Jamestown Man Sentenced 20 Years Attempted Murder Librarian Mayville

Xavier Guadarrama, a 23-year-old man from Jamestown, was sentenced to 20 years in state prison with five years of post-release supervision after being convicted of second-degree attempted murder and second-degree assault for stabbing a librarian at the Mayville Library in August 2022. The charge was escalated from assault to attempted murder after Guadarrama admitted he tried to kill the librarian. He was also convicted for stabbing two Chautauqua County Jail employees with a pencil in September 2023, receiving an additional seven-year sentence. Guadarrama, who was on probation at the time of the incidents, also faced resentencing for two counts of third-degree attempted arson, with those sentences running concurrently. The jury rejected the defense’s argument that Guadarrama was low functioning, and the judge emphasized personal accountability during sentencing. The victim attended the sentencing but chose not to speak publicly, submitting a statement for the court’s review instead.