{"id":21917,"date":"2017-05-16T16:43:38","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T20:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/?p=21917"},"modified":"2017-05-16T16:43:38","modified_gmt":"2017-05-16T20:43:38","slug":"major-drug-investigation-results-in-raid-arrest-of-two-men-in-falconer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/major-drug-investigation-results-in-raid-arrest-of-two-men-in-falconer\/","title":{"rendered":"Major Drug Investigation Results in Raid, Arrest of Two Men in Falconer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The items that were confiscated by police following the arrest of two men during a drug raid in Falconer on Monday, May 15, 2017.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

FALCONER – Two men are behind bars and a large amount of drugs have been taken off the streets following a drug raid that took place Monday in the village of Falconer.<\/p>\n

Jamestown Police Chief Harry Snellings<\/strong> and Ellicott Police Chief William Ohnmeiss Jr.<\/strong> held a joint press conference Tuesday afternoon to go over the details of the arrest, as well as present the money, drugs, and hang gun that were confiscated during the drug raid.<\/p>\n

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Ellicott Police Chief William Ohnmeiss Jr. (left) and Jamestown Police Chief Harry Snellings during a media conference on Tuesday afternoon.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Police say an ongoing investigation into the sale and trafficking of illegal narcotics in the Jamestown area led investigators from the Jamestown Metro Drug Task Force<\/strong>, NYSP CNET<\/strong>, and the Town of Ellicott Police Department<\/strong> to conduct two separate search warrants at 19 S. Work St. on Monday afternoon in Falconer.<\/p>\n

The searches resulted in two arrests and the total seizure of about three quarters a pound of cocaine, more than $21,000 in cash, and the recovery of a loaded 9mm pistol that was later found to be stolen from Erie, Pa.<\/p>\n

Investigators charged Demario Chatman<\/strong>, 38, with Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance (1st Degree: A-1 Felony) as his apartment was found to contain more than 9 oz. of cocaine and cash.<\/p>\n

Chatmon is also being charged with two counts of criminal possession of a weapon (3rd degree) asthe stolen loaded pistol and brass knuckles were also recovered in his apartment.\u00a0 He was also found to be in possession of 9 grams of crack cocaine once he was searched in the city jail and faces an additional charge of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance (3rd degree).<\/p>\n

Investigators also charged Damien Thomas<\/strong>, 39, with Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance (3rd degree) and criminal possession of marijuana (4th degree) as his apartment was found to contain about 2 ounces of cocaine and more than 3 ounces of marijuana.<\/p>\n

Both men were arrested and sent to the city jail for arraignment.<\/p>\n

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<\/em> Damien Thomas (left) and Demario Chatmon<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FALCONER – Two men are behind bars and a large amount of drugs have been taken off the streets following a drug raid that took place Monday in the village of Falconer. Jamestown Police Chief Harry Snellings and Ellicott Police Chief William Ohnmeiss Jr. held a joint press conference Tuesday afternoon to go over the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":21920,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4],"tags":[3582,4417,7419,728,4908,3181,1004,4368,1498,3427,7617],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DEMARIO-CHATMON-DAMIEN-THOMAS.jpg?fit=576%2C363&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3YlJ4-5Hv","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21917"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21917"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21921,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21917\/revisions\/21921"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}