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Buffalo man pleads guilty to stealing from businesses

April 26, 2013, 12:44 pm
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A Buffalo man admitted stealing bulk steel, building materials, concrete construction forms and snowblowers, among other items, from businesses in Buffalo, Alden and Lancaster, according to the Erie County District Attorney’s Office.

Daniel Skinner, 45, of Howard Street, pleaded guilty to three counts of fourth-degree grand larceny, as charged, and third-degree attempted burglary before State Supreme Court Justice Penny M. Wolfgang.

Skinner, a prior felon, stole the steel from a Metcalf Street business, building materials from the casino under construction on Chicago Street, and snowblowers from a business in Alden, the District Attorney’s Office said.

District Attorney Frank A. Sedita III credited Detectives Daniel Brinkerhoff of the Erie County Sheriff’s Office, Grant Gunsher of the Town of Lancaster Police Department and John McGrath of the Buffalo Police Department for their work in the multi-agency investigation.

“Because of their efforts, a chronic thief is headed to state prison,” Sedita said.

Skinner faces 20 years as a second-felony offender when sentenced on May 25.
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Buffalo man pleads guilty to weapons charge

April 26, 2013, 12:47 pm
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A 20-year-old Buffalo man caught with a 9 mm semi-automatic Luger pistol after a police chase has pleaded guilty, as charged, to second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, the Erie County District Attorney’s Office announced.

Kirk Abernathy, of Orchard Place, said he was carrying the gun for protection on Jan. 9, 2012 on Suffolk Street because of his ongoing dispute with rival gang members, according to the District Attorney’s Office.

Abernathy faces 15 years in prison when sentenced July 1 as a second felony offender before State Supreme Court Justice M. William Boller.

District Attorney Frank A. Sedita III credited Buffalo police officers Michael Acquino and Mark Hamilton for getting “another gun-toting thug … off the street and on the way to state prison.”
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Jury convicts Buffalo man of robbery

April 26, 2013, 12:49 pm
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An Erie County jury convicted a career criminal of robbery and weapons charges this week after a week-long trial.

Jessie Medley, 50, of Walden Avenue, was found guilty of robbing a woman at knifepoint behind the Hotel Lafayette in downtown Buffalo last June, according to the Erie County District Attorney’s Office.

Medley, who has 54 prior convictions, including three for armed robberies, faces up to 25 years in prison as a persistent violent felony offender.

District Attorney Frank A. Sedita said he would recommend the maximum sentence at Medley’s May 23 sentencing before Erie County Judge Michael D’Amico.

”Hopefully, Mr. Medley’s upcoming sentence will satisfactorily complete his apparent urge to serve life in prison on the installment plan,” Sedita said.

During the June 25 robbery, after threatening her life, Medley ransacked her purse and stole some of her personal belongings, including a ring that had been given to her by her young son, prosecutors said.

Medley fled to a nearby bus station and boarded a Metro bus as concerned citizens came to the victim’s aid. The bus driver grew suspicious of Medley and pulled the bus over.

The bus driver’s presence of mind enabled city and transit police officers to quickly arrest Medley, Sedita said.

“Because of their combined efforts, a lifetime societal menace has been brought to justice,” he said.
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Four indicted in murders of Chautauqua County couple

April 26, 2013, 1:29 pm
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MAYVILLE – Charges of first-degree murder have been filed against two of the four men arrested in the deaths of Gordon and Joyce Skinner, whose bodies were found earlier this month in their burning Town of Carroll home.

During an appearance Friday in Chautauqua County Court, District Attorney David W. Foley said first-degree murder and 10 additional charges have been brought against Davide Coggins, 34, and Joshua McCormick, 21, both of Elmira.

Two other suspects, Ricky Knickerbocker and Steven Todd, both 18, face two counts of second-degree murder. All four are charged with two counts of second-degree felony murder, one count of first-degree arson, two counts of burglary in the first degree, arson in the second degree, burglary in the second degree and conspiracy in the fourth degree.

Knickerbocker and Todd could not be charged with first-degree murder because they are not 19.

All four appeared separately before Judge John Ward in Chautauqua County Court.

Coggins’ bail was set at $2.5 million cash or $5 million property bond. Foley had requested that bail be $5 million cash or $10 million bond because of Coggins’ long criminal record.

