District Attorney

District Attorney Jason Schmidt announced Monday, March 31st, Dennis Park, age 40, of Jamestown, was resentenced to 18 years in state prison with 25 years post-release supervision on a conviction of Rape in the First Degree, a class B felony, and 18 years with 25 years post-release supervision on a conviction of Criminal Sex Act in the First Degree, a class B felony. 

District Attorney Jason Schmidt has announced that, on March 31st, Randall Rolison, age 61, of Jamestown, was sentenced on his conviction for Promoting Prison Contraband in the First Degree, a class D felony, to 2 to 4 years in state prison to run consecutive to the lengthy prison sentences Mr. Rolison  received last year as a result of his convictions on two separate vehicular homicides.

District Attorney Jason Schmidt announces that on August 22^nd a Chautauqua County Grand Jury indicted Debbie Hires, age 57, and Randall Rolison, age 61, both of Jamestown, on charges of Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance in the Fifth Degree and Promoting Prison Contraband in the First Degree.  The indictment alleges that Ms. Hires gave a quantity of methamphetamine to Mr.

MAYVILLE, NY - The Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office has provided new developments in the investigation of Yolanda Bindics' disappearance and subsequent death.

Raheem Butts, age 33, of Jamestown, was sentenced on August 5^th by Judge David Foley to a determinate state prison sentence of 3 years with 5 years of post-release supervision after he was convicted of Attempted Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree.

Eric Vangiesen, age 38, of Jamestown, was sentenced today, August 5^th, by Judge David Foley to a determinate sentence in state prison for 5.5 years with 2 years of post-release supervision after being convicted of Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance in the Third Degree and a Violation of Probation, this sentenced is to run concurrently to each other.

Eric Courtier, age 34, homeless, was arraigned August 1, 2024, after he was indicted by a Chautauqua County Grand Jury of Arson in the First Degree, a class A-1 violent felony, and Arson in the Second Degree, a class B violent felony.

On Tuesday July 30^th, Alex Johnson, age 23, of Jamestown, was sentenced by Judge David Foley to a determinate state prison sentenced of 5 years with 2 years of post-release supervision after being convicted of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Third Degree, a class B felony.

On Thursday August 1st, Amanda Diaz, age 39, of Endicott, NY, was sentenced by Judge David Foley to an indeterminate state prison sentence of 1.5 to 3 years after being convicted of Attempted Assault in the Second Degree, a class E felony, after she assaulted a Corrections Officer while confined in the Lakeview Shock Incarceration Facility.

In June 2022, Ms. Diaz assaulted a corrections officer while confined to Lakeview Shock in Brocton on an unrelated matter.