Man accused of punching boy in face
A 47-year-old Stockbridge Avenue man was arrested on assault and other charges about 2 a.m. today for allegedly punching a 15-year-old neighbor boy as they argued in the victim’s home in the 400 block...
View ArticleMan charged with robbery near UB’s South Campus
A 25-year-old homeless man, found sleeping in his car at the University at Buffalo’s South Campus, was charged with robbing a woman last week, university police reported.The robbery occurred at about...
View ArticleFalls teen pleads guilty in murder of 5-year-old girl
LOCKPORT – John R. Freeman Jr. admitted in Niagara County Court today that he killed a 5-year-old girl he was babysitting last year.Freeman, 17, of Sixth Street. Niagara Falls, pleaded guilty to...
View ArticleSuspected marijuana dealer charged
NIAGARA FALLS – Following an investigation the Niagara Falls Narcotics Bureau charged a man who is suspected of dealing marijuana in the city.Shawn R. Finitz, 38, of 61st Street was charged with...
View ArticleCustomer helps foil bank robbery in Orleans County
ALBION – A serial bank robbery suspect was captured Tuesday after a customer followed him from a holdup, police said.A robbery was reported shortly after 4 p.m. Tuesday at Bank of America, 156 S. Main...
View ArticleFreeman pleads guilty in 5-year-old’s murder
LOCKPORT – John R. Freeman Jr. admitted Wednesday in Niagara County Court that he killed a 5-year-old girl he was baby-sitting last year in a Niagara Falls home.Freeman, 17, of Sixth Street, Niagara...
View Article99 arrested at Darien Lake concert
DARIEN – Concertgoers kept deputies busy at Wednesday’s Dave Matthews Band show at Darien Lake Performing Arts Center.The Genesee County Sheriff’s Office reported 99 arrests for rowdiness, drug...
View ArticleCoast Guard rescues six from sinking boat off City of Tonawanda
The U.S. Coast Guard, assisted by the Erie County Sheriff’s Office patrol boat, rescued six people from a 16-foot motorboat that was taking on water in the Niagara River off the City of Tonawanda late...
View ArticleWoman robbed and beaten, man arrested
Northeast District police arrested a Kerns Avenue man Wednesday night and charged him with beating a woman June 27 and robbing the same woman at knifepoint Wednesday.Melvin Bell, 47, was charged with...
View ArticleMan arrested after Riverside fight
Northwest District police said they arrested a man who allegedly was wielding a knife in a fight on Tonawanda Street about 8:45 p.m. Wednesday.Theodore Hill, 18, of Condon Avenue, ran from the scene...
View ArticleMan shot, woman stabbed in East Side incidents
A man was shot in the neck and a woman stabbed in the arm in separate incidents two blocks and 20 minutes apart late Wednesday, Ferry-Fillmore District police said.A man identified as Willie Garner,...
View ArticleTwo arrested under Lockport garbage picking ban
LOCKPORT – Two High Street residents were arrested Wednesday night and charged with violating a ban on garbage picking.Mayor Michael W. Tucker announced the ban Tuesday in the wake of the flash flood...
View ArticleThree Delaware Avenue stores targeted in break-ins
A cellphone store, a shoe store and a dollar store were burglarized overnight, Northwest District police said Thursday.The T-Mobile cellphone store at 2730 Delaware Ave., just south of Kenmore Avenue,...
View ArticleFour arrested in Perry Street beating
South District police arrested four men on assault charges Thursday morning, after a man was beaten on Perry Street.Juan Rodriguez was hit in the face, opening a 2-inch cut, and also was knocked down...
View ArticleOne man treated after fire chases residents of Linwood Avenue home
One resident was treated for smoke inhalation in Erie County Medical Center after a fire routed the occupants of a Linwood Avenue apartment house about 3 a.m. Thursday.Spokesman Michael DeGeorge said...
View ArticleWest Seneca mother hails crackdown on distracted driving
A July Fourth holiday crackdown on distracted driving was cheered Thursday by the mother of a West Seneca man who was killed in a texting-related crash in 2007.“Isn’t it awesome?” asked Kelly Cline of...
View ArticleRicin case an outgrowth of Elma native’s bean sales
Ross C. Miller had a very unusual story to tell family members during a visit this week to his hometown of Elma.It is a story involving the FBI, government intrigue and an alleged attempt to poison...
View ArticleTwo teenage swimmers drown in Union Ship Canal
Two teenage swimmers were pronounced dead at area hospitals Thursday night after rescuers pulled them from the Union Ship Canal in South Buffalo.The two, a male and a female, were underwater for at...
View ArticleDeputies make DWI arrests on land and water
Erie County deputies made DWI arrests on land and water Thursday.A 26-year-old driver with a blood-alcohol content more than three times the legal limit was arrested following a traffic stop in the...
View ArticleThree flee house fire in Hartland
Three people safely fled a house fire this morning in the Town of Hartland, Niagara County sheriff’s deputies reported.The fire at 3875 Root Road was reported at 6:25 a.m. Friday by the homeowner, who...
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