Coggins is being represented by Nathaniel L. Barone Jr., who heads the county’s Public Defender’s Office. Barone said he will file a motion to reduce the bail but said that he did not believe his client would have the resources to post any large amount.

Barone entered a plea of not guilty on all 11 counts for Coggins.

Each of the other defendants has a lawyer assigned from outside the Chautauqua County Public Defenders Office.

“Our time starts ticking now,” said Barone, who said he was not surprised at the rapid progress of the case. The Skinners were found in their home after a call went out for a house fire April 17. A funeral for the couple was held Friday.

At a news conference Friday, Foley and Chautauqua County Sheriff Joseph Gerace said they thought this was an isolated incident of violence in the community.

Barone confirmed that Coggins had connections to the Skinner family and that he had lived in the Frewsburg area and may have had legal issues during that time.

Coggins did not give an address to police when he and his co-defendants were picked up near Elmira within 24 hours after the Skinners’ bodies were found.

“A pre-trial appearance can give us an opportunity to get early information on the case,” said Barone, who said he was just learning of the details of the indictment.

Foley said he questioned 40 witnesses in order to bring testimony to the grand jury. Barone said that may have included statements from some of the defendants or others who knew them, as well as information from the community.

Barone said he will ask that Coggins be tried separately from the other three defendants.

A pretrial conference has been scheduled for June 10.
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Woman charged with violating probation in DWI fatal is freed

April 26, 2013, 5:56 pm
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LOCKPORT – A Tuscarora Indian Reservation woman was released from jail Friday, but still faces a probation violation on her plea to criminally negligent homicide and driving while intoxicated for crashing her car and killing her cousin, a passenger, in 2007.

State Supreme Court Justice Richard C. Kloch Sr. ordered Elexis K. Printup, 26, of Mount Hope Road, freed from Niagara County Jail, where she had held without bail since her March 27 arraignment on probation violation charges.

Printup is accused of drinking, failing to report to her probation officer, not completing community service requirements and removing herself from a substance abuse treatment program.

“You just don’t get it. You’re going to kill somebody. Again,” Kloch told her.

Printup is due back in court May 10 to answer the charges. Her new defense attorney, James J. Faso Jr., persuaded Kloch to let her out of jail.
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Brockport man injured in Orleans County farm accident

April 26, 2013, 6:00 pm
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RIDGEWAY – A Brockport man was flown to Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester by Mercy Flight Friday afternoon after Town of Ridgeway firefighters extricated him from the cab of the 10-wheel hydraulic dump truck he was working on in the 3100 block of Bates Road, the Orleans Sheriff’s Office reported.

Emos Jeanat had recently purchased the truck and was working on farm property he owns along Bates Road when he inadvertently got pinned between the truck’s cab and its dump box.

Medina Fire Department ambulance personnel assisted at the scene of the accident, according to Undersheriff Steven D. Smith.
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Sex offender charged with molesting boys in Batavia, Somerset

April 26, 2013, 6:10 pm
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A Level 3 sex offender from the Finger Lakes is in jail in Genesee County, charged with molesting underage boys in that county from the late 1990s until the present.

Sean M. Vickers, 44, of Geneva, also is wanted on two arrest warrants from Somerset Town Court in Niagara County, accusing him of molesting two boys under age 13 in that town late last year and early this year.

Investigators in both counties are looking for more potential victims of Vickers.

The Batavia Police Department issued an appeal Friday, asking anyone with knowledge of further abuse by Vickers to call it at (585) 345-6350.

In Niagara County, Sheriff’s Capt. Kristen Neubauer said anyone with information about other crimes should call either the Sheriff’s Office dispatcher at 438-3393 or Investigator William Carosella at 438-3328.

Niagara County Assistant District Attorney Elizabeth R. Donatello said each Somerset warrant against Vickers charges him with first-degree course of sexual conduct against a child, a Class B felony carrying a maximum 25-year prison sentence.

In Batavia, Vickers was arrested Monday and charged with first-degree course of sexual conduct against a child and first-degree sodomy.

The statute of limitations for most sex offenses against children has been changed from the usual six-year felony limit to six years after the victim’s 18th birthday.

After a bail hearing in Genesee County Court on Thursday, Vickers’ bail was set at $500,000.

