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Police reports for 7/21/23

Jul 21, 2023

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Police reports 7/20/23

Jul 20, 2023

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Cattaraugus County forest ranger returns from Canadian wildfires

RICK MILLER Olean Times Herald

Jul 19, 2023

A New York State forest ranger who patrols 30,000 acres of state forest in Cattaraugus County returned last week from fighting a wildfire north of Que...

Crime News, Daily Headlines, News

Warren Co. prosecutor asks state to take over probe of Burham’s escape

Jul 18, 2023

WARREN, Pa. (AP) — The Warren County prosecutor said Tuesday that he has asked the state attorney general’s office to take over the investigation surr...

Allegany County News, News, Western New York

Awards, places earned at Allegany County Fire Convention

KATHRYN ROSS Olean Times Herald

Jul 18, 2023

WELLSVILLE — From as far away as New Hudson, fire departments turned out to participate in the grand parade on July 15, ending the 107th Allegany Coun...

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Police reports 7/18/23

Jul 18, 2023

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Police reports 7/17/23

Jul 17, 2023

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Recaptured fugitive in Erie County, Pa. prison

MANDY COLOSIMO m.colosimo@bradfordera.com

Jul 16, 2023

The nine-day manhunt for Warren County (Pa.) Jail escapee Michael Burham ended Saturday evening and Burham is being held in the Erie County (Pa.) Pris...

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Shoplifting cases see little change under NY’s bail changes

JOSHUA SOLOMON Times Union, Albany

Jul 16, 2023

ALBANY (TNS) — Changes to New York’s bail statutes last year, intended in part to curtail a “revolving door” of shoplifting offenders, only marginally...

Crime News, News, Western New York

Fugitive Michael Burham captured in township near Warren, Pa.

Olean Times Herald staff

Jul 16, 2023

Escaped fugitive Michael Burham has been captured in a rural area near Warren, Pa., state police reported Saturday. Burham, who escaped from the Warre...

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Police reports 7/15/23

Jul 15, 2023

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Police: Doorbell cam footage shows Pa. fugitive, injured

Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com

Jul 15, 2023

Pennsylvania State Police at a press conference Friday showed a 12-second clip of doorbell camera footage they say shows fugitive Michael Burham. The ...

Allegany County News, News

Summer food program at Belfast Central

Jul 14, 2023

BELFAST — Belfast Central School is participating in the federally funded Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), with meals provided free of charge to ch...

Allegany County News, News, Western New York

Public safety personnel honored during Allegany County fire convention

KATHRYN ROSS Olean Times Herald

Jul 14, 2023

WELLSVILLE — Long-time firefighters, associates and two police officers were honored this week during the 107th Allegany County Fire Convention. Gathe...

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Salamanca man sentenced to up to 7 years in vehicular homicide

RICK MILLER Olean Times Herald

Jul 14, 2023

LITTLE VALLEY — A Salamanca man was sentenced Monday in Cattaraugus County Court to up to seven years in state prison for his conviction of second-deg...

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When investigators won’t investigate Joe Biden

BYRON YORK

Jul 13, 2023

One of the murkier aspects of congressional Republicans’ investigation of President Biden’s financial history concerns an allegation that Biden, when ...

Commentary, New York

Hochul pretends she’s fixed NY’s crime problem

Jul 13, 2023

Gov. Kathy Hochul is absolutely right that it was her predecessor, Andrew Cuomo, who signed into law the disastrous “reforms,” like cashless bail, tha...

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Drone may have been flying near PA jail before Burham’s escape, police say

Jul 12, 2023

WARREN, Pa. (AP) — Authorities are seeking information about a drone that may have been flying near a northwestern Pennsylvania jail before the escape...

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Authorities confident Burham still in Twin Tiers region

MANDY COLOSIMO The Bradford Era

Jul 12, 2023

WARREN, Pa. — Investigators searching for the man who escaped the Warren County Jail last week said they are confident in saying he has not left the a...

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McKean County Jail inmate charged with choking another

MANDY COLOSIMO The Bradford Era

Jul 11, 2023

SMETHPORT, Pa. — A Bradford man in McKean County Jail for the alleged homicide of his girlfriend has been charged with choking another man in the jail...