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N. WARREN COUNTY - DISTRICT JUDGE LAURA BAUER False statements. Paul D. Sinn, 68, of Spartansburg, Pa., was charged with third-degree felony materially false written statement - purchase, delivery, transfer of firearm and statement under penalty Sept. 24 by Conewango Township Police after an allegedly false statement Dec. 17, 2023, in Conewango Township. Game Commission violation. K.C. Muzzy, 32, of Russell was cited by state game wardens with unlawful taking or possession of game or wildlife Sept. 22 in Farmington Township for an alleged offense Sept. 9. W. WARREN COUNTY - ...

Chautauqua County man charged with poisoning dogs

NORTH HARMONY, N.Y. — A town man is facing a number of cruelty to animals charges after 10 dogs were poisoned. At 9:20 a.m. Wednesday, sheriff’s deputies and the Chautauqua County Humane Society responded to an address on Route 394 for a report of animal abuse and neglect filed through the Humane Society. Once deputies arrived on the scene, they spoke with Scott Humble, 64, who was the owner of the dogs on the property. A search warrant was obtained for the property, and an investigation found that Humble poisoned 10 Samoyed dogs, eight of which had passed away and remained in ...

Sheffield man sentenced to at least 20 years in prison

A Sheffield man has been sentenced to between 21 and 46 years in prison after pleading guilty to 10 counts of second-degree child pornography. John R. Castor was charged in 2024 with 25 counts of child pornography as well as a single count of criminal use of a communications facility. He pleaded guilty in June to 10 counts of child pornography, with the rest not prosecuted, and was sentenced this week by Judge Gregory Hammond in the Court of Common Pleas. Sentencing on two of the counts was 36 to 96 months in prison while the remaining five were for 36 to 72 months. Castor will also ...

Clarendon man jailed after incident at Walmart

A Clarendon man was jailed after allegedly trespassing and resisting arrest Monday at Walmart. James A. Frederick, 63, was charged with misdemeanor charges of resisting arrest, defiant trespass, disorderly conduct and criminal mischief on one docket and with misdemeanor harassment on a second docket, both involving incidents stemming from the Walmart store in Conewango Township. Frederick was arraigned Monday by Magisterial District Justice Raymond Zydonik on the resisting arrest, trespass, disorderly conduct and criminal mischief charges and taken to the Warren County Prison after ...

Drug charges land city woman in jail

A Warren woman will spend between 14 and 24 months in jail after pleading guilty on two dockets to felony drug possession. Rhiannon L. Sheldon was sentenced Sept. 19 to confinement with the two jail terms to run consecutively. On one docket Sheldon pleaded guilty to a felony charge of manufacturing, delivery or possession with intent to deliver and was sentenced to 8 to 16 months in jail and a $1,000 fine. Charges of third-degree felony criminal use of a communication facility, intentional possession of a controlled substance by a person not registered and use/possession of drug ...

Warren man charged with child porn possession

A Warren man faces 38 counts of third-degree felony possession of child pornography. Theodore A. Beckwith, 75, of Warren was charged by Warren police on Tuesday and arraigned by Magisterial District Court Justice Raymond Zydonik. Bail was set at $10,000. The charge stems from an April 23, 2024, incident at Kinzua Healthcare when police were dispatched for a report of a resident possessing child pornography. Police met with the facility administrator and an employee who said she was in Beckwith’s room when she allegedly saw child pornography on Beckwith’s laptop computer. ...