Vickers has previous convictions for sexual contact with underage boys. He was convicted in Monroe County in 1990 and placed on probation for a misdemeanor. In 2009, Vickers was convicted of a felony in New Hampshire involving a 13-year-old boy, according to the New York sex offender registry’s website.



email: tprohaska@buffnews.com
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Woman injured in collision with truck in town of Lockport

April 26, 2013, 6:25 pm
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A woman driver was seriously injured this afternoon in crash involving a tractor-trailer and a car at Leete Road and Sunset Drive in the Town of Lockport, the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office reported.

The woman, whose name has not been released, was transported to Erie County Medical Center by Mercy Flight.

The Niagara County Sheriff’s Office reported that deputies determined the woman, driving west on Leete Road, failed to yield the right of way to the northbound truck at the intersection.

After the crash both vehicles came to rest in a ditch on the west side of Sunset Drive.

The truck driver was not injured.

The crash continues to be investigated by the Niagara County Sheriff’s Accident Investigation Unit.

The crash was reported about 2:30 p.m.
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Five-year sentence for man who beat up pro boxer

April 26, 2013, 10:48 pm
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LOCKPORT – Attorneys in the case of Michael P. Vicki, the Town of Niagara man who used a metal object to beat up a pro boxer in a fight over a woman, continued to argue Friday over how badly junior welterweight contender Nick Casal was hurt.

Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas settled it.

“The injuries were horrendous,” the judge said as she sent Vicki to state prison for five years, to be followed by three years of post-release supervision.

Vicki, 31, of Portland Street, had pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of attempted first-degree assault and fifth-degree insurance fraud.

The latter charge resulted from a separate incident in which Vicki falsely reported his car had been stolen after he crashed it into a tree and left the scene.

Deputy District Attorney Doreen M. Hoffmann said Casal, now 29, was badly hurt in the May 12 fight at Vicki’s home.

“Mr. Casal had a bruise on the brain,” Hoffmann said.

She said 15 staples and 250 to 300 stitches were used to close four or five “very deep lacerations” on his head. Casal also suffered an arm injury.

“It’s our position he is recovered,” defense attorney James J. Faso Jr. said.

“What bothers him was that he lost a year of his career. What bothers him was that he lost a [possible] title shot.”

“Mr. Casal was a professional boxer and has been put into a position where he can no longer work,” Hoffmann said.

She conceded that Casal has talked of a comeback, but he has yet to enter the ring.

Casal went to Vicki’s house after being called by his ex-girlfriend, who said she was with Vicki.

Farkas agreed with Faso when he said, “I’m not blaming Mr. Casal, but if he had chosen not to show up, we wouldn’t be here now … It was a recipe for disaster.”

In another case Friday, Farkas imposed five years in prison and five years’ post-release supervision on a Niagara Falls man who shot another man in the right calf.

Billy M. Benton Jr., 24, of Niagara Avenue, had pleaded guilty to second-degree assault for shooting Curtis Cheley, 52, Nov. 23 on Ninth Street.



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Motorcyclist hospitalized after crash on Hertel Avenue

April 27, 2013, 2:14 pm
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A motorcyclist was badly injured following a crash on Hertel Avenue about 11 a.m. Friday.

The 28-year-old man, who has not been identified, was traveling east on Hertel – possibly racing another motorcyclist – when the crash occurred near Camden Avenue, Buffalo police said. The victim is listed in serious condition in Erie County Medical Center, police said.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the Buffalo police accident investigation unit at 851-4537.







A woman driver was seriously injured Friday afternoon in crash involving a tractor-trailer and a car at Leete Road and Sunset Drive in the Town of Lockport, the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office reported.



The woman, whose name has not been released, was transported to Erie County Medical Center by Mercy Flight.



The Niagara County Sheriff’s Office reported that deputies determined the woman, driving west on Leete Road, failed to yield the right of way to the northbound truck at the intersection.



After the crash both vehicles came to rest in a ditch on the west side of Sunset Drive.



The truck driver was not injured.



The crash continues to be investigated by the Niagara County Sheriff’s Accident Investigation Unit.



The crash was reported about 2:30 p.m.

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Occupy Buffalo sues city over raid

April 27, 2013, 2:43 pm
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A predawn police raid that removed Occupy Buffalo from Niagara Square last year has led to a lawsuit accusing the city of using excessive force during the operation.

