RIPLEY - A Ripley man remains hospitalized this morning after being involved in a motorcycle accident. Chautauqua County Sheriff Deputies say 24 year-old David Baum was traveling south on Route 76 in the town of Ripley shortly after midnight … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: Three Connected with Busti Pot Growing Operation Formally Charged
BUSTI - The three Busti residents allegedly involved in a pot-growing bust late last month have formally been charged by authorities. A report from today's Jamestown Post-Journal say 31 year-old John Boardman and 29 year-old Jennifer Grundstrom - … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: City Lawmakers to Discuss Extending Funding for Police Consolidation Study
JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown City Council Monday night will discuss the continuation of the effort to study the possible consolidation between the Jamestown Police Department and the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office. That after a steering committee of … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: Two Face Charges Following Investigation into Marijuana Grow Operation
PORTLAND - For the second time this month, authorities have shut down a major marijuana growing operation in Chautauqua County. On Wednesday morning, Investigators with the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s office SWAT Team and the Southern Tier Regional … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: Three Face Charges Following Big Busti Pot Bust
Editor's Note: Initially, this story had erroneously reported that charges had already be leveled against the three individuals in the case. According to the report WRFA received from the Sheriff's Office, the charges will be filed after all the … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: No Children Injured in Accident Involving School Bus
GERRY - The Chautauqua County Sheriff’s office says no children were hurt yesterday morning during an accident in Gerry involving a Cassadaga valley School Bus. Sheriff deputies say seven children were on the bus around 8 a.m. when the accident … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: Police Consolidation Study Complete, Officials to Recomend Moving Forward with Next Phase
JAMESTOWN - The effort to look into a possible consolidation between the Jamestown Police Department and the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office will continue to move forward. That after a steering committee of various elected officials, law … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: Four Suspects Each Charged with Two Counts of 2nd Degree Homicide in Carroll Double Murder
FREWSBURG - Four men have been captured in connection to the death of two residents in the town of Carroll and have each been charged with two counts of 2nd degree homicide. That this morning after the four men were arraigned Thursday night before … [Read more...]
NEWS UPDATE & AUDIO: Four Captured in Connection to Carroll Double Homicide
MAYVILLE - Chautauqua County Sheriff Joe Gerace and District Attorney David Foley say four individuals from Elmira, N.Y. are in police custody and being held on probable cause in connection to the double homicide that took place Wednesday Morning in … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: Sheriff’s Office Continues Investigation into Carroll Double Homicide
CARROLL - The Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office and New York State Police are continuing their investigation into what is now being called a double homicide in the town of Carroll. Frewsburg fire crews were called to a home on Wheeler Hill Road … [Read more...]
