Cheektowaga police arrest copper theft suspect
Cheektowaga Police Sgt. Jeff Schmidt was on patrol early Sunday morning when, at about 1:20 a.m., he saw a bright flash coming from Total Tan at 2563 Union Road.It turned out to be two men trying to...
View ArticleJamestown woman injured in two-car accident
JAMESTOWN – A 25-year-old Jamestown woman was ticketed for running a red light and a 22-year-old Jamestown woman was taken to WCA Hospital for treatment of neck pain after a two-car accident took...
View ArticleNiagara Falls, Ont., man arrested a second time
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. – A 52-year-old man facing court proceedings for an earlier cocaine trafficking arrest was taken into custody again Monday on a charge of breaching his bail after two days of...
View ArticleAbandoned dogs found in Niagara Falls
NIAGARA FALLS – Police are looking for an owner who abandoned two dogs and a puppy in a 12th Street apartment. They are also investigating whether three other puppies that were reported to have been...
View ArticleOne shot, one stabbed in Jamestown
JAMESTOWN – One person was shot in the shoulder and a second was stabbed multiple times in the arm and torso early Sunday on E. Second Street, police said.The victims, whose names were not released,...
View ArticleCopter pilot who made safe landing in Hudson River is a Buffalo native
Michael Campbell, a Buffalo native and University at Buffalo graduate, was the helicopter pilot who safely landed a charter tourist helicopter in the Hudson River in New York City about noon Sunday,...
View ArticleGarner’s harassment charge is dismissed; Wienckowski’s mom...
Monday turned into a tough day for the Erie County District Attorney’s Office in Tonawanda City Court.First, City Judge Joseph J. Cassata dismissed a misdemeanor harassment case against Antoine J....
View ArticleMongielo mulls brutality suit in wake of Lockport arrest
LOCKPORT – An attorney for David J. Mongielo, a Town of Lockport auto repair shop owner, said Monday that Mongielo is considering a police brutality lawsuit against the City of Lockport in the wake of...
View ArticleDNA results on cap awaited as probe continues in Toys R Us killing
Hamburg police detectives investigating the Toys R Us killing are awaiting the results of DNA testing on a baseball cap sent to the FBI lab in Quantico, Va., they told The Buffalo News on Monday.The...
View ArticleProsecutor who was accused of misconduct in Hoskins case is fired by DA
The prosecutor formerly involved in the widely publicized animal-cruelty case against Beth Lynne Hoskins was fired from his job with the Erie County District Attorney’s Office late last week.The exact...
View ArticleMan accused of setting puppy on fire gets two years in prison
Adell Ziegler denies setting fire to Phoenix, the Jack Russell terrier that touched so many hearts, but that didn’t stop a judge from sending him to prison for two years.State Supreme Court Justice...
View ArticleCheektowaga man sentenced for attack on woman, child
A Cheektowaga man was sentenced to 30 days in jail for a May 4 attack on a woman and her child.James Forrest, 34, of Warsaw Street, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of criminal obstruction of...
View ArticleStolen handgun found during Cheektowaga traffic checkpoint
Cheektowaga police officers on foot patrol arrested a man who had a loaded, stolen handgun in his waistband, town police reported Tuesday.Officers Scott Leising and Mike Smith were participating in a...
View ArticleMotorist charged with DWI after traffic stop in Brant
A motorist who drove around a barrier to enter a closed road in southern Erie County was charged this morning with a felony count of driving while intoxicated, State Police reported.Donald J....
View ArticleFalls man is beaten and robbed on his way home from work
NIAGARA FALLS – A man who works as a cleaner at the Como Restaurant on Pine Avenue said he was beaten and robbed by at least three people after he took a shortcut through an alley at 12:30 a.m....
View ArticleFalls teen charged in a number of city burglaries
NIAGARA FALLS – An 18-year-old was charged Monday for his role in four burglaries, including three that allegedly occurred over a two week period in June.Justin S. Pardee, of 100th Street was charged...
View ArticleNT man succeeds in court-supervised drug treatment
LOCKPORT – The judicial diversion program of court-supervised drug treatment chalked up a success Monday, as Richard P. Stefanko’s felony conviction for selling painkillers was reduced to a...
View ArticleBail hiked for man accused of two armed robberies
LOCKPORT – Niagara County Judge Matthew J. Murphy III increased bail to $75,000 Tuesday for a Town of Lockport man accused of robbing two gas station convenience stores.Danny P. Merritt, 33, of Murphy...
View ArticleSex offender sentenced to 16 weekends in jail
LOCKPORT – A Level 3 sex offender from Niagara Falls was sentenced Tuesday by Niagara County Judge Matthew J. Murphy III to 16 weekends in jail for violating the terms of his probation on a 2009...
View ArticleMotorcyclist charged with reckless driving and speeding
NEWFANE – Niagara County sheriff’s deputies stopped a motorcyclist with a passenger driving in excess of 80 miles an hour in a 40 mile per hour zone at 4:10 p.m. Sunday on Hess Road.Deputies were...
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