(WNY News Now) – A Brighton, Michigan man faces an assault charge following an altercation at a business in Ripley on Friday night.
RIPLEY, N.Y. — The Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office reports that deputies responded to a business on Shortman Road in the Town of Ripley around 9:37 p.m. on October 17, 2025, for a possible assault victim.
According to investigators, 64-year-old George W. Bonniville of Brighton, Michigan, was involved in a verbal altercation with another individual during which he allegedly discharged personal defense spray toward the other person…