One woman succeeds, another fails, in court-supervised drug treatment
LOCKPORT – One woman successfully completed her court-supervised drug treatment program this week in Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas’ courtroom, but another who failed in the program was sent...
View ArticleNorth Tonawanda woman pleads guilty, spurns drug treatment
LOCKPORT – A North Tonawanda woman pleaded guilty in Niagara County Court this week to selling the drug Suboxone, but her attorney said she decided against entering the judicial diversion program of...
View ArticleMan arrested in Lockport drug raid pleads not guilty
LOCKPORT – A man accused of having nearly an ounce of cocaine when police raided his Lockport home Sept. 12 was arraigned this week in Niagara County Court.Ulford G. Jenkins, 41, of Elmwood Avenue,...
View ArticleLoud exhaust leads to gun and drug arrest
A Buffalo man driving a car with a loud exhaust system faces weapons, drug and marijuana charges after being pulled over Thursday on Curtiss Street.State police said James P. Grey Jr., 69, had a bag of...
View ArticleInjured worker wins jury award
A Lancaster man who sued Buffalo Hospital Supply after suffering injuries in a 2007 work accident was awarded $1.95 million by a jury though he will collect less than that.Bradley R. Pettit, 60,...
View ArticleDefendants in beating of boxer, fatal accident offered plea bargains in Falls
LOCKPORT – The defendants in a fatal car-pedestrian accident and the beating of a professional boxer were offered plea bargains this week, and both will return to court early in January to say whether...
View ArticleMan accused of setting dog on fire rejects plea
A judge would not offer to chop time off a maximum prison sentence, so the man accused of dousing a Jack Russell terrier with lighter fluid and setting the puppy on fire in October refused to plead...
View ArticleBail set at $1 million for Clarence suspect in child molestation,...
A Clarence man is being held in lieu of $1 million bail following his arrest by the Erie County Sheriff’s Office on child molestation and pornography charges, authorities announced Friday.Armed with a...
View ArticleSheridan Parkside fire blamed on play with lighter
A blaze blamed on children playing with a lighter caused $25,000 damage this morning to an apartment building in the Sheridan Park neighborhood in the Town of Tonawanda, police reported.The fire...
View Article2 men shot following fight in Clinton St. bar
Two people were shot early today after a disturbance inside a Clinton Street bar spilled outside, Buffalo police reported.A fight of some kind broke out after 3:10 a.m. in the bar at 898 Clinton St.,...
View ArticleW. Side man accused in violent attack on his family
A West Side man is accused of menacing his family with a machete and punching his mother and sister Friday afternoon in a frightening attack before fleeing their home, according to Buffalo police.The...
View Article7-11 clerk thwarts robbery of S. Buffalo store
A cool-headed clerk at a South Buffalo convenience store knocked a pellet pistol out of a would-be robber’s hand and detained the thwarted thief until police arrived, according to a Buffalo police...
View ArticleTonawanda man charged with felony DWI in 5-vehicle crash
A Town of Tonawanda man is charged with felony driving while intoxicated after causing a chain-reaction, five-car crash Friday afternoon on Sheridan Drive, town police reported.Police say William M....
View Article4 arrested in thefts at stores across Buffalo
Four people were arrested Friday after trying to steal merchandise from grocery, convenience and retail stores across the City of Buffalo in separate crimes linked only by the holiday-season...
View ArticleFrom the blotter / Police calls and court cases, Dec. 11 to 16
A house in the 1000 block of Fairfield Avenue in Niagara Falls was broken into, and copper pipe and furniture were stolen.The owner’s brother told police that the house is currently unoccupied, but his...
View ArticleFire chases five adults from Fillmore-Genesee home
The Red Cross was called to assist five adults routed from their home by a fire last this morning in the city’s Fillmore-Genesee area, Buffalo fire officials reported.Firefighters responded to a 10:06...
View ArticleDWI arrests include driver with 0.25 percent BAC
Among the DWI arrests made by Erie County sheriff’s deputies Saturday night and early today, one involved a 0.25 percent blood-alcohol level and another involved the striking of a fire hydrant.In the...
View ArticleMayville man faces drunken driving charges after crash
A Mayville man faces drunken driving charges after state police said he wrecked his car Sunday before fleeing the scene on foot.Troopers said they saw a damaged and abandoned truck on Route 430 in...
View ArticlePrevious drunken driving offender caught again
A Falconer man with two previous drunken driving convictions was caught again early today, Chautauqua County sheriff’s officials said.Jeremy P. Green, 33, was driving after 2 a.m. on Route 20 when...
View ArticleWarsaw man with no license charged with DWI
A Warsaw man who has not held a driver’s license in nearly 14 years was charged over the weekend with drunken driving and leaving the scene of an accident, Wyoming County sheriff’s officials said...
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