An Olean man and a Bolivar man were arrested after a traffic stop on N 2nd St in Olean late Sunday night.
Deputies of the Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Department charged 45-year-old Joseph P. Dempsey of Olean and 43-year-old Brian J. Learn with felony possession of a controlled substance and two separate counts of use of drug paraphernalia.
Learn, the driver, was additionally charged with aggravated unlicensed operation and traffic violations.
Dempsey, the passenger, was additionally charged with misdemeanor possession of a controlled substance and arrested on two active warrants issued out of the Salamanca Police Department and the Cheektowaga Police Department.
Learn was released on his own recognizance and is scheduled to appear in court at a later date.
Dempsey was remanded to the Cattaraugus County jail in lieu of $25,000 for these current charges and in lieu of $50,000 bail for each warrant.
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