Two people from Jamestown arrested following Wednesday drug bust on city's westside...     
Two city residents have been arrested on several drug-related charges following a raid on Jamestown's westside Wednesday.  City police say the Jamestown Metro Drug Task Force... and, Sheriff's Department Narcotics Investigators executed a search warrant at 218 West Eighth Street just before 10:30 a.m.  Prior to entering... agents encountered 39 year-old Katiria Cruz-Torres leaving the residence in a car -- which they quickly stopped.  Cruz-Torres was detained, and officers found her in possession of 4.1-grams of crack cocaine... 4-grams of cocaine... 5.8-grams of fentanyl and $454 cash.  Detectives and Investigators then made entry in to the home... and, located 48 year-old Cesar Santiago, and an adult female.  Investigators also found a small quantity of crack cocaine... digital scales... packaging material and cutting agents. Cruz-Torres was charged with three counts each of third and fourth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance... and, second-degree criminally using drug paraphernalia.  Santiago was charged with one count of seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance... and, second-degree criminally using drug Paraphrenalia.  Both were jailed pending arraignment.  Anyone with information about drug or criminal activity is asked to call the Jamestown Police Tip line at 483-TIPS... that's 483-8477.... or the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office Tip line at 1-800--344-8702 or 664-2420.

Falconer man arrested in Jamestown for allegedly injuring victim in physical domestic incident...
A man from Falconer has been arrested for allegedly assaulting another person during a domestic incident on Jamestown's eastside.  City police say they were called to the unidentified address shortly after 11 p.m. Wednesday for a domestic "in-progress."  Their investigation found that 21 year-old Jack Wyant had gotten into a physical altercation with the victim... who had an order of protection against him.  The victim was injured in the altercation... and, Wyant was arrested for third-degree assault and aggravated criminal contempt.  He was taken to the city jail pending arraignment.

Man accused of throwing 16-month-old -- killing him -- gets 15 years in state prison...
The Jamestown man who admitted to fatally injuring a 16-month-old boy during an incident two years ago will spend 15 years in state prison.  Chautauqua County District Attorney Jason Schmidt has announced that 28 year-old Matthew Nuttall was sentenced by Judge David Foley to the 15 year term... and, five years of post-release supervision on his first-degree manslaughter conviction in the death of Isaac Benton.  Schmidt says the sentence is part of an agreement between the Judge and Mr. Nuttall’s defense counsel in the last pre-trial conference before the jury trial was scheduled to begin.  Under the agreement... Nuttall pled to the top charge of the indictment of first-degree manslaughter... and, the judge promised to cap his sentence at 15 years.  Schmidt has requested on behalf of the people that he be sentenced to 20 years... given the seriousness of the crime.

Local Law introduced by Democrats to reduce Co. Clerk's salary in 2030 defeated by full legislature...
A local law that would have cut the Chautauqua County Clerk's salary by 10-thousand dollars a year was defeated by the legislature this week.  However... there were questions over why Democrats proposed the law in the first place.  Ellington-area Republican Dan Pavlock said he was concerned that, because Clerk Greg Carlson spoke in support of the size of the county's undesignated fund balance during last month's public comment period, he was being penalized.  Pavlock says he doesn't want to see that happen to anyone.  However... Jamestown Democrat Fred Larson said "that dog won't hunt..." noting that minority members have been concerned all along with salary increases for managers in recent times.  Larson adds that it's not seeming to deter Carlson from running again in 2030, because a correspondence was received from him that he was still running in 2030, even if the salary is reduced.  The local law was defeated in a party-line, 6-11 vote.  It would not have taken effect until 2030.  Larson later asked if a request by fellow Democrat Tom Nelson about a committee review of how management salaries are doled out was going anywhere.  Chairman Pierre Chagnon expected it to be on the Audit and Control Committee agenda in June.

Corrections Officer quick work stops gas leak in county jail...
Quick work by a corrections officer at the Chautauqua County Jail prevented a stovetop gas leak from becoming worse.  Sheriff's officers have also charged the inmate... who was working in the trustee section in the kitchen... with second-degree reckless endangerment.  Deputies say 26 year-old Jeremiah Warrior had extinguished the pilot lights on the stove... but, did not shut off the gas.  The CO that oversees the jail kitchen trustees discovered the gas leak several minutes later. 

Police presence seen outside Dunkirk Intermediate school Friday due to threat in social media post...
Dunkirk City Schools Superintendent Brian Swatland says there was an increased police presence around the Intermediate School Friday morning following reports of a potential threat to safety at the school.  Swatland tells us that the concern was about a social media post that contained a "threatening comment."  Details of the comment were not provided. In a message to school families, Swatland said the threat was found to be not credible.