union last year filed a lawsuit challenging the law as unconstitutional. Governor Andrew Cuomo and Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, both Democrats, have said they would not seek to defend the law. The Farm Bureau has filed a motion for the lawsuit's dismissal.
There have been some basic inaccuracies in assertions made during the early stages of the annexation process Jamestown is undertaking to bring four-acres of land owned by the Board of Public Utilities from Falconer into the city.
That from both Mayor Sam Teresi and City Councilman Tony Dolce following Monday night's meeting. Several Falconer residents attended, and a couple spoke at the beginning of the session. The petition was approved by the BPU back in January and, Dolce says that was the first-step of a 10 step process.
He says one inaccuracy was over a comment that the city talked with Falconer officials in 2004 about a possible deal to use facilities in Falconer, or Celoron to help coverage issues if a fire station had to be closed. Dolce was on the panel at that time, and says he was not aware of any such discussions.
Falconer Fire Advisory Board Chairman Steve Vanstrom said such discussions never went anywhere. Teresi says taking that small piece of property that "it owns..." and, give it access to city services will "relieve some pressure on electric rates."
A Jamestown man sought on five arrest warrants has been arrested after police spotted him mowing a yard in the downtown area of the city.
Jamestown police say they spotted 27 year-old Robert Yates mowing the grass in front of 128 Water Street just before 11 AM Monday and, patrol officers went to arrest him. However they say Yates saw them and ran off.
Police say they saw in run into his home, and they set up a perimeter. They were allowed inside by a woman who lives with Yates, and he was find hiding in the attic under a blanket. Yates allegedly resisted arrest but, was taken into custody and, is being held pending arraignment.
