Town of Ellicott Police say 38-year-old Jason Maisonet entered the Community Bank on E. Main Street Extension around 11:50 a.m. and told the clerk to open the safe. Police say a customer in the lobby told Maisonet to leave and when he refused the citizen took control of the man and pushed him out the front door.

Officers later arrived on scene and took Maisonet into custody.

He is charged with third-degree attempted robbery and sent to the hospital for a psychiatric evaluation.

Albert Chapman

MAYVILLE – The Jamestown man accused of robbing a bank in Falconer and Kwik Fill in the city this past summer has pleaded guilty to third-degree robbery.

Albert Chapman made the plea in Chautauqua County Court Thursday. He still faces a first-degree robbery charge that will be discussed by prosecutors in February.

Yesterday’s guilty plea is attached to a minimum of three and a half years and a maximum of seven years in prison.

Chapman was accused of robbing the Community Bank in Falconer on June 21. Later that night he held a clerk at Kwik Fill on Forest Avenue at knife-point.

He was captured by police soon after that incident took place.

Albert Chapman

JAMESTOWN – A Jamestown man accused of robbing a bank and gas station last week was ordered held pending grand jury action.

The Jamestown Post-Journal says 34-year-old Albert Chapman was sent back to Chautauqua County Jail without bail following a preliminary hearing in city court. The Jamestown man is facing charges of first- and third-degree robbery after he allegedly walked into Community Bank NA in Falconer last Thursday and demanded money.

He was later arrested after attempting to rob the Kwik Fill gas station on Forest Avenue at knife-point.

Police are still investigating the bank robbery and are asking the public for information regarding the driver of an SUV that was reportedly used to transport Chapman to and from the bank in Falconer.

The Jamestown Post-Journal is reporting that a large crowd gathered at the football field at Brocton Central School to attended a candlelight vigil in honor of 16 year old Damon Janes. The vigil was organized primarily classmates.

Janes was rushed to a Buffalo area hospital after receiving a severe head injury Friday Night during a varsity football game in Portville. It is said he lost consciousness shortly after a helmet-to-helmet collision in the third quarter. He remained in critical condition over the weekend and died Monday.

The community will continue to rally behind the Janes family in the coming days and weeks.  A second gathering on the Brocton football field for Damon will take place this Friday at 7 p.m. During the ceremony, Sky lanterns can be purchased for $3 each, with proceeds benefiting the Janes family.

In addition to numerous other fundraising events organized in Damon’s honor, the Buffalo Bills fan club has also organized a fundraiser for the Janes family. More information can be found online at www.billsmafia.com.

According to the Post-Journal, the funeral service for Janes will be held on Saturday morning at 11 a.m. at Lakeshore Assembly of God in Westfield.  Calling hours will take place at the Morse Funeral Home in Brocton today from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. and Friday from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m.

The family suggests memorials be made to any branch of Community Bank where a memorial fund has been set up under the title Damon Janes Memorial Fund.