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A Las Vegas man admitted Friday to pocketing $150,000 as part of a scheme to defraud a Hollywood film financing company.John Nielsen pleaded guilty to wire fraud and will face up to 27 months in... Read More

Jeffrey J. Basil’s attorney got a subpoena Friday for a suspended Buffalo police officer to testify at the former Mollys Pub manager’s upcoming murder trial in the death of bar patron ... Read More

GAINSVILLE – A grain dryer fire caused $300,000 damage early Friday morning, according to the Wyoming County Office of Emergency Services.The fire started in the grain dryer at T.J.... Read More

Two women were arrested Friday morning for allegedly getting into a fight in the Delaware Avenue lobby of the Erie County Courthouse after they got off the elevator to leave the building.Cassie... Read More

LOCKPORT – Andre L. Jenkins, the Florida man accused of murdering two local members of the Kingsmen motorcycle club, cannot be told the name of a witness against him for the time being, a... Read More

Two Buffalo residents were arrested Friday and charged with the theft of a car, Cheekltowaga police said.Tommy Wilson, 47, of Goodyear Avenue, and Lamar Lee, 35, of Gittere Street were in a 2012... Read More

LOCKPORT – Two 32-year-old Erie County residents pleaded guilty Thursday to selling heroin Sept. 16 in North Tonawanda, and were admitted by Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas to the... Read More

LOCKPORT – A Lockport man with a long scofflaw record was arraigned in State Supreme Court Friday on charges of driving drunk while his 13-year-old son was in his vehicle.Darryn M. Garvin,... Read More

LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls 19-year-old was sentenced Friday to the state’s boot camp-style ”shock incarceration” program for a Niagara Falls burglary, but Niagara County ... Read More

A telephone scammer posing as an official of the Erie County Sheriff’s Office and threatening Clarence residents has expanded his domain to other sections of the county, Sheriff Timothy B.... Read More

Two men arrested Thursday evening in the Union Ship Canal are accused of stealing a cabin cruiser stolen from a Buffalo woman, police said. Jason Smith, 37, of Derby, and Daryl Barnes, 29, of... Read More

A Grand Island man arrested during the Kerfuffle Before Christmas concert in First Niagara Center Thursday night is accused of ignoring repeated security requests to leave for being... Read More

A Herkimer Street man faces felony charges linked to the theft of a purse from a woman Thursday in the Wegman’s store at 601 Amherst St.Michael Lockwood, 51, is charged with fourth-degree... Read More

Buffalo police are investigating a shooting Friday night that seriously injured two people.Police responded to the call at 11:30 p.m. in the 500 block of Grant Street on the city’s West Side.... Read More

He was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third and fourth degree, both felony charges. Police had Johnson under surveillance when he reportedly tried to hide crack... Read More

Matthew Mills and Natalie Thompson had a short, stormy marriage rooted in Florida sun, beachside bars and tough love. Facebook photos show the couple by the ocean, embracing tightly. But the good... Read More

HARMONY – A Panama woman was charged with remaining in a Town of Harmony home after being told several times to leave, Then punching someone in the mouth in an altercation early Friday... Read More

JAMESTOWN – A Jamestown woman was arrested Friday after displaying an authenic-looking pellet pistol and robbing a Jamestown Kwik Fill Store, Jamestown Police reported.Kimberley A.... Read More

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