Schmidt announces Dylan Abbey to spend 13 years in State Prison on drug and active warrant charges...
A city man has been sentenced to 13 years in state prison for three separate convictions... following his arrest last month as he was awaiting sentencing on the previous two.  Chautauqua County District Attorney Jason Schmidt has announced that 33 year-old Dylan Abbey was sentenced Monday in County Court for all three incidents that occured last year.  Schmidt says Abbey had already pled guilty in November of 2025 to two counts of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance... and one count of fourth-degree criminal possession.  He says the pleas covered incidents from January, April and July of last year.  In January... Schmidt says Jamestown Police tried to conduct a traffic stop on the defendant in conjunction with a search warrant that was being executed where Abbey led police on a car chase... and, the pursuit ended when he drove into a farm field and his vehicle became stuck in the snow.  JPD found several controlled substances in his possession.  In April... Officers went to take Abbey into custody on an active warrant... and, he was found in possession of a large quantity of methamphetamine.  In July... JPD responded to a complaint of an unwanted person, and found that person was Abbey... and, there were again active warrants for his arrest.  During this incident... he led officers on a foot chase... and, was finally caught and found in possession of another large quantity of meth.
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At the time of Abbey’s plea... Schmidt says he was released from the County Jail under the supervision of the county's Probation Department until his sentencing date.  This past Jan. 27... he was again arrested by Jamestown police following a raid in the city.  The arrest violated the terms of Abbey’s plea agreement giving Judge David Foley the discretion to sentence him to the maximum on each conviction.  The charges from the incident in January are still pending.

Forestville man arrested in Dunkirk following "Slow Speed Car Chase..."
A man from Forestville faces multiple drunk driving... and, other traffic violations after allegedly leading police on a "slow-speed pursuit" in the town of Sheridan and city of Dunkirk.  Sheriff's officers say they spotted the vehicle... driven by 28 year-old Trevon Gallagher... commit a traffic violation just after Midnight Sunday... and, they tried to stop him using the vehicle's emergency lights.  However... Gallagher refused to comply... and, continued into Dunkirk where he tried to evade both sheriff's officers and Dunkirk police.  The vehicle eventually stopped... and, Gallagher was taken into custody.  After an investigation... police say he was driving while under the influence of alcohol... and, he was charged with DWI... failure to stop at a stop sign,... failure to comply with a lawful order... reckless driving... and, third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation... and, unlawfully fleeing a police officer...among others.  He was processed and taken to the county jail pending centralized arraignment.

Langworthy expects Trump to focus on economy, and other matters in SOTU Speech tonight...
The White House says President Donald Trump will use his State of the Union address to argue he and the Republicans in control of Congress are best suited to continue tackling the public's concerns about the cost of living.  Press secretary Karoline Leavitt also says Trump's speech tonight will be a "celebration of 250 years of America's independence."  The president is expected to proclaim the economy is booming... but, local Congressman Nick Langworthy kind of tempered that during a recent appearance in Dunkirk... saying the stock market is doing very well, and there's now "certainty" in the tax code with approval of the president's "Big, Beautiful Bill" last year.  Langworthy did acknowledge that prices remain high in a number of areas... even though inflation has cooled.  The Buffalo-area Republican says a lot of that is due to the nation's "COVID hangover" where trillions of dollars were spent to help people and businesses that were shut-down during that period.  Mr. Trump has said it's going to be a "long speech" that highlights his accomplishments in his first year back in office... and, he is expected to endorse increased military spending and tighter voter ID rules leading up to November elections that will determine political control of Congress.  Several Democrats in Congress say they plan to skip the speech in protest.

Borrello lays out NYS Senate proposal to "Keep What You've Earned..."
State Senate Republicans are touting a legislative package they say will deliver "real, lasting affordability" for New York residents.  Members of the Senate GOP Conference, including local lawmaker George Borrello, recently announced an initiative called "Keep What You've Earned," which they say includes the largest middle-class tax cut in the state's history.  Borrello says one of the signature bills in this package would change the state's tax code to eliminate income tax on the first $50,000 for single filers and the first $100,000 for joint filing couples.  He says this will help attract people to, and to return to New York state and make the economy bigger.  The initiative would also lower the tax rate to 4% for individuals who earn up to $250,000 and couples who make up to $500,000.  Borrello says it also includes a measure to cap annual state spending growth at inflation... or 2%... whichever is lower.