Jamestown man arrested for driving while under influence of drugs following accident in Brooklyn Square...
A city man is accused of driving while under the influence of drugs after backing his truck into a generator in Brooklyn Square late last week.  Jamestown police say they were called to a reported accident near the Community Bank building shortly before 11 a.m. Friday.  It was reported that the truck had backed into the generator on the property... and the driver was trying to leave the scene.  Police say they found that 70-year-old Gary Didomenico was operating the vehicle while his ability was impaired by drugs.... and, he was arrested and
charged with DWAI-Drugs... and, unsafe backing.  Didomenico was issued an appearance ticket for city court at a later date. 

Forster says JPD has possible suspect(s) for grafitti on westside of Washington St. Bridge...  Jamestown City Police are investigating a case of grafitti along the west side of the Washington Street Bridge last weekend.  Chief Scott Forster says the vandalism took place sometime between last Friday night... and Saturday morning.  Forster says their investigation has identified a possible suspect.  He adds the grafitti was spray-painted on a support pillar and a wall at about street level on the side of the storage facility in Steele Street.  Forster says a city crew is involved in cleaning up the grafitti... but, no damage estimate has been given.  If you have any information on the incident... call JPD at 483-7536... or the Tips line at 483-8477.  Forster says those responsible would face criminal mischief charges.

City Council committee unanimously approves forwarding local law to abolish dorment Strategic Planning and Partnerships Commission...
The Jamestown City Council's Public Safety Committee has approved fowarding a local law to abolish the currently-dorment Strategic Planning and Partnerships Commission.  The committee approved the move in a 3-0 vote.  Chairman Jeremy Engquist says panel members felt it was time to move the proposal to the full council for discussion.  However... two members of the public urged lawmakers to carefully consider all the ramifications of such a move.  Doug Champ pointed out that -- by nature -- strategic planning takes time... and evaluated "Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunites, and Threats...." or SWOT.  Champ says such planning takes three to 10 years to finally be realized.  Since being instituted in 1996... Jason Sample highlighted the key members... and, programs that came out of the Strategic Planning and Partnerships Commission.  One was the education program "The Jamestown Guarantee."  Sample... who is also running for city council... says there was also a neighborhood revitalization effort... and, another to help recruit new doctors and other health care professionals to fill a need here.  He says Dr. Lillian Ney also helped put a program in place to help those battling opioid and other addictions.  Dr. Ney and Greg Rabb each chaired or co-chaired the commission for a time while they were City Council presidents.

Gillibrand pleased to see more Democrats taking advantage of early voting across the nation...
A recent survey of early voting across the United States is showing more registered Democrats taking part than they did at this point in the 2024 election.  That was the finding among nearly 790,000 early votes cast leading up to last Wednesday by CNN.  U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York... who's been involved in several outside campaigns in recent years... says that's good news.  Gillibrand adds that recent polling for Democrat Senate candidates shows about a dozen races that were either leaning... or strongly Republican are now up for grabs... including Maine, North Carolina, Ohio, Iowa, Texas, Kansas, Arkansas... and, others they she could "not have imagined" that are in play.  Gillibrand adds Democrats are also in play in Georgia, New Hampshire and Michigan.  She made her comments during a recent virtual press conference.

Two arrested in Dunkirk drug bust early last week... 
An investigation into alleged firearms and narcotics activity in the city of Dunkirk led to a raid... and, the arrest of two people.  Sheriff's deputies say their narcotics investigators... along with those from Dunkirk and Jamestown... executed a search warrant at 935 Swan St. last Tuesday afternoon.  Officers say they arrested 20 year-old Balin Rader... and, 45 year-old Holly Pilarski inside.  During the investigation... police say they seized a quantity of cocaine and psilocybin mushrooms... scales... and, packaging material used for trafficking drugs... and, a quantity of cash.  Both Rader and Pilarski were charged with third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance... and second-degree criminally using drug paraphernalia.  Both were issued appearance tickets for Dunkirk City Court at a later date.  

Sherman man arrested for DWI following accident in Ripley...  

A Sherman man faces a drunk driving charge following a one-car crash early this morning in the town of Ripley.  Sheriff's Officers were called to the scene on Northeast Sherman Road shortly after Midnight on a report of an accident.  They identified the driver as 63 year-old Mark Freligh.  Deputies say they determinied that Freligh was driving while intoxicated... and, he was arrested for DWI... and, moving from lane unsafely.  He was issued appearance tickets for Ripley Town Court.