{"id":27410,"date":"2018-11-29T11:26:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-29T16:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/?p=27410"},"modified":"2018-11-29T11:26:00","modified_gmt":"2018-11-29T16:26:00","slug":"county-da-and-sheriff-announce-indictment-in-2008-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/county-da-and-sheriff-announce-indictment-in-2008-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"County DA and Sheriff Announce Indictment in 2008 Murder"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>MAYVILLE – Chautauqua County District Attorney Patrick Swanson<\/strong> and Chautauqua County Sheriff Joseph Gerace<\/strong> announced Thursday that a Mayville man has been indicted for the November 2008 murder of 55-year-old Jeffrey Johnson<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Rance \u201cRandy\u201d Freeman, Jr.<\/strong>, 31, was arraigned Thursday in Chautauqua County Court on a two-count indictment alleging two charges of Murder in the Second Degree.<\/p>\n

Johnson was discovered deceased in his Westfield home on November 8, 2008. The Village of Westfield Police Department<\/strong>, Chautauqua County Sheriff\u2019s Department<\/strong>, and the Chautauqua County Forensic Investigation Team responded and began an investigation which led to the indictment of Freeman, nearly 10 years later.<\/p>\n

Chautauqua County District Attorney Patrick Swanson credited the perseverance of the investigators, adding \u201cMy thanks go out to the Chautauqua County Sheriff\u2019s Office and Westfield Police for their continued efforts in investigating this case.\u201d<\/p>\n

Freeman\u00a0 entered a plea of not guilty before Chautauqua County Court Judge Stephen Cass<\/strong>. Bail was set at $500,000 cash or $1,000,000 property.<\/p>\n

Freeman is due to return to court for the completion of discovery and standard motions on a date yet to be determined.<\/p>\n

The charges carry a potential sentence ranging from fifteen years to life up to twenty-five years to life imprisonment. As are all persons accused of a crime, the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MAYVILLE – Chautauqua County District Attorney Patrick Swanson and Chautauqua County Sheriff Joseph Gerace announced Thursday that a Mayville man has been indicted for the November 2008 murder of 55-year-old Jeffrey Johnson. Rance \u201cRandy\u201d Freeman, Jr., 31, was arraigned Thursday in Chautauqua County Court on a two-count indictment alleging two charges of Murder in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":17327,"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":[443,3657,8945,1242,8946,6074,8944,5706,4197,2480],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Court-Gavel.png?fit=600%2C384&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3YlJ4-786","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11191,"url":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/sheriff-releases-name-of-westfield-homicide-victim\/","url_meta":{"origin":27410,"position":0},"title":"Sheriff Releases Name of Westfield Homicide Victim","author":"WRFA Radio","date":"August 21, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"MAYVILLE - Sheriff Joseph A. 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