Kylah Seiberg
JAMESTOWN — A Jamestown woman who was involved in a standoff with police on Tuesday now faces charges after she was allegedly found with drugs in the city jail.
Jamestown police report Kylah Seiberg, 29, of Jamestown was undergoing medical treatment while she was in the custody of the Jamestown Police Department on Wednesday when it was discovered Seiberg had secreted 7 grams of fentanyl into her body and brought it into the City Jail. She has been further charged with fourth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and tampering with physical evidence. Seiberg and Vazquez were arraigned today by Judge John LaMancuso in Jamestown City Court and sent without bail to the Chautauqua County Jail. A felony hearing has been scheduled for a later date.
City police announced Wednesday that Jensen Vazquez, 38, and Kylah Seiberg, 29, both of Jamestown, were charged after an attempt to charge the pair as the result of a weeks-old shooting investigation turned into a drug trafficking investigation as well. The address – 84 Victoria Ave., Jamestown, is also the site of an Aug. 17 shooting.
At 12:42 p.m. Tuesday, Jamestown police officers were dispatched to 84 Victoria Ave., for a reported burglary in progress. Officers were told there were unknown individuals inside one of the apartments.
As part of that investigation, officers executed a search warrant in the upper apartment at 84 Victoria Ave. and a vehicle associated with one of the apartment’s occupants. While searching, detectives reported finding 111.9 grams of methamphetamine, 23.3 grams of cocaine powder, 9.4 grams of crack cocaine, 66.5 grams of fentanyl and a 9mm pistol. There were no charges at the time the search warrant was executed because the occupants of the apartment, identified by police as Kylah Seiberg and Jensen Vazquez, had fled the scene.
As the investigation into the burglary continued, it was determined Seiberg and Vazquez had returned to the residence, now nearly two weeks later. Seiberg was taken into custody fairly quickly by patrol, but Vazquez refused to exit the residence. It was reported that Vazquez had armed himself with a firearm and a portion of the residence was barricaded off, making it difficult to enter the home. The Jamestown Police Department SWAT Team was requested to the scene to assist in the apprehension of Vazquez due to the fact that he currently has a warrant for his arrest out of the United States District Court of Western New York for violating his federal probation. The Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office also responded with their SWAT Team to assist. After several hours and the deployment of chemical munitions in an attempt to get Vazquez to surrender peacefully, he continued to refuse to exit the residence. The Jamestown SWAT Team ultimately made entry into the residence after a search warrant was issued by Jamestown City Court Judge John LaMancuso. Police report Vazquez was located hiding under insulation and floorboards of the attic by SWAT personnel and taken into custody without further incident. As he was leaving the scene, Vazquez yelled several obscenities to bystanders watching him walk in handcuffs under police escort. Another search of the residence was completed which revealed 65.3 grams of fentanyl in the same area as where Vazquez was found by police.
Seiberg was also taken into custody Tuesday, but only charged with what was found in the search warrant from Aug. 17, 2024. She was charged with second-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, four counts of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, second-degree criminally using drug paraphernalia and third-degree criminal possession of a weapon. Vazquez was charged with five counts of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, second-degree criminally using drug paraphernalia and and second-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.