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Jamestown residents press council on crime and cite state bail reforms after home invasion
Summary
A resident described a Nov. 3 daytime home invasion and linked quick releases to state bail-reform and 'raise the age' policies; the council said it lacks authority to override state law but reiterated prior resolutions asking Albany to change policy.
Ronald Lord told the Jamestown City Council on Nov. 17 that a daytime home invasion on Nov. 3 left his family shaken and that suspects arrested at the scene were released in about half an hour, a sequence he blamed in part on state bail-reform and "raise the age" rules.
Lord, a Jamestown resident, said his daughter has suffered repeated overdoses and described the Nov. 3 incident in which three masked people entered a home and attacked a sleeping teenager. "I ain't scared to fight you," he said, urging local leaders to take action to "take back our streets." He also praised local police, saying…
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