The local Occupy organization claims the city violated members’ civil liberties by using bulldozers and heavy equipment to remove the tents, tables, chairs and other personal items at its encampment in front of City Hall.

The group’s suit, filed in Buffalo federal court, is seeking a court-ordered judgment that the city violated people’s rights, as well as $15,000 in damages.

“This isn’t about money," said Daire Brian Irwin, a lawyer for Occupy Buffalo. “We’re totally convinced that this was part of a national coordinated effort to discredit and destroy Occupy.”

Occupy Buffalo, like many Occupy organizations across the country, was formed around the “We are the 99 percent” message and the belief that economic inequality and corporate greed are ruining the country.

The local suit, one of many filed by Occupy groups across the country, is part of a larger campaign designed to prove that Occupy was targeted for elimination.

One of those suits, filed by Occupy Wall Street, resulted in a $230,000 settlement by New York City.

At the time of the Buffalo raid, Mayor Byron W. Brown said it was never the city’s intention to allow Occupy Buffalo to remain in the square indefinitely. He also noted that the group had rejected the city’s final offer to extend its permit allowing its participants to stay.

The raid, which took place in the early-morning hours of Feb. 2, followed 4½ months of good relations between the two sides.

“We were eminently reasonable and fair in our negotiations," said Timothy A. Ball, the city’s corporation counsel, “and we think we acted appropriately in taking action after that to ensure the square was beautified and made available to the public that spring.”

Occupy’s suit against the city claims the group was still in negotiations over the permit and that the city never gave it an opportunity to move out before the raid took place.

“At that point in time, we had an agreement with the City of Buffalo that had not been violated,” said John Washington, a member of the group who was there the morning of the raid. “I think the raid was excessive, and I think it was intended to make this bigger than it really was."

The group claims the raid was an “unreasonable seizure” that had a “chilling effect” on its members’ right to free speech. It also accused the city of violating people’s property rights.

In a related suit, Occupy Buffalo is seeking records from the FBI and recently asked a federal judge to order the release of any documents on when and how the agency monitored the organization.

“Why were they investigating these kids who were simply exercising their constitutional rights?” said Michael Kuzma, a lawyer for the organization. “I think the public has a right to know.”

The suit stems in part from the government’s acknowledgement that other federal agencies kept an eye on the group’s activities.

The Coast Guard, for example, monitored public websites for Occupy Buffalo’s planned activities but, in the end, found only low or negligible threats to local ports and waterways.

Maureen P. Dempsey, a spokeswoman for the FBI office in Buffalo, said, “It would be inappropriate for the FBI to comment on civil matters currently pending in federal court."

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Man with lengthy criminal record convicted of street robbery

April 27, 2013, 2:56 pm
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A man with a lengthy criminal record has been convicted of robbery after a weeklong trial in Erie County Court.

Jessie Medley, 50, of Walden Avenue, was convicted of first-degree robbery and third-degree criminal possession of a weapon during a jury trial last week before County Court Judge Michael D’Amico, Erie County District Attorney Frank A. Sedita III said Friday.

Medley is accused of robbing a woman at knifepoint behind the Hotel at The Lafayette last June 25, according to the district attorney’s office. Medley fled with some contents from the woman’s purse and boarded an NFTA bus at the nearby bus station.

That’s when the bus driver, Alzo Kennedy, became suspicious and pulled the bus over, allowing police to catch Medley, the DA’s office said. Medley has been arrested 64 times since the 1970s, and has 54 convictions, including three for armed robbery, Sedita said.

Medley – who was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Sara N. Ogden – will be sentenced May 23.
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Retired State Police major takes over ECMC security

April 27, 2013, 2:58 pm
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Retired State Police Maj. Christopher L. Cummings has been named chief of security at Erie County Medical Center.

Cummings, who supervised about 450 sworn personnel and civilian employees as head of the New York State Police’s Troop A in Western New York, replaces Kevin Comerford, who left the post last year.

“After a lengthy search process, we are extremely pleased to get someone of Chris Cummings’ caliber,” said ECMC chief executive officer Jody L. Lomeo. “We look forward to Chris Cummings’ leadership as we continue our commitment to maintain the safest environment for our patients and visitors.”

