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C. Warren County - District Judge Raymond Zydonik DUI. Raymond L. Champlin, 50, Sheffield, was charged by Conewango Township police on April 19 with DUI, possession of a controlled substance, seven counts of possession of drug paraphernalia and four traffic offenses from an incident that occurred on April 14 in Conewango Twp. Possession. Burdette G. Thomas, III, 47, Warren, was charged by Conewango Township police on April 19 with four counts of possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of marijuana from an incident that occurred on April 18 in the City of Warren. N. Warren ...

Charges withdrawn at preliminary hearings

Charges against three defendants have been withdrawn recently during preliminary hearings held at the Warren County Courthouse. Ethan Z. Backstrom, 19, Russell. Backstrom had been charged with possession of mairjuana and two counts of possession of drug paraphernalia. A speeding violation was re-categorized as a traffic offense. Daniel S. Dunbar, 45, Randolph, N.Y. Dunbar had been charged with possession of drug paraphernalia. A speeding violation was re-categorized as a non-traffic offense. Brian F. Johnson, 50, Warren. Johnson had been charged with an accident involving damage to ...

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N. WARREN COUNTY - DISTRICT JUDGE RAYMOND ZYDONIK Retail theft. Diana L. Baran, 54, Jamestown, NY, was charged by Conewango Township police on April 11 with retail theft from an incident that occurred on Feb. 4 in Conewango Twp. DUI. Lonny J. Connolly, 50, Sheffield, was charged by Warren-based Pennsylvania State Police on April 9 with two counts of DUI and three traffic offenses from an incident that occurred on Sept. 3 in Sugar Grove Twp. Possession. Justis G. Fedeli, 23, Clarendon, was charged by the Warren County Sheriff’s Office on April 4 with possession of marijuana and ...

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C. Warren County - District Judge Raymond Zydonik DUI. Ray G. English, 87, Warren’s as charged by the Warren County Sheriff’s Office on April 2 with two counts of DUI and four traffic offenses from an incident that occurred on March 26 in the City of Warren. Possession. Nicole R. Pillars, 40, Warren, was charged by City of Warren police on April 2 with possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and a traffic offense from an incident that occurred on March 21 in the City of Warren. Possession. Brad Rochna, 44, Bradford, was charged by City of Warren police on ...

Investigators pull on Topix threads for information in 20-year-old murder case

Investigators are taking their search for Yolanda Bindics’ killer to the internet. Late Tuesday, the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office Unsolved Crimes Unit issued a call for several posters on the former topix.com and topix2.com websites to speak with investigators. The Topix sites were early news aggregators with discussion forums. The sites were eventually shut down in 2018. “During the period from 2005-2009 a website named Topix.com and Topix2.com was publishing,” a Facebook post from Unsolved Chautauqua states. “Some of the public comments from that time have been ...

Preliminary hearings held Wednesday

Two guilty pleas were entered, charges were withdrawn against three individuals and one was held for court during preliminary hearings held Wednesday at the Warren County Courthouse. The following defendants entered guilty pleas: Logan S. Pierce, 26, Clarendon, to criminal mischief. Daniel C. Taylor, Jr., 45, Warren, to possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and two traffic offenses. Charges of possession with intent to deliver and criminal use of a communications facility were withdrawn. Charges were withdrawn against the following: Nicholas M. ...