Luis Gonzalez

JAMESTOWN – Local police have now released the name of one of the suspects they believe is connected to the recent armed robbery of a West Ellicott convenience store and gas station.

Ellicott Police said on Thursday that at least two people are believed to be connected to the armed hold up of the Keystone Food Mart on Fairmount Ave., which took place Wednesday morning just before 5 a.m. and involved two men entering the store and demanded cash from the clerk.

No one was injured in the incident.

Jamestown Police said 26-year-old Luis Gonzalez was arrested Thursday in the city and charged with first-degree robbery for his role in the hold up.  In a statement, police said a second person involved in the robbery was also in custody on unrelated charges.

Anyone who may have information into the incident is asked to call police at the anonymous tip line 483-8477 or via the Tip 411 app.

Donald Dean

MAYVILLE -The Jamestown man who led police on a high-speed chase through Jamestown and Falconer in April 2016 will serve two to fours years in state prison for his crime.

Chautauqua County District Attorney Patrick Swanson announced the latest the pleas and sentences to come out of Chautauqua County Court, with 42 year-old Donald Dean, Sr. being sentenced on Feb. 27 for the incident that took place last spring.

According to a media release from the D.A.’s office, County Court Judge David Foley sentenced Dean on two indictments; a determinate sentence of two years in state prison plus two years of post-release supervision after being convicted of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the 5^th Degree; along with an indeterminate sentence of one and one-third to four years in state prison after being convicted of Driving While Ability Impaired by the Combined Influence of Drugs or of Alcohol and/or Drugs. All sentences run concurrently.

Also sentenced was 42 year-old Mark Myers of Jamestown. Myers was sentenced on March 23 by Supreme Court Judge Paul Wojtaszek on one count to a definite sentence of one year in the Chautauqua County Jail after being convicted of Vehicular Assault in the 2nd.

Myers was involved in a fatal motor vehicle accident that took place on Buffalo St. Ext. in June 2016, which claimed the life of his passenger, Jamestown resident Debra Wigren.

Other sentences include:

1. Joshua McKinney, of Jamestown, NY was sentenced on March 20, 2017, by County Court Judge David W. Foley on one (1) count to an indeterminate sentence of one and one-half (1 1/2) to three (3) years in state prison, after being convicted of two counts of Attempted Assault in the 2nd;
2. Victor M. Rivera, III, of Jamestown, NY was sentenced on March 20, 2017, by County Court Judge David W. Foley on two (2) counts; an indeterminate sentence of one and one-third (1 1/3) to four (4) years in state prison on both counts, after being convicted of two counts of Robbery in the 3rd;
3. Luis Gonzalez, was sentenced on March 23, 2017, by Acting County Court Judge James Bargneisi on one (1) count to a definite sentence of four (4) months in the Chautauqua County Jail and $1,000 fine, after being convicted of felony Driving While Intoxicated;
4. Michael A. Haight, of Jamestown, NY, was sentenced on March 23, 2017, by Supreme Court Judge Paul Wojtaszek on one (1) count to a determinate sentence of three (3) years in state prison plus three (3) years of post-release supervision after being convicted of Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance in the 3rd;
5. Dawn F. Stein, of Dunkirk, was sentenced on March 23, 2017, by Supreme Court Judge Paul Wojtaszek on one (1) count to a determinate sentence of two (2) years in state prison plus one (1) year of post-release supervision after being convicted of Unlawful Manufacture of Methamphetamine in the 3rd;
6. Byron K. Oaks, of Fredonia, NY, was sentenced on March 23, 2017, by Supreme Court Judge Paul Wojtaszek on one (1) count to a determinate sentence of two and one-half (2 1/2) years in state prison plus one and one-half (1 1/2) years of post-release supervision after being convicted of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the 3rd;
7. Timothy C. Irvin, of Dunkirk, NY was sentenced on March 23, 2017, by Acting County Court Judge James Bargneisi on one (1) count; an indeterminate sentence of tow (2) to four (4) years in state prison, after being convicted of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the 3rd.