Chautauqua County Sheriff's deputies took a Silver Creek man into custody after investigating an altercation in the village Tuesday afternoon. Deputies were called to the scene shortly after 1:45 PM and found that 66-year-old Alan McEwen allegedly violated an active order of protection by verbally threatening to harm another person. McEwen was transported to the Chautauqua County Jail for centralized arraignment on charges of 1st-degree criminal contempt and 2nd-degree harassment. He will answer those charges in Hanover Town Court at a later date.
