Updated: 2:46 PM EST January 8, 2021
JAMESTOWN, N.Y. Police fanned out before dawn Friday morning executing search warrants at several homes and businesses in the Jamestown and Falconer areas.
The culmination of a year-long investigation resulted in the seizure of several pounds of marijuana, $5,000 and two loaded shotguns from a home on West Ave. in Falconer. At another home on the S. Work Street Extension in Falconer approximately 20 different firearms, including pistols and long guns, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, cocaine, several pounds of marihuana, and some cash were seized.
A warrant was also executed at Turney s Auto Repair and Sales on Rt. 394 in Kennedy. A search of several other locations in Jamestown turned up 37 firearms and a quantity of ammunition that is estimated to be more than one hundred thousand rounds in total.
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Justin Latimer as been a member of Special Olympics New York for several years, participating in golf, bocce, bowling and most recently floor hockey. He was presented on Friday with the Athlete Spirit Award for his involvement in the organization.
Every day Justin Latimer and his mom take turns singing lines from “Three Little Birds” by Bob Marley and the Wailers. The lyrics are simple and joyful, with its iconic message clear: “Every little thing is gonna be alright.”
It was that song that blasted from the radio following his graduation ceremony at Chautauqua Lake Central School in 2019. “I sing mine and then you finish it,” Justin said of the lines during a recent interview with his mom, Brenda Latimer, a teacher at Jamestown Public Schools.
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Jamestown Police Department
Charges are pending for several people after officers searched two Jamestown properties Wednesday as the result of a two-month-long investigation into the alleged trafficking of drugs within the city.
In a news release, the Jamestown Police Department said members of the Jamestown Metro Drug Task Force executed warrants at an apartment at 28 Euclid Ave. and 8 Pullman St. beginning around 6:50 a.m.
On Euclid Avenue, officers found three men and a male youth. Entry was gained with the assistance of the city’s SWAT team, and investigators were aided by the Southern Tier Regional Drug Task Force and Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office.
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Two Jamestown women are facing charges of possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine and maintaining a premises for drug use and distribution.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office on Thursday announced the charges to 27-year-old Antasia Babcock and 34-year-old Celeste Carr, the latter of whom is facing an additional charge of possessing with intent to distribute heroin.
According to the criminal complaints, the Jamestown Metro Drug Task Force executed a search warrant Oct. 16, 2020, at Babcock’s Wescott Street residence. During that search, officers seized a pound of suspected methamphetamine hydrochloride, drug paraphernalia and about $62,000 in cash.
That same day, the task force executed another search warrant at Carr’s residence, which was also located on Wescott Street in Jamestown. During that search, officers recovered about 15 ounces of suspected methamphetamine hydrochloride, approximately 3 ounces of suspected fentanyl, packaging ma