Taglianetti arraigned in Clymer superintendent’s murder
MAYVILLE – The Virginia man wanted in the Sept. 21 shooting death of Clymer School Superintendent Keith L. Reed Jr. was formally indicted by a Chautauqua County grand jury on a count of second-degree...
View ArticleFamily friend gets 24 years for sex crimes against 12-year-old girl
A Michigan Avenue man found guilty of sex crimes against a 12-year-old girl was sentenced Wednesday to 24 years in prison.“I think you stole her innocence. You destroyed her trust,” Erie County Judge...
View ArticleHolland man charged with BAC more than three times legal limit
A Holland man was charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated early today, after a witness called authorities to report a possibly intoxicated man at a Town of Elma gas station, the Erie County...
View ArticleFalls man charged with rape
NIAGARA FALLS – A Niagara Avenue man was arrested Tuesday charged with rape and assault.Darryl J. Hill, 33, was charged on a warrant with first-degree rape and third-degree assault, city police...
View ArticleRochester man charged with beating Falls man for prescription pills
NIAGARA FALLS – A Rochester man faces four felony charges after he allegedly broke into a Falls home and beat a man with a chain in order to get prescription pills.Lastonza Moxley, 60, was arrested on...
View ArticleMan on Jamestown’s most wanted list arrested after standoff
JAMESTOWN – A Pennsylvania Avenue man who was on the city police department’s Top Ten Most Wanted list was arrested late Wednesday morning following a brief standoff, officials said.David R. Olson, 48,...
View ArticleOne of two Broadway shooting victims now out of hospital
A 35-year-old woman shot in during an argument in the front of a Broadway deli Tuesday night has been treated and released from Erie County Medical Center, but the 22-year-old man also shot during the...
View ArticleStrike Force nabs reckless driver in Buffalo
A Chicago Street man captured by Erie County sheriff’s deputies assigned to the Buffalo Operation Strike Force remains in custody on stolen car, reckless endangerment, resisting arrest and other...
View ArticleNo ruling yet in Tonawanda garbage picking case
A Tonawanda judge has yet to make a decision on the legal sufficiency of the town scrapping ordinance, which has been challenged by a 67-year-old Buffalo man cited with violating the ordinance earlier...
View ArticleDisturbing text about assault rifles found on a reckless driver’s...
An Amherst man was arrested earlier this week on reckless and drugged driving charges after he sideswiped a truck on Niagara Falls Boulevard – but what was most disturbing to Niagara County sheriff’s...
View ArticleCanadian man charged in cross-border prostitution scheme
A Toronto man faces a lengthy prison term after being indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of trying to bring a minor over the border to work as a prostitute.D’Shawn Rose, 20, faces arraignment...
View ArticleRobber takes plea, faces up to 17 years in prison
LOCKPORT – Paul J. Schubert of Niagara Falls finally pleaded guilty Wednesday, on his third courtroom appearance since being presented with a plea offer in connection with as many as six armed...
View ArticleAnti-war protester pepper-sprayed by NFTA cleared
A judge on Thursday dismissed charges against an anti-war protester who was struck and pepper-sprayed in a confrontation with Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority police last year outside M&T...
View ArticleFederal fire grant applications for communities announced
The Federal Department of Homeland Security has begun accepting applications for grants to local fire departments and safety organizations through its Federal Prevention and Safety Program, Rep. Brian...
View ArticleFalls gun thief takes plea deal, avoids federal charges
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man who stole long guns in a burglary and was found to have a stolen handgun when he and a friend blundered into a drug raid accepted a plea deal Thursday.Michael D. Ramos,...
View ArticlePsychiatric defense expected in death of 5-year-old girl
LOCKPORT – It appears a mental health defense may be used in the upcoming trial of a Niagara Falls teenager accused of killing a 5-year-old girl he was baby-sitting.Robert Viola, attorney for defendant...
View ArticlePolice identify Woodlawn Avenue homicide victim
The victim of the city’s latest homicide has been identified as Joseph Lester, 27.He was shot Thursday evening on Woodlawn Avenue. Police sources said the shooting may be drug-related.Clyde Hoskin, 20,...
View ArticleFalls man pleads guilty to cocaine possession
LOCKPORT – James D. Moore, 23, of Ninth Street, Niagara Falls, pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of attempted fourth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance this week before Niagara...
View ArticleBurglar sentenced to drug treatment
LOCKPORT – Joseph J. Nicholson, 19, of Prospect Street, Lockport, pleaded guilty to third-degree burglary in Niagara County Court this week and was assigned to the judicial diversion program of...
View ArticleMan charged with sex crimes needs new lawyer
LOCKPORT – David J. Grover, the Town of Tonawanda man accused of kidnapping and sexually abusing a 5-year-old North Tonawanda girl July 28, lost his attorney this week. Assistant Public Defender...
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