PORTLAND – A battery pack is being blamed for a fire Wednesday afternoon. Around 2:30 p.m. multiple fire departments responded to 6996 Route 5 in the town of Portland for a reported structure fire. The Chautauqua County Fire Investigation Team ruled the fire as accidental in nature ...

WESTFIELD POLICE DEPARTMENT – WESTFIELD — William Zachary, no age or address provided, has been charged with driving while intoxicated and aggravated DWI – blood alcohol content of .18% or higher. Police said on Nov. 23 they were at 238 E. Main St. around 9:40 p.m. when Zachary arrived ...

Dunkirk Police Department — Jennifer Hite, no age listed, of Silver Creek, was arrested Nov. 23 and charged with petit larceny. — Mark Szocki, 63, of Dunkirk, was arrested Nov. 24 and charged with petit larceny. — Fernando Martinez III, 44, of Dunkirk, was arrested Nov. 26 and ...

CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE – SHERIDAN – Andrew W. Powers, 35, of Buffalo was charged Wednesday with driving while ability impaired with drugs/alcohol. Powers was stopped on Route 20 around 9:45 p.m. and was allegedly under the influence. He was arrested and transported to the ...

A city man has been charged after a gunshot complaint late Saturday evening. Skyler J. Tritapoe, 29, was charged with reckless endangerment, second-degree menacing and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon after the 11 p.m. incident. Jamestown police responded to a residence on the ...

JAMESTOWN POLICE - Two Jamestown residents face charges after city police officers responded to a request from Child Protective Services on the city’s west side at 12:37 p.m. Friday. According to a police report, during a home check, CPS workers discovered that the living conditions in the ...