Three men -- including social media influencer -- now arrested in connection with stabbing incident in Jametown last December...
Three men... including a Social Media influencer from Erie, Pennsylvania... have now been charged in connection with a stabbing incident in Jamestown last December.  City Police say the incident occured at the Tim Horton's restaurant in Brooklyn Square last Dec. 13 at about 12:30 p.m.  Officers say the continued interviewing of witnesses... obtaining video footage... and, executing a search warrant for a cellphone resulted in the arrests -- and additional charges.  Police found that Nicholas Attalla -- known on-line as "Niky Sal" -- began communicating with an unknown person who identified themselves as a 16 year old male on a dating site.  Attalla, who was portraying himself as a 14 year old girl, allegedly spoke on the phone with the alleged 16 year old.  The conversation continued through texting and they agreed to meet at Tim Horton's.  Attalla went into the Tim Hortons and confronted 43-year-old James Morris and 42-year-old Eric Spencer... both of Jamestown.  Attalla accused Morris of trying to meet the 14 year old girl, and threatened him based solely off the phone conversation and his voice.  Through cellphone search warrants, investigators confirmed that there was no phone contact between Attalla, Morris or Spencer leading up to the confrontation.  As a result of the accusations... Attalla was making publicly towards Morris and Spencer, a fight broke out.  During that fight... several patrons were put into a dangerous situation... including a one-year old child.  The fight spilled directly into the child and their family.  This past Friday... Attalla turned himself into city police on one count each of third-degree assault... second-degree criminal nuisance... and, endangering the welfare of a child.  Morris was additionally charged with second-degree criminal nuisance... and, endangering the welfare of a child in addition to the original counts of first-degree assault... third-degree criminal possession of a weapon... and, tampering with physical evidence.  Police say Spencer is charged with second-degree criminal nuisance... and, endangering the welfare of a child.

Three arrested during drug raid on E. Eight Street in Jamestown...
Three people face several drug-related charges following a raid late last week on Jamestown's northside.  City police say they and members of the JPD SWAT Team executed a search warrant at 211 East Eighth St. about 10:15 p.m. last Thursday.  Inside... they found 28-year-old Zulery Jimenez-Fuentes... 43-year-old Jessica Hernandez... and, 45-year-old Marcelino Hernandez.  Once the residence was secured... detectives searched and found individually packaged crack cocaine floating in the bathroom toilet... and, other individually wrapped quantities of crack cocaine in the toilet trap.  Police say it was an obvious attempt to destroy evidence.  Police say Jimenez-Fuentes and Marcelino Hernandez are each charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance... and, tampering with physical evidence.  They add Jessica Hernandez was found with a quantity of fentanyl and methamphetamine secreted inside her body... and, she was charged with three counts of seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance... and, tampering with physical evidence.  City police were assisted by the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office.  Anyone with information about drug or criminal activity are asked to call the JPD Tip line at 483-TIPS -- that's 483-8477.  For the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office Tip line call either 1-800-344-8702 or 664-2420.

House fire in Dunkirk sents three to the hospital... electric issue listed as cause...
A 2-and-a-half story house in Dunkirk's Second Ward was extensively damaged by fire early Tuesday.  City Fire Chief Nick Barter says his department was called to the blaze at 49 West 5th St. shortly before 2:15 a.m., and found flames coming from the first-floor windows of the single-family home.  Barter says crews made an aggressive interior attack using multiple hose lines, but they had to reposition and fight the fire from the outside due to the amount of initial manpower and intensity of the flames.  Barter says about 40 firefighters took 2 1/2 hours to bring the blaze under control.  All eight occupants of the home were able to escape, with three having to be taken to Brooks Memorial Hospital for treatment.  Multiple animals also perished in the fire, which also caused minor damage to a neighboring house at 47 West 5th St.  Barter says city and county fire investigators determined that the cause of the fire was electrical in nature.  The Red Cross is helping the victims. 

Schmidt defends use of Flock cameras in Fredonia, but, also wants to form "county-wide monitoring group" to address concerns...
Chautauqua County's top prosecutor says he wants to form a "county-wide monitoring group" to address concerns over the use of Flock video cameras.  The proposal comes in the wake of public outrage over the presence of those cameras in the village of Fredonia.  During a recent Village Board meeting... District Attorney Jason Schmidt spoke for about an hour about the installation of the automated license plate readers (ALPRs) and also addressed concerns residents have about them.  Schmidt says his office contracted with Flock due primarily to funding issues for local police... and, used two state grants to fund the purchase and installation of 10 of them.  Schmidt says his office began looking into camera systems to help solve major crimes in communities like Fredonia and Dunkirk.  Among residents' concerns is that the ALPRs violate their personal liberties.  Schmidt pushed back on that notion... saying there's "no right to privacy in public spaces."  The DA adds that his office's contract with Flock states the cameras can only be used for crime-solving purposes.