Five arrested during traffic stop... and, drug raid on Camp St. Extention home...
A traffic stop and subsequent drug raid about mid-day Monday has led to the arrest of five people in Jamestown. City police say a patrol attempted to stop a car leaving 2200 Camp St. Ext. shortly before Noon... driven by 32 year-old Dylan Abbey... who then failed to comply and led officers on a pursuit to Manchester Road... then back to Camp Street. Police say he drove into a field... but, got stuck. He was then arrested without further incident. Immediately after that... members of the Jamestown Metro... and Southern Tier Regional Drug Task Forces raided the home at 2200 Camp with the help of multiple local police agencies. They found John Lisciandro, Kenneth Wynn, Christopher Smith, and Jacklyn Webb inside and they were detained. Investigators say they seized 13 guns... just over 46-grams of methamphetamine... 2-grams of fentanyl... 236 Suboxone strips... a quantity of pills, and $655 in cash. A further search of Abbey and his vehicle led to seizure of 13.8-grams of meth... 12.7 grams of fentanyl... a quantity of pills, and nearly $2,500 cash. Abbey is charged with third... fourth and seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance... and two counts of criminal using drug paraphernalia. Police say Lisciandro faces one count of third-degree criminal possession of a weapon... 12 counts of fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon.... and several drug possession counts. The other three suspects are each charged with third... fourth and seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. Abbey was jailed in Jamestown pending arraignment... while the other four suspects were taken to the county jail pending centralized arraignment.
Three arrested on Jamestown's northside following four noise, and disorderly person calls...
Four unnecessary noise or disorderly person complaints on Jamestown's northside has led to the arrests of two men and one woman. City police were initially called to the scene about 12:30 a.m. Wednesday for unnecessary noise... and, issued appearance tickets to 21 year-old Illinois Jackson... and 20 year-old Joseph Connolly. Officers were called back to the scene just after 2 a.m. on a complaint that 47 year-old Margaret Connolly for making threats to one of the men. Then... just after 3 a.m., officers were called again to the scene... and, arrested Jackson for allegedly violating a "stay-away" order of protestion from a woman at the scene. The fourth call came just after 3:30 a.m. when police were called for a woman screaming for help. Officers say Joseph Connolly had pushed a woman... causing her to sustain minor facial injuries. He was taken into custody for third-degree assault and making unncessary noise... Margaret Connolly was charged with unnecessary noise and second-degree harassment... and, Illinois Jackson was arrested for one count of second-degree criminal contempt. All three were jailed pending arraignment.
Langworthy gets ICE Briefing in Buffalo; updates media on what's taking place...
Local Congressman Nick Langworthy has been briefed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials about efforts to curb illegal immigration... and, deport those who are convicted criminals. Following the Tuesday morning briefing in Buffalo... Langworthy held two press conferences... one in Chautauqua County... to update residents on what's taking place. The Buffalo-area Republican says President Trump is following through on a major campaign promise... and, proved it by forcing one country to take back repatriated citizens. Langworthy says there are an estimated 759,000 illegal immigrants in New York City alone. Among them are about 58,000 convicted Felons... or who face charges there. He says he and fellow New York Republicans have written to Governor Kathy Hochul... urging her to rescind the state's "Sanctuary" status... and, reject it's "Green Light" law. That allows undocumented immigrants to obtain a driver's license. He says the state has "shielded" those people from local and federal law enforcement.
Two city residents arrested for being found in possession of loaded handgun...
Two people from Jamestown are accused of being found in possession of a loaded hand-gun during a traffic stop on the city's northside late last week. Jamestown police say they stopped the vehicle on East Eighth Street at Lakeview Avenue about 12:30 p.m. last Friday... and, identified the driver as 33 year-old Dustin Newbree. Officers say they found that Newbree was driving with a revoked license... and during their investigation... he and 40 year-old Monica Pacheco... were in possession of the handgun. Both were arrested for second-and third-degree criminal possession of a weapon. Newbree was also charged with second-degree aggarvated unlicensed operation.
United Ways of Chautauqua Co. makes 2024 Campaign Goal...
The first-ever joint fundraising campaign by the United Ways of Chautauqua County raised a record-setting amount of money during the 2024 General Campaign. During Tuesday night's campaign celebration at Wicked Warren's in downtown Jamestown... Co-Chairs Kelly Borrello and Bill Soffel announced the effort had raised just over $1,801,000. They said it's a 12% increase from last year. It was also the most raised collectively since 2002. Soffel says it was a collective effort over the past two weeks that got them over the goal line. The money raised will be used to support 48 local programs facilitated by 34 partner agencies in the community.
