Loss estimated at more than $9,000 in theft from Falls home
NIAGARA FALLS –A laptop computer and jewlery were stolen from a home in the 8800 block of Pershing Avenue Wednesday Afternoon, police said.A resident who returned home discovered a door open and...
View ArticleTwo charged in a Haeberle Avenue copper theft
NIAGARA FALLS – Two people were charged in the theft of copper during a break-in just before 2 a.m. Thursday in the 1100 block of Haeberle Avenue.Steven A. Willard Jr., 21, of 20th Street and Cameron...
View ArticleLoss put at $750,000 from fire that destroyed Warsaw business
WARSAW – A malfunctioning carpet-cleaning machine was blamed for a fire that caused an estimated $750,000 damage to a Warsaw business, according to Wyoming County authorities.The fire at Warren’s...
View ArticleWoman accused of torching man’s clothing, sneakers on the grill
A woman was burning mad – so angry, that she torched the clothing and sneakers of a man with whom she was having a disagreement on the patio grill of her Niagara Street home, Buffalo police...
View ArticleNorth Tonawanda man admits to child porn felony
LOCKPORT – Hollis Stewart of North Tonawanda admitted Thursday in State Supreme Court that he had pornographic images of children on his cellphone in April.Stewart, 38, of Main Street, pleaded guilty...
View ArticleSanborn man admits to felony in drugstore caper
LOCKPORT – A Sanborn man pleaded guilty to a drug felony Thursday in Niagara County Court, as he said he obtained a supply of painkillers from a pharmacist he knew by using his neighbor’s empty...
View ArticleDetectives log two drug arrests in Niagara Falls
NIAGARA FALLS – Two suspected drug dealers were charged in separate arrests Wednesday.Narcotics detectives served a warrant on a suspected heroin dealer at 7:15 p.m.y in his second-floor apartment at...
View ArticleThree arrested in break-in on Abbotsford Place
A woman and two men are charged with second-degree burglary in the break-in at an Abbotsford Place house late Sunday.The suspects were identified as Shaimaa Aakil, 23, of Franklin Street, Christopher...
View ArticleTwo in Grider Street crash remain in critical condition
Two people injured in the crash of a motorcycle and minivan just before 3 p.m. Wednesday in the 300 block of Grider street remain in critical condition in Erie County Medical Center. Buffalo police...
View ArticleMarijuana suspect pulled over for driving erratically
DUNKIRK – A Portland man arrested on a marijuana charge was driving erratically on Lake Shore Drive West about 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dunkirk Police said. Christopher S. Sleeper, 21, was pulled over at...
View ArticleSix arrested on heroin, cocaine and weapons charges in raid on Busti Avenue
Six men, including three Busti Avenue brothers, were arrested on drug and gun charges during a raid on a flat in the 400 blockof Busti Avenue about 6:40 p.m. Monday, Buffalo police said.The brothers...
View ArticlePolice ask public help in finding mentally disabled man
Eduardo Martinez, 43, was described as 5-foot-6, 120 pounds, wearing a Navy-blue Yankees T-shirt, white shorts and tan shoes. Police said family members are concerned Martinez could harm himself....
View ArticleSuspect accused of having loaded gun and marijuana
A Huntley Road who aroused the suspicions of police while sitting on the steps of a Dorris Avenue home late Wednesday was charged with criminal possession of a weapon.Chase Walker, 26, was packing a...
View ArticleVarysburg man, 74, identified as victim of Lancaster crash
A Varysburg man was fatally injured Wednesday night in the collision of his car and another vehicle at Broadway and Cemetery Road in Lancaster. Lancaster police identified the victim as Willis Sauer,...
View ArticleJudge won’t step aside for third Drake murder trial
LOCKPORT – State Supreme Court Justice Richard C. Kloch Sr. on Thursday refused a defense request for another judge to handle Robie J. Drake’s third trial in the rifle slayings of two North Tonawanda...
View ArticleBarred as prosecutor, attorney is made judge in Lackawanna
In January, Norman A. LeBlanc Jr. was considered unfit to be a prosecutor in Lackawanna City Court, but two months later, he was appointed to preside over that same court as an associate judge.Erie...
View ArticleMan, 44, charged with robbing clerk in Elmwood Avenue Aldi’s
A Delsan Court man is accused of robbing a cashier at the Aldi’s store at 2090 Elmwood Ave. and injuring a police officer during his arrest on Hinman Avenue Saturday morning, Buffalo police...
View ArticleHolley teen injured in one-car crash
An 18-year-old Holley resident was seriously injured this morning when her car veered off a road in the Orleans County Town of Gaines and hit a concrete bridge structure, sheriff’s deputies...
View ArticleSweetener industry shake-up may start here
In what may be the first lawsuit of its kind in the country, the family of a 14-year-old Amherst girl is claiming her diabetes is linked to high fructose corn syrup.The family is suing six...
View ArticleThree injured in collision at Amherst intersection
Three people were injured late this morning in a collision at an Amherst intersection where another accident occurred last week.The crash at Sheridan Drive and Brompton Road was reported at 11:47...
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