Two mass shootings focus spotlight on safety in businesses
Schools repeatedly tightened their security and training after massacres at Columbine, Virginia Tech and Sandy Hook, while people who oversee workplaces have remained in denial about violence,... Read...
View ArticleTwo teens injured in crash with state plow in Amherst
Two people were injured in an early-morning crash in Amherst involving a state snow plow truck.The crash happened just before 3 a.m. on Sheridan Drive between North Forest Road and Mill Street,......
View ArticleFour hurt in two-car crash at Delaware and Bryant
Four people were injured in a two-car collision late Friday morning at a busy intersection on Delaware Avenue, Buffalo fire dispatchers reported.The accident occurred shortly after 11:15 a.m. at......
View ArticleOlmsted principal on paid leave after admitting insurance fraud
A Buffalo school principal has been placed on paid administrative leave after pleading guilty this week to a misdemeanor charge of insurance fraud.Parette Walker, principal at Olmsted School 64 on......
View ArticleAmherst police sound alert on man who tried to lure girl into car
Amherst police are alerting the community that a 14-year-old girl reportedly was approached by a man Thursday afternoon in the Burroughs Drive area of Snyder.The man attempted to coax the girl into...
View ArticlePolice close Niagara Falls bar Friday morning
NIAGARA FALLS – Niagara Falls police closed a Main Street bar early Friday morning following a loud music complaint and finding an intoxicated female younger than 21 sitting on a nearby... Read More
View ArticleBuffalo woman pleads innocent in murder of Cheektowaga businessman
A Buffalo woman pleaded not guilty Friday when she was arraigned in State Supreme Court on a murder charge in connection with the death of a Cheektowaga businessman in November.Debra Haynes-Thomas,...
View ArticleFamily withdraws lawsuit in death of student at Tralf
A lawsuit filed by the family of a University at Buffalo medical resident who fell to his death at a downtown nightclub is being withdrawn.Rajan Verma, 28, died after he lost his balance and fell......
View ArticleFelony hearing delayed for arson-double murder suspect
Al-Shariyfa Robinson’s felony hearing for the double murder-arson of two men during a Curtiss Street fire was delayed Friday until Feb. 22. Robinson remains jailed without bail on two counts ... Read...
View ArticleSuspicious Niagara Falls death ruled a homicide
NIAGARA FALLS – The man found dead under “suspicious” circumstances at 1011 Michigan Avenue late Thursday morning was a homicide victim and was identified as Duane Price, the... Read More
View ArticleMan and woman arrested for thefts from Leroy home
BATAVIA – Sara A. Howard, 21, of Bergen, and Alexander E. Fostano, 28, of Batavia, were arrested by State Police on felony charges Wednesday for two alleged burglaries in the Leroy home of a ... Read...
View ArticleNottingham Terrace man, Hertel barber charged with drug trafficking
A 10-month, two-country investigation led to the arrests Thursday of a Canadian man living on Nottingham Terrace and a Hertel Avenue barber and the seizure of quantities of alleged molly and... Read...
View ArticleWoman who robbed store, escaped from cops pleads guilty
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls woman, who robbed a 7-Eleven store in the Falls and escaped from police on a hospital visit after becoming ill in jail, will try to become drug-free – or... Read More
View ArticleFalls garage burglar heads for state prison
LOCKPORT – Second-time felon Jacob A. Harbaugh, 25, of Niagara Avenue, Niagara Falls, was sentenced Friday to 1½ to three years in state prison for his part in a Dec. 9, 2014, burglary... Read More
View ArticleTown of Niagara man arraigned in Falls beating case
LOCKPORT – A Town of Niagara man pleaded not guilty in Niagara County Court Friday to an indictment accusing him of bludgeoning a Niagara Falls man in the head with a blunt object last year.... Read...
View ArticleWoman pleads guilty to role in boyfriend’s sex with underage girl
LOCKPORT – A Lockport woman admitted in Niagara County Court Friday that she held a 16-year-old girl’s hand and encouraged her as the defendant’s live-in boyfriend had sex with ... Read More
View ArticleHartland man indicted in sexual abuse of 23-year-old woman
LOCKPORT – Randy P. Maedl of Hartland denied in Niagara County Court Friday that he sexually abused a 23-year-old woman on Aug. 1.Maedl, 62, of Bradley Road, pleaded not guilty to an... Read More
View ArticleCity of Tonawanda man arrested after crashing while learning to drive
A 20-year-old City of Tonawanda man who crashed into an empty warehouse about 5 p.m. Friday told police he had just been “going way too fast” while taking driving lessons. Micah D.... Read More
View ArticleRiverside man charged with threatening neighbor with steak knife
A 40-year-old Riverside Avenue man was arrested about 4 a.m. Friday for allegedly threatening a female neighbor with a steak knife during an argument in the 200 block of that street. Jolanda... Read...
View ArticleMan fatally shot on Curry Walk off Jefferson Avenue
An unidentified man was fatally shot at about 8:30 p.m. Friday on Curry Walk off Jefferson Avenue on Buffalo’s East Side.The victim was declared dead at the scene.Additional information was... Read More
View ArticleWilliamsville man in wheelchair fatally struck by car
A 65-year-old Williamsville man was killed Friday night when a car hit him as he was crossing Evans Street in an electric-powered wheelchair, Amherst Police reported.Michael J. Santillo was... Read More
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