Cummings, 53, played a key role in helping the Buffalo Police Department by providing resources in the effort to dismantle street gangs. He also provided state trooper patrols in the city’s high crime neighborhoods under Project Impact.

“After a fulfilling career with the State Police, I was looking for an organization that was focused on our community. ECMC is a perfect fit,” Cummings said. “I have watched for decades as ECMC’s Regional Trauma Unit, ER doctors and staff saved numerous lives and played a leadership role in our community, and I am proud to be part of the team.”

He is a 29-year veteran of the State Police.

Cummings’ duties will include a review and redesign of the hospital’s safety and security measures, according to ECMC officials.

Cummings remains active in a number of police organizations, including the New York State Executive Committee on Counter Terrorism, the Western New York Chiefs of Police Association, and the 100 Club of Buffalo.

He is also a board member of the Erie County Community College Alumni Association.

Rising through the ranks of the State Police, Cummings served as a lieutenant and zone captain in Canandaigua, and as captain of the Western Region Internal Affairs Bureau before becoming the highest-ranking state police official in this region as major.

He has also received six New York State Police Superintendent’s commendations, including one for his supervision of law enforcement in response to the crash of Colgan Air Flight 3407 in Clarence Center in 2009, which killed 50 people.



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Balloons used in jailhouse smuggling attempt, deputies say

April 27, 2013, 3:28 pm
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TOWN OF LOCKPORT – A Town of Niagara man is accused of trying to smuggle tobacco, marijuana and prescription pills into Niagara County Jail.

Michael Vicki, 31, of Panama Street was charged Friday with promoting prison contraband and seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. Jail personnel discovered tobacco, marijuana and Xanax pills inside two balloons, authorities said. Further information was unavaiable.

Vicki also faces charges of assault and insurance fraud, according to authorities. Details of those charges were unavailable.
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Shots fired from handgun following fight may have been blanks

April 27, 2013, 3:35 pm
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TOWN OF LOCKPORT – Gunshots rang out after a fight early Saturday outside the Denny’s restaurant on South Transit Road, Niagara County sheriff’s deputies said.

Witnesses told deputies that two men jumped another man in the parking lot shortly before 4 a.m. After the scuffle was broken up, the man who had been jumped fired five shots from a handgun toward his attackers, deputies said. Authorities, however, believe the handgun may have been firing blanks.

Deputies questioned three people and also seized a vehicle. The investigation is continuing, deputies aid.
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Lockport woman injured in crash Friday listed in critical condition

April 27, 2013, 3:43 pm
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TOWN OF LOCKPORT – A Lockport woman is in critical condition in Erie County Medical Center, where she is being treated for injuries suffered in a two-car crash Friday afternoon at Leete Road and Sunset Drive.

Laken B. Pearce, 19, was airlifted from the scene of the crash, which occurred shortly after 2:30 p.m. crash. Niagara County sheriff’s deputies said Pearce failed to yield at the intersection and collided with a pickup driven by Paul I. Lunick, 49, of Grand Island. He was not injured.

The investigation is continuing.
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Two wounded in six overnight shootings

April 27, 2013, 3:51 pm
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Two people were wounded in a half-dozen separate gun-related crimes in Buffalo on Friday and early Saturday morning, according to police reports.

The most serious incident is believed to have been an early morning shooting of a Dodge Street man on Armbruster Street.

The victim was approached shortly before 1:30 a.m. in a driveway and shot in the back, police reports stated. The shooter then apparently stole the man’s money.

The man was rushed by ambulance to Erie County Medical Center. His condition was not immediately available.

Police evidence teams responded and discovered a single shell casing. Ferry-Fillmore District Police were searching for leads.

Another man was shot about 12 hours earlier while resisting an attempted robbery on the city’s West Side. He was being treated at ECMC for a gunshot wound.

The victim was approached by assailants who tried robbing him in the 100 block of Carolina Street. When the man resisted, one of the men pulled out a handgun and shot him in the upper body and fled south through a parking lot. Authorities found a shell casing and a slug at the scene.

Additional gunplay occurred on the city’s far East Side at about 8 p.m. Friday, reports stated.

Two men heading north in a vehicle on Suffolk Street were fired at while they were stopped at the intersection of Lasalle Avenue. The apparent gunman’s vehicle pulled up alongside the victims’ vehicle and the gunman fired a pair of shots at them, striking their vehicle once in the front driver’s side.

