Warren
CRIME & SAFETY
Jamestown Woman Sentenced on Drug Charge
U.S. Attorney Trini Ross announced Friday that 28-year-old Brandi Whitford of Jamestown was sentenced to time served and three years probation by U.S. District Judge Lawrence Vilardo. Whitford was convicted of maintaining a drug-involved premises. Assistant U.S. Attorney Joshua Violanti, who handled the case, stated that between September 2019 and October 23, 2019, Whitford and co-defendant Richard Kinsey, Jr. used a residence at 320 Newland Avenue in Jamestown to manufacture, distribute, and use methamphetamine. On September 6, 2019, investigators executed a search warrant at the residence, recovering three firearms. A fourth firearm was thrown from the residence during the execution of the search warrant. Investigators also recovered methamphetamine, approximately $12,045 in cash, assorted ammunition, and drug paraphernalia. Co-defendant Richard Kinsey was previously convicted.
JPD finds wanted suspect on bicycle, attempts to flee, wrecks and is taken into custody
(WJET/WFXP) – Police officers saw a wanted suspect for burglary charges who was riding his bike in Jamestown, NY, Sunday. Members of the Jamestown Police Department noticed a wanted man on his bicycle for burglary charges on Prendergast Avenue Sunday morning at around 9 a.m. Officers approached the man,...
Jamestown Man Sought for Burglary Arrested After Bike Pursuit
A Jamestown man who was wanted for multiple burglary and petit larceny counts was taken into custody after he tried to flee from police officers on his bicycle Sunday morning. Jamestown Police were conducting a warrant check at about 9:00 AM when they saw 43-year-old Alberto Narvaez-Aponte on Prendergast Avenue. Officers approached Narvaez-Aponte before he fled on his bike and led them on a brief pursuit. Officers say Narvaez-Aponte wrecked his bike and was taken into custody. In addtion to two counts of 3rd-degree burglary and three counts of petit larceny, Narvaez-Aponte was charged with resisting arrest, 7th-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and bicycle City Code violations that occurred during the pursuit.
Prison Time for Kwik Fill Robber
A Warren man will spend over two years in state prison for his role in a robbery at the Hickory Street Kwik Fill that occurred in January 2021. 20-year-old Henry J. Viator was sentenced Friday by President Judge Maureen Skerda, for entering the Kwik Fill and demanding money while claiming to have a gun.
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