Bandit wielding pistol escapes with $620 in bodega holdup
A bodega at Comstock and Dartmouth avenues was held up by a woman with a pistol about 10 a.m. Monday, police said.The bandit, who made off with about $620 in cash, fled west on Comstock, said...
View ArticleKenmore woman pleads guilty to stealing $18,544 from her employer
A Kenmore bookkeeper pleaded guilty to third-degree grand larceny, admitting that she stole $18,544 from Classic Fence and Lumber Co. Inc., Amherst, where she worked, Erie County District Attorney...
View ArticleTwo injured in T-bone crash at Perry intersection
PERRY – A two-car crash at Route 20A and Silver Lake Road Sunday afternoon sent two women to area hospitals, officials said.Patricia Coy, 63, of Spencerport was driving north on Silver Lake Road at...
View ArticleHolland man charged with assault on infant
A Holland man arrested July 12 is accused of injuring an infant, state police announced Tuesday.Cody M. Climenhaga, 25, was charged with second-degree felony assault and misdemeanor endangering the...
View ArticlePublic’s help sought in locating missing man
Buffalo police are seeking the public’s help tonight in locating a man last seen riding a red bike near West Ferry and Niagara streets about 2 p.m. July 16.Police said Banya Hong, 33, also known as...
View ArticleGuilty plea entered in ‘Twitter tantrum turned tragic’
A Kenmore woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to first-degree assault for deliberately running over a Town of Tonawanda girl with her SUV on April 26 in an incident Erie County District Attorney Frank A....
View ArticleTwo men sought for stealing car, attacking two in Williamsville
Police in Amherst and Buffalo are searching for two men who assaulted and robbed and man and woman in Williamsville early Tuesday after stealing a car in Buffalo. Shortly after midnight, Amherst...
View ArticleSexual misconduct case against a Niagara Falls school principal has been...
NIAGARA FALLS – While there appeared to be enough evidence to move forward with a sexual misconduct case involving three girls against 79th Street Elementary School Principal Patrick Kuciewski, there...
View ArticleOlean man, on probation, admits selling drugs
LITTLE VALLEY – An Olean man sentenced to probation in a business burglary earlier this year pleaded guilty this week to charges in two Olean drug cases within the past five months.Arturo D. Ross Sr.,...
View ArticleTwo marijuana patches found in Evans
Thanks to Capt. Kevin Caffery and his Air One helicoptor of the Erie County Sheriff’s Department, the Town of Evans police this afternoon shut down marijuana patches on Bennett Road and on...
View ArticleWoman robbed at knifepoint
A 20-year-old woman was robbed Tuesday night on the West Side at knifepoint, police said.The woman was walking at Vermont and 17th streets when an unknown man approached her and said, “I don’t want to...
View ArticleMan stopped at checkpoint found with 1,050 bootleg movies
A man who passed a police checkpoint with a fictitious inspection sticker Monday night was found to have 1,050 bootleg movies, police said.Antoine C. Williams, 44, was driving on Bailey Avenue near...
View ArticleFirefighters rescue woman from Niagara River
A woman was rescued from the water near Bird Island Pier in the Niagara River Wednesday morning, authorities said.The Buffalo Fire Department responded to the scene at 10:11 a.m. and pulled the woman...
View ArticleMan arrested for allegedly stealing laptop at Women and Children’s...
An East Side man suspected of stealing a laptop computer from Women and Children’s Hospital was arrested, police said Tuesday night.Christopher Livecchi, 42, had five keys that opened various doors in...
View ArticleBoy attacked by six men in front of Olympic Avenue house
A woman told police Monday night that six men threw her juvenile son off of an Olympic Avenue front porch and proceeded to punch, kick and stomp him until he was unconscious, authorities said.The six...
View ArticleIntense fire damages Allied Waste storage building in Niagara Falls
NIAGARA FALLS – A building that was used to store filter press plates was heavily damaged just before 10 p.m. Tuesday at Allied Waste at 5600 Niagara Falls Boulevard.Niagara Falls Fire Investigator...
View ArticleLockport drunk driver pleads guilty; NT man sentenced
LOCKPORT – A Lockport man pleaded guilty and a North Tonawanda man was sent to jail Wednesday in drunken driving cases before Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas.Peter L. Reed, 41, of Scovell...
View ArticleFalls stop armed man in wheelchair selling crack
NIAGARA FALLS – Police caught a suspected crack dealer in a wheelchair who tried to roll away after throwing his loaded .22 caliber short revolver in a pile of dirt in the 500 block alley off of Ferry...
View ArticleNT man draws probation for selling Suboxone
LOCKPORT – Five years’ probation was the sentence Wednesday for a North Tonawanda man who had pleaded guilty to selling the drug Suboxone in that city last year.Jason A. Kozlowski, 37, of Payne...
View ArticleNewfane drug dealer risks 12-year sentence if treatment fails
LOCKPORT – Brandon R. McKinney, 31, of Prospect Street, Newfane, pleaded guilty Wednesday to selling heroin and was admitted to the judicial diversion program of court-supervised drug treatment by...
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