The shooter’s vehicle then accelerated down Suffolk toward Winspear Avenue. It was in that vicinity that another call for “shots fired” occurred just minutes later.

At Hewitt Avenue and Orleans Street, a woman reported that after she became involved in an accident, the other driver pulled out a black pistol and fired four shots at her vehicle.

Northeast District police were investigating both incidents.

The two other gun-related crimes occurred in the city’s Northwest District and remained under investigation Saturday.

Early Friday, an employee of the A-Plus station at 1301 Hertel Ave. told police that a man entered the store and displayed a gun, demanding money from the register. The gunman, who was described as a “usual customer” of the store, fled the scene.

In a separate incident at about 11 p.m., police who were looking for a suspect on Guernsey Street seized two loaded 9 mm assault rifles from a house there.



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Buffalo Police Housing Unit makes 9 arrests

April 27, 2013, 5:54 pm
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Nine people were arrested recently by the Buffalo Police Department’s Housing Unit, authorities said.

Three men were facing gun and other charges after a traffic stop at Sycamore and Herman streets about 6:30 p.m. April 16.

Larry Palmer, 22, of Cambridge Street, and Travante Robinson, 20, of Roehrer Street, were arrested after they fled the car driven by Dayton Carrie, 21, of East North Street, police said. The car was stopped because Carrie allegedly failed to signal a turn, police added. Officers said they found a loaded .25-caliber pistol in the car. Carrie also was charged with unlicensed driving.

Roberto Contreras-Reyes, 57, no address listed, was charged with drug possession after his car was stopped in the first block of Grant Street about 6:50 p.m. April 17, when he failed to signal a turn and was driving with obstructed windows, police said, noting that they found marijuana and heroin in his car.

James Jordan, 44, of Woodlawn Avenue, was arrested on drug charges and traffic violations after his car was stopped at Sycamore and Strauss streets about 11:50 p.m. Thursday because of tinted windows, police said. Officers said they found powdered cocaine in his pants pocket.

After noticing a car backing up unsafely on Grimes Street April 19, Housing Unit officers flagged down Vanessa Jackson, 34, of Lancaster and Justin Ducato, 31, of Amherst and found a small pack of heroin and crack cocaine rocks packaged for sale, police said. Each was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance and possession of a hypodermic instrument.

Also on April 19, in the 800 block of Michigan Avenue, Corey Fingers, 30, of Mable Court, fled from police and jettisoned five bags of crack cocaine and marijuana that were recovered, police said. Fingers was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance, unlawful possession of marijuana and obstructing governmental administration.

Officers arrested a male juvenile in the first block of Rodney Avenue April 20, when he tried to run from a patrol car and dropped a handgun that was recovered, police said. The juvenile was charged with a felony weapons count.



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Motorcyclist without helmet seriously injured in East Amherst crash

April 27, 2013, 7:35 pm
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A motorcyclist – traveling without a helmet and in the wrong lane – collided with a vehicle Saturday evening in East Amherst.

Philip J. Gaulin, 46, suffered serious head injuries and was taken by ambulance to Erie County Medical Center, where he was undergoing treatment in the trauma unit late Saturday, a hospital staffer said.

The crash occurred at 6:41 p.m. in the 2300 block of Dodge Road near Glen Oak Drive, where Gaulin was eastbound in the westbound lane, according to Capt. Patrick M. McKenna of the Amherst Police Accident Investigation Unit. Gaulin crashed into a 2013 Subaru driven by Alan M. Schmitt, 26, also of Amherst, McKenna said. Schmitt was not injured.

Gaulin also did not have a motorcycle license and the motorcycle was not registered or insured, McKenna said.
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Bicyclist lying in road struck by pick-up

April 28, 2013, 9:49 am
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A bicyclist, apparently lying in the road, was hit by a pick-up truck early today on the Seneca Reservation and was in serious condition, the Erie County Sheriff’s Office reported.

Deputies said the 17-year-old boy apparently was lying in the westbound lane of Route 60 about 12:14 a.m. when he was struck by the truck driven by James E. Hawes, 60, of Angola. The victim was taken by Mercy Flight to Erie County Medical Center with lower body injuries.

The investigation is continuing.
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