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A Hinsdale resident has been arrested on three counts of failure to register with the state sex offender registry, Cattaraugus County Sheriff Timothy S. Whitcomb reported.
A Buffalo man faces six counts of fourth-degree criminal possession of stolen property after an investigation by the Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Office Criminal Investigation Bureau, Sheriff Timothy S. Whitcomb reported.
An investigation into a theft in the Village of South Dayton has led to an arrest, Cattaraugus County Sheriff Timothy S. Whitcomb reported.
A Cattaraugus woman has pleaded guilty to the distribution of child pornography. U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Melanie Thompson, 46, made the plea before U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 20 years, and a $250,000 fine. Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey T. Fiut, who is handling the case, stated that between Jan. 9, 2017, and March 6, 2020, the defendant took sexually explicit photographs of Victim 1, a minor, in furtherance of her plan to impersonate Victim 1. Thereafter...
OLEAN â A near-record 83 new COVID-19 cases in Cattaraugus County were reported Wednesday, including 18 County Jail inmates and two more corrections officers. Last Wednesday, rapid testing in the jail found 17 inmates and a couple of corrections officers had COVID-19. The 35 inmates who have tested positive represent about one-third of the jail population. The total number of people in the county who have contracted the coronavirus rose to 1,579. There are 521 active cases and 26 individuals are hospitalized including one inmate. There have been 32 deaths since April from COVID-19. Catta...