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MAYVILLE In-court hearings are being scheduled in Chautauqua County, which could help alleviate a backlog of pending criminal cases largely the result of the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic.
Courts throughout New York state have been given authorization to commence the hearings, and more importantly jury trials, beginning Monday, March 22. It’s not known when the first jury trial could take place locally.
“It is within the discretion of each court to decide when and whether it is safe to proceed with such appearances,” a court clerk said of the preparation needed before a case goes to trial. “Each court needs to coordinate with the other courts operating within the same facility to limit the number of people within the building.
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A Dunkirk man who allegedly struck another person with an ax during a September incident in the city has been indicted by a Chautauqua County grand jury.
Brian Nowak, 34, pleaded not guilty during arraignment Feb. 11 in Chautauqua County Court. He was indicted Feb. 3 on a single charge, first-degree assault, a class B felony.
Officers with the Dunkirk Police Department were alerted Sept. 12, a Saturday, of people “smashing out windows, going at each other” with an ax and bat on Central Avenue. However, before officers arrived it was learned that Nowak had left the area and that another person also a Dunkirk resident had gone to Brooks Memorial Hospital.
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