Man Who Knocked Out Cop is Sentenced

A Salamanca man will spend a year in jail for knocking a police officer unconscious last March.

27-year-old Carl Kettle was spotted by a police officer urinating against the side of a building, and when the officer tried to arrest him he ran away. After police caught up with him, they took him to the police station.

After they took off his handcuffs for processing, Kettle kicked Officer Joe Frenz in the head, sending the officer backward into the bars of a jail cell and knocking him out.

Frenz was treated at Olean General Hospital, then released.

Also Monday in Cattaraugus County Court, an Olean woman has pleaded guilty to drug charges.

Healther Blade sold crack cocaine on August 4 in Olean. On March 19, in Olean, she possessed one or more preparations, compounds, mixtures or substances containing a narcotic drug.

She will be sentenced April 26.

A Perry, New York, man has pleaded guilty to falsely reported an incident.

Between August 6 and September 24 of 2008, Ricky Kish told sheriff's deputies his mobile home was damaged by fire. He and his wife attempted to make an insurance claim of more than $50,000 when the home had been sold.

Kish was sentenced to a conditional discharge for one year.