An Olean woman has pleaded guilty to a number of charges related to an accident last November in Portville. 19-year-old Kelsey Layfield was indicted by a grand jury for operating a motor vehicle on a public highway in a manner that unreasonably interfered with the free and proper use of the highway. She also endangered the users of Route 417 and knowingly acted in a manner likely to injure a child younger than 17. Court records indicate that when Layfield crossed into the opposite lane of travel, she hit two other vehicles and knew that a two-year-old was inside one of them. She'll be sentenced October 19. ~~~ A man has pleaded guilty in Cattaraugus County Court to attempting to sell a controlled substance near a school. 23-year-old Ronald Soto, also known as Little Man, was indicted by a grand jury for attempting to sell cocaine on school grounds, or near a school bus, on December 3, 2008, in Olean. He'll be sentenced November 16. faxed from the office of District Attorney Ed...
