Quick response keeps fire damage to minimum at Lakewood business location...
A discarded cigarette is the apparent cause of a fire inside a garbage can that did some damage to an exterior wall of a business building in the village of Lakewood. Lakewood Fire Chief Kurt Hallberg says crews were called to the scene of a pair of businesses at 401 Fairmount Ave. just after 7:30 a.m. Hallberg says Lakewood-Busti Police were initially at the scene and used a fire extingusher. Firefighters did likewise, along with a handline where the flames began moving up the wall. Hallberg says they had the fire out quickly... with minimal damage to the building. No one was hurt. Once the fire was put out... the county's Fire Investigation Team was called into to look for the origin and cause... which has been ruled accidental.
Three arrested following fight investigation outside Wine Cellar bar in Jamestown...
Three people -- one from Jamestown and two others from Dunkirk -- were arrest early Sunday morning following a large fight outside a bar on North Main Street. City police were called to the Wine Cellar at 309 North Main about 1:30 a.m., and they found several people fighting. When officers began separating individuals to break up the fight... 28 year-old Cesar Rodriguez of Dunkirk shoved one of the officers. Police gave multiple commands for Rodriguez to back away... but, he again shoved the officer. When they tried to take him into custody... there was a brief struggle. As he was taken into custody... officers say they were surrounded by the crowd. At that point... they deployed a chemical spray to disperse the crowd. While taking Rodriguez to a patrol car... Diondra Drayon of Jamestown pointed her own pepper spray at officers... and threatened to spray them while being taken into custody. Police say the fight resumed... and, 32 year-old Lisandra Rodriguez of Dunkirk... threw a punch at an officer, hitting them in the eye and injuring them. She was arrested for second-degree assault. Cesar Rodriguez is charged with second-degree obstruction... and, resisting arrest. Diondra Drayton was charged with second-degree menacing. All three were taken to the city jail.
City man sentenced to 30 years in federal prison on Child Porn conviction...
A man from Jamestown has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for producing child pornography nearly four years ago. U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo has announced that 36 year-old Roberto Millan... who had been convicted of production of child pornography... received the 360 month prison term late last week from U.S. District Court Judge, Richard Arcara... along with another 20 years of supervised release. Prosecutors say between Dec. 28, 2021.. and, Feb. 8, 2022, Millan engaged in sexually graphic conversations with a 15-year-old victim over TextNow, a mobile phone application. They say the conversations included demands and instructions from Millan that the victim take sexually explicit videos... and, images and send them to him. In addition... DiGiacomo says the messages they exchanged indicated that they engaged in sexual contact. He says Jamestown Police and the FBI were also involved in the investigation.
Falconer man arrested for DWI following accident in Jamestown...
A man from Falconer has been arrested for allegedly driving drunk when his car was involved in an accident on Jamestown's eastside... and, he drove way from the scene. City police were called to the area of Falconer Street and Woodlawn Avenue shortly before Midnight Saturday for a property damage accident. Witnesses reported to officers that the suspect vehicle... driven by 25 year-old Zachary Boardman... had left the scene and was later stopped by a witness. Police spoke with Boardman... and, found that he was driving while intoxicated... and, he was arrested for DWI... and leaving the scene of a property damage accident. He was issued appearance tickets for City Court.
80th annual Gerry Rodeo another big success...
A pair of capacity crowds the final two nights concluded another successful, four-night run for the Gerry Rodeo. That from Rodeo Spokesman Paul Cooley as the final night of competition was underway on a cool, but, comfortable night Saturday at the Rodeo Grounds off Route 60. Cooley says they actually had to stop ticket sales early on Saturday because they had already reached their seating capacity about half-an-hour before the show. There was standing room only on Friday night. Cooley adds more ideal weather Friday and Saturday also helped. As for the number of competitors... he says all eight of their nightly events for the Professional Cowboys and Cowgirls Association were full... and there were a near-record number of competitors. Cooley adds that Rodeo officials recieve several compliments from the participants again this year. In addition... Cooley says they had another great week for sales of their traditional beef barbecue dinners... selling more than 1,500 Saturday night alone... and likely well over 3.000 for the four-days of the 80th annual Rodeo.
Work continues this week by BPU on District Heat Main on South Main Street...
Some unexpected difficulties with the Jamestown Board of Public Utilities District Heat project on South Main Street... a portion of that street will remain closed through mid-week. BPU Spokeswoman Becky Robbins says crews have been working on a main between Harrison and East Second Streets... and, due to the time needed to complete the work... that area will remain closed to through traffic until at least this coming Wednesday. Motorists should take alternate routes.
