Police Reports

Wellsville N.Y. Police Department

Tuesday, December 13, 2022

Wellsville Police arrested Kegin R. Sweet, age 19 of Wellsville charging him with Harassment 2nd. The charge stems from an incident that took place on Madison Street on November 8th. Sweet was processed and arraigned before Associate Wellsville Village Justice Walsh. Sweet was released and is due back in Wellsville Village Court on January 17th at 4:30 pm.

Wellsville N.Y. Police Department

Friday, December 9, 2022

Wellsville Police arrested Andrew A. Prentice, age 39 of Wellsville, charging him with Petit Larceny. The charge stems from an incident that took place on Park Avenue on December 4th. Prentice was also arrested on an outstanding Bench Warrant issued by the Wellsville Village Court for failure to appear in Court on a previous Petit Larceny charge.

Prentice was processed and arraigned before Town of Wellsville Justice Graves. Prentice was committed to the Allegany County Jail on $5,000.00 cash bail or $10,000.00 property bond or $20,000.00 partially secured bond. Prentice is due to appear in Wellsville Village Court on January 3rd at 4:30 pm.

On December 6th 2022, at approximately 9:00 AM the Friendship Police Department arrested Dennis N. Southwick (34 YO) of Friendship as a result of a drug sale investigation.

Southwick was charged with PL 220.31 CRIMINAL SALE OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, a class D felony.

Southwick was processed at the Friendship Police Department and arraigned at the Friendship Town Court where he was released to appear at a later date. Southwick is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

District Attorney Stephanie L. Vettenburg-Shaffer confirms that the large police presence seen by Kane residents on December 6, 2022, was a joint task force of several police agencies on a saturation patrol. 

The coordinated special detail consisted of the McKean County Detectives, Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office, McKean County Drug Task Force, McKean County K9 Unit, Kane Borough Police, Bradford City Police, Bradford City K9, McKean County Sheriff’s Department, City of St. Mary’s Police, Emporium Police, McKean County Probation, Warren County Detective and K9, Warren Drug Task Force, Elk County Detective, Homeland Security-Pittsburgh, and McKean County District Attorney’s Office. 

The detail was designed to saturate the area with law enforcement to allow for high visibility of law enforcement, develop intelligence, locate wanted individuals, follow up on existing leads and act as a support for each of the participating departments. 

The special details have been conducted throughout our region with the coordination of the agencies.

District Attorney Stephanie Vettenburg-Shaffer:  “The coordination of the agencies maximizes each locality’s abilities with the increased manpower and resources. The coordination allows for us to pull resources. The number of officers that were in Kane tonight exceeded 30 officers from the agencies that participated.  The details allow for a large influx of officers that exceed the number of officers that any one municipality would be able to have and creates an opportunity that would not otherwise exist. The entire region has benefited from these patrols since they started occurring regularly in our region – specifically McKean and surrounding counites.  I am extremely grateful for the generous participation of the law enforcement agencies that participated.”

The details include both marked and unmarked units and range from vehicle stops to residential searches and warrant service. 

These details continue to be coordinated and will continue to occur throughout the area.