Cattaraugus County man accused of assaulting and kidnapping in domestic incident
A Franklinville man has been arrested after being accused of assaulting, choking and kidnapping a woman in a domestic incident that was uncovered during a vehicle stop early Sunday, Cattaraugus County...
View ArticleTwo arrested, drugs and guns seized in raid
NIAGARA FALLS – Niagara Falls drug investigators and the city’s Emergency Response Team raided a home at 621 24th Street at 11 p.m. Monday and found narcotics and cocaine, as well as two 12-gauge...
View ArticleJudge lifts stay on demolition at former Bethlehem Steel building
The mayor of Lackawanna on Tuesday gave the owner of the former Bethlehem Steel Administration Building 10 days to begin tearing down the historic structure, after an Erie County Court judge earlier in...
View ArticleGirl, 2, shot in face in car outside Falls grocery
A routine trip to the grocery store turned ugly in Niagara Falls on Tuesday afternoon, when a 2-year-old girl sitting in the front seat of a car with her father was struck by gunfire.The girl – rushed...
View ArticleBuffalo teen charged in assault at ECC South
A former Erie Community College South student has been accused of sexually abusing a female student in a stairwell at the school earlier this month.Marquel T. Foster, 18, of the 600 block of LaSalle...
View ArticleFire guts house in Dunkirk
DUNKIRK – A raging fire gutted a house on King Street early this morning but no injuries were reported, Dunkirk fire officials said.Shortly before 6 a.m., 911 dispatchers received multiple calls about...
View ArticleFalls bomb maker placed on probation, headed for treatment
LOCKPORT – Mentally ill bomb maker Thomas P. Jamieson, whose hobby of making Molotov cocktails caused his Niagara Falls neighborhood to be evacuated as police arrested him April 17, will undergo...
View ArticleLockport man pleads not guilty to 23 sex counts
LOCKPORT – A Lockport man, accused of having sex with a 14-year-old girl and hiding her in a closet as police looked for her, was arraigned on a 23-count indictment Tuesday in Niagara County...
View ArticleTwo Lockport men plead guilty to drug felonies
LOCKPORT – Two City of Lockport men pleaded guilty to drug felonies in separate cases Tuesday before Niagara County Judge Matthew J. Murphy III. Both face a maximum of 2½ years in prison when they are...
View ArticleBuffalo man imprisoned in North Tonawanda crack case
LOCKPORT – A Buffalo man who was caught with crack cocaine in North Tonawanda March 3 was sentenced Monday to a year in state prison.However, Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas recommended that...
View ArticleFeds charge three with selling fake identification
Three men were arrested Tuesday on federal charges of selling phony identification documents, U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced.Xavier Gonzalez, 26, and Mario Soto, 37, were arrested in the...
View ArticleCeglia says Facebook attorneys intimidated his attorney off civil case
The Facebook ownership suit took on yet another bizarre twist Tuesday, when allegations of threats and improper influence surfaced in the 2-year-old civil case.Paul D. Ceglia, the Allegany County man...
View ArticleTwo charged in copper theft from vacant NFTA building
Two Clarence men have been charged in the theft of copper wire and pipes from a vacant Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority building in Cheektowaga on Thanksgiving Day, the authority reported...
View ArticleWoman in collision that killed baby had prior DWI arrest
The woman charged with vehicular manslaughter and driving while intoxicated in a fatal crash that claimed the life of a 7-month old girl Tuesday morning was arrested on a DWI charge three years ago in...
View ArticleFalls girl recovering from surgery following shooting
NIAGARA FALLS – A 2-year-old girl caught in the crossfire of a drive-by shooting is recovering today in Women and Children’s Hospital as police continue to look for a shooter.“I talked to [the child’s]...
View ArticleSix guns reported stolen from Cambria home
CAMBRIA – A 73-year-old man told Niagara County sheriff’s deputies that six guns, valued at more than $1,500 were stolen from a gun cabinet in his home in the 3700 block of Ridge Road.The victim said...
View ArticleEmergency doctor arrested on federal drug charge
A Youngstown doctor faces a federal misdemeanor drug charge after his arrest by agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and members of the Niagara County Drug Task Force.Dr. Daniel...
View ArticleBuffalo man held in Amherst store burglary
A Buffalo man was ordered jailed by Amherst Town Justice Mark Farrell following his arrest Wednesday for burglarizing the D&B Liquors store on Niagara Falls Boulevard in the town’s Willow Ridge...
View ArticleAmherst man accused of selling counterfeit sports caps
TOWN OF NIAGARA – An Amherst man was arrested by Niagara County sheriff’s deputies Wednesday for selling alleged counterfeit sports caps like those made by New Era and other manufacturers at the...
View ArticleNorth Tonawanda murder case moves to county level
Brian C. Lowry appeared in North Tonawanda City Court today on charges of second-degree murder . He waived his right to a felony hearing and the case will be moved to Niagara County Court.Lowry, 32, of...
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