Suspect in Falls home invasion caught after short chase
NIAGARA FALLS – A Linwood Avenue man arrested at gunpoint early Friday is accused of forcing his way into an Ontario Avenue home and threatening to shoot someone lying on a couch, police said. Kenneth...
View ArticleState, not his disabilities, sidelines Orchard Park student athlete
One of David Gorczynski’s legs is shorter than the other, and he has finished last in every race during his three years on the Orchard Park High School cross country team. But that never stopped him...
View ArticleWoman uses stun gun to fend off parking lot attacker
A woman was able to fend off an attacker with a stun gun while in a parking lot on Pearl Street, Buffalo police said Saturday.The incident happened in a lot on Pearl, between West Tupper and Chippewa...
View ArticleWest Seneca firefighters battle blaze in vacant house on Summit Avenue
Firefighters in West Seneca battled a blaze early Saturday at a vacant home on Summit Avenue.Firefighters were called just before 1 a.m. Saturday to extinguish smoke and fire coming from the vacant,...
View ArticleRescue crews at scene of boating accident off Niawanda Park in Niagara River
Two people were injured Saturday night after two boats collided on the Niagara River in the City of Tonawanda.Details were sketchy, but a male from one of the boats was transported to Erie County...
View ArticleMan knocked out, robbed of $15
A man was knocked out and robbed on Maryland Street and West Avenue this morning, according to Buffalo police reports.The victim, who told police he had been drinking, said an unknown suspect hit him...
View ArticleWoman fights off would-be robber
A woman was shoved to the ground during an attempted robbery on Lafayette Avenue, between Grant Street and Parkdale Avenue, this morning, Buffalo police reported.The woman was walking home alone...
View ArticleHusband sets pit bull on man enticed by woman on chat line
A Buffalo man unleashed a pit bull on another man this morning after discovering him with his wife. The victim told police he was on a chat line with a woman who used the alias “Lisa” around 3:35...
View ArticleBuffalo man arrested with 13 different pills
A Buffalo man was arrested after police said they found him in possession of more than 13 different pills, including Oxycotin and hydrocodone. Suspect Eduardo Cruz was originally pulled over by...
View Article12-year-old suspected in vandalism
A 12-year-old boy is suspected of throwing rocks at a church van belonging to New Covenant United Church of Christ, 459 Clinton St., causing damage to two windows and the van’s frame, according to...
View ArticleYoungstown doctor pleads guilty to fraud in painkiller prescription
A Youngstown physician pleaded guilty to drug and health-care fraud charges Monday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Leslie G. Foschio. Daniel C. Gillick, 63, faces a maximum prison term of 10 years and a...
View ArticleDrug charges added against Falls man held on domestic assault counts
LOCKPORT – William L. Putman III, already facing an indictment accusing him of assaulting a woman while wearing metal knuckles, was arraigned on a separate drug indictment Monday in Niagara County...
View ArticleRandolph hunter convicted of shooting at school bus gets new trial
A judge Monday granted a new trial to a Cattaraugus County deer hunter who was convicted of accidentally firing a shot that struck a school bus full of children in November 2011.The prosecutor in the...
View ArticleBuffalo ‘BCUZ’ tagger starts court sentence removing graffiti
Precisely at 7 a.m. Monday, Richard Whitefield pedaled into Shoshone Park and reported for work with the city’s Anti-Graffiti Unit – just as he was ordered to do by Erie County Judge Sheila DiTullio....
View Article138 arrested at Toby Keith concert, most for underage drinking
One-hundred-thirty people on hand Sunday for the Toby Keith concert at Darien Lake Performing Art Center were arrested on a variety of charges, mostly underage drinking.The arrests included two...
View ArticleAmherst woman arrested in stabbing of resident
An Amherst woman was arrested and a resident of her home was hospitalized Sunday evening following a stabbing in the 4800 block of Harlem Road.Amherst police said Darin M. Herndon, 25, was stabbed in...
View ArticleGambling bookkeeper gets prison for embezzling $1.3 million
An Arcade woman was sentenced Monday to 2 and 1/3 to seven years in prison for stealing $1.3 million from American Stainless Corp. in Buffalo, where she worked as a bookkeeper, the Erie County...
View ArticleThief escapes with necklace-pendant in attack on bar employee
An employee of the Laurel & Hardy Cafe on Broadway, west of Bailey Avenue, was assaulted and robbed Monday night, according to police.After the attacker asked patrons for money, he was asked to...
View ArticleDrunk attacked, robbed of $240 at Broadway and Mill Street
A drunk man was “blindsided” and robbed of $240 and other personal items early Tuesday at Broadway and Mill Street on the city’s East Side, police said.The victim was hit in the left eye, causing a...
View ArticleRapist threatens attack victim with hatchet
A woman was raped in the back seat of a car near Clinton and Monroe streets Monday afternoon, police said.The victim, who was picked up by a man at Rommel Avenue and Broadway, was threatened with a...
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