Early-Morning DWI Arrest on East Side

Jamestown police arrested a 23-year-old city resident on suspicion of driving while intoxicated after an early-morning traffic stop on the east side, according to local police reports published this week. The stop happened at about 4:05 a.m. on Aug. 2 at East Second Street and Hopkins Avenue, police said. Officers processed the driver at the Jamestown City Jail and later released her with appearance tickets, according to WNY News Now and The Post-Journal. The case remains active and will proceed in Jamestown City Court. ### Who was arrested in the east-side stop? The Post-Journal identified the driver as Shakira L. Cuevas-Garcia, 23, of Jamestown, in its Aug. 6 police reports roundup. The newspaper said Jamestown Police Department officers charged her with driving while intoxicated and other violations. WNY News Now reported Aug. 5 that the arrested driver was a 23-year-old Jamestown resident, citing the Jamestown Police Department, but did not name her in the excerpt surfaced by search results. (wnynewsnow.com) Taken together, the two reports match on the date, age, location and allegation. ### Where did police say the stop happened? East Second Street and Hopkins Avenue was the intersection cited by The Post-Journal for the stop. (post-journal.com) WNY News Now separately reported that the traffic stop took place on Jamestown’s east side during the early morning hours of Aug. 2. Jamestown Police Department’s patrol operations are part of the city police agency led by Chief Scott Forster, according to the city’s police department page. (wnynewsnow.com) The city says the department has 62 full-time sworn officers and eight full-time civilians. ### What did police say happened before the arrest? WNY News Now reported that officers with the Jamestown Police Department’s Third Platoon conducted the traffic stop at about 4:05 a.m. on Aug. 2. (post-journal.com) The outlet said the driver was then arrested on suspicion of DWI. The Post-Journal’s police report used similar language, saying officers conducted a traffic stop at that hour and location and charged Cuevas-Garcia with driving while intoxicated and other violations. (jamestownny.gov) Neither report in the search results provided additional detail about the basis for the stop, field sobriety testing, or any chemical test result. ### Was the driver jailed or released? (wnynewsnow.com) Jamestown City Jail was where police processed the driver after the arrest, WNY News Now reported. The outlet said she was later released with court tickets. Appearance tickets are commonly used in lower-level criminal and traffic cases to require a later court appearance rather than continued detention. (post-journal.com) The City of Jamestown says public records requests for city-held documents go through the city clerk’s office under the state Freedom of Information Law process. ### What happens next in the case? Jamestown City Court is the next venue named in the published reports. (wnynewsnow.com) WNY News Now said the matter remains an active case and that the driver is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in court. Any charging instrument, scheduled appearance date or later disposition would typically appear through court proceedings or subsequent police and local media reports. (jamestownny.gov) The city’s records page identifies the clerk’s office as the access point for city records, while local outlets including The Post-Journal and WNY News Now routinely publish follow-up police and court items. (wnynewsnow.com)