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Police reports 1/7/25

Jan 08, 2025

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Police reports 1/3/25

Jan 04, 2025

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WNY has first woman troop commander in NYSP history

Olean Times Herald staff

Jan 03, 2025

BATAVIA — History has been made in Western New York as the first woman in the 107-year history of the New York State Police has taken over as troop co...

News, NY State News

Special prosecutor appointed in death of man beaten by New York corrections officers

MICHAEL HILL Associated Press

Jan 03, 2025

ALBANY — New York's attorney general appointed a special prosecutor Thursday to investigate the death of a man who was beaten by guards at a state pri...

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Police reports 12/29/24: Olean man charged with rape

Dec 29, 2024

OLEAN — An Olean man faces multiple felony charges, including for rape, the Olean Police Department reported. Jon S. Vancleaf, 44, of 644 S. Union St....

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Police reports 12/27/24: Traffic stop results in drug arrest in Freedom

Dec 27, 2024

FREEDOM — The Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Office reported Friday that two men face drug-related charges following a traffic stop Wednesday night. Jef...

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NY correction officers pummeled handcuffed prisoner before death, footage shows

JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press

Dec 27, 2024

NEW YORK — A man fatally beaten in a New York prison this month was repeatedly pummeled by correction officers while in handcuffs, struck in the chest...

Commentary, Nation World

Donald Trump and the courts

SUSAN SHELLEY Los Angeles Daily News

Dec 27, 2024

LOS ANGELES (TNS) — If you stacked up all of Donald Trump’s legal bills since his election in 2016, they’d reach Mars beforeElon Muskdoes. He’s paying...

What to know about death of woman who was set on fire in NYC subway

Dec 26, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — The man accused of lighting a woman on fire on a New York City subway and fanning the flames as she burned to death made his first app...

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Potter County man to serve at least 22 years for 2020 murder

Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com

Dec 26, 2024

The last of the three defendants charged in the 2020 murder of Joshua Ramos in Potter County has been sentenced to at least 22 years in state prison. ...

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Police reports 12/25/24: Three arrested following incident at Holiday Valley

Dec 26, 2024

ELLICOTTVILLE — The Ellicottville Police Department reported Wednesday that three men face multiple charges following an investigation of an incident ...

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Santa Biden’s latest Christmas present is for murderers

DEBRA J. SAUNDERS Las Vegas Review-Journal

Dec 25, 2024

WASHINGTON(TNS) — PresidentJoe Bidenannounced Monday that he was commuting the sentences of 37 out of 40 federal death-row inmates to life in prison w...

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State & Union: Law enforcement on alert for impaired drivers

Dec 23, 2024

New York State Police and local law enforcement agencies participating in the national enforcement initiative on impaired driving this holiday season....

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Hochul orders firing of prison staffers involved in inmate’s fatal beating

Dec 22, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — New York's governor has ordered more than a dozen prison staffers to be fired over the fatal beating of an inmate earlier this month. ...

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Police reports 12/20/24

Dec 21, 2024

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Police reports 12/18/24: Two face drug charges in Great Valley

Dec 18, 2024

GREAT VALLEY — The execution of a search warrant resulted in the arrest of two men on drug charges, the Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Office reported W...

News, Western New York

Woman who stowed away on flight to Paris arrested again in Buffalo

Dec 17, 2024

BUFFALO — A Russian woman who was arrested after she stowed away on a flight from New York City to Paris last month has been arrested again in Buffalo...

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Police reports 12/16/24

Dec 17, 2024

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Police reports 12/15/24

Dec 16, 2024

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Police reports 12/13/24

Dec 14, 2024

ALLEGANY — Anargha Ganguly, 20, of Olean, was charged at 1:13 p.m. Thursday with petit larceny, a class A misdemeanor. Ganguly was processed and issue...