Man imprisoned for B&B burglary
LOCKPORT – Alexander S. Wisby, whose attorney said he was a drug addict, was sentenced Wednesday to one to three years in prison for stealing $3,742 worth of property from a Town of Lockport...
View ArticleTrusello takes plea deal in Lockport bank robbery
LOCKPORT – The man who robbed the M&T Bank branch in the City of Lockport March 8 pleaded guilty Wednesday in Niagara County Court.Joseph J. Trusello, 24, of Ransomville Road, Lewiston, admitted...
View ArticleCar driver critically hurt in crash with tractor trailer near Skyway
A passenger car driver reported by State Police to be in his mid-20s remained in critical condition at ECMC this evening hours after his car and a tractor trailer rig were involved in a crash on the...
View ArticleBar owner pleads guilty to sales tax fraud
A 50-year-old Eden man who operated a Hamburg bar and restaurant pleaded guilty before State Supreme Court Justice John L. Michalski today to grand larceny in the second degree for failing to pay...
View ArticleAmherst man pleads guilty in WNY’s biggest synthetic pot bust
An Amherst man pleaded guilty in court Wednesday to what federal prosecutors call the biggest synthetic marijuana bust in Western New York history.Fawzi A. Al-Arashi, 35, pleaded guilty before U.S....
View ArticleSilver Creek man hit by bus
SILVER CREEK – A 50-year-old Silver Creek man who was attempting to flag down a Coach USA bus at noon today was struck by the rear tires of the bus and injured. Robert T. Stankowitz, of Tew Street,...
View ArticleCase against Niagara Falls principal involved girls younger than 15
NIAGARA FALLS – Three female students were all younger than 15 when they allegedly had sexual contact with 79th Street School Principal Patrick M. Kuciewski, but officials are barred from prosecuting...
View ArticleCara Dickey heading back to jail for up to 18 months
A former teacher who spent almost three years in prison for raping a teenage student will spend more time behind bars for failing to register as a sex offender and violating parole.Cara L. Dickey, 35,...
View ArticleSchool bus accident reported on William Street
Emergency responders were called to the scene of a motor vehicle accident involving a school bus that had children on it this afternoon, authorities reported.The announcement came over police radio...
View ArticleMan shot in foot on Lonsdale
A man was shot in the foot Monday morning on Lonsdale Road near Northland Avenue, police said.The victim was walking south on Lonsdale around 8:30 a.m. when three unknown males approached him,...
View ArticleAccountant admits stealing $100,000 from Planned Parenthood
A 44-year-old Lockport woman has pleaded guilty to pilfering more than $100,000 from Planned Parenthood of Western New York.Melissa Kwoka of Corinthia Street admitted in court Wednesday morning that...
View ArticleWoman hurt in two-car crash in Town of Dunkirk
DUNKIRK – A 21-year-old Silver Creek woman was cited for failure to maintain the proper lane after she was treated at Erie County Medical Center in Buffalo for non-life-threatening injuries she...
View ArticleBuffalo man pleads guilty to federal drug charges
A Buffalo man pleaded guilty Thursday before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to conspiracy to possess and distribute heroin and cocaine.Pascual Giovanny Navarro-Gonzalez, 29, is the latest of...
View ArticleTonawanda man faces new charges in drug overdose death
A federal grand jury has indicted a Town of Tonawanda man on new charges related to the fatal overdose of one of his alleged customers.The indictment accuses Peter N. Militello of selling a heroin and...
View ArticleWoman, 20, charged in two robberies at M&T branches
Buffalo police arrested a 20-year-old woman Thursday in connection with a bank robbery on Wednesday and another one earlier this month.Adlyn Marie Echevarria Robles was charged with Wednesday’s...
View ArticleAlix's family settles suit against country club but not Corasanti
The estate of an Amherst teenager who was fatally struck by a car in 2011 has settled its lawsuit against a country club that served alcohol to the driver, Dr. James G. Corasanti, before the crash.The...
View ArticleAllentown residents on edge about rising crime
Tim Hobin never thought he’d have to put metal bars in the windows of his Cottage Street apartment on the western end of Allentown. He’s lived there for almost three years, and he said it’s always...
View ArticleSeveral taken to hospitals after Hamburg crash
Several passengers were taken to area hospitals after a two-vehicle crash on Old Lake Shore Road at Crescent Terrace in Hamburg about 7:53 p.m. Thursday, Hamburg police reported.One of the vehicles...
View ArticleSardinia man charged with felony DWI on ATV
A 40-year-old Sardinia man, with two drunken-driving convictions, was charged again with DWI after he was spotted driving an all-terrain vehicle on a public road, according to Erie County sheriff’s...
View ArticleFeds suing owner of Smokin’ Joes
The federal government is suing the owner of Smokin’ Joe’s in Lewiston over $2.4 million in tobacco assessments.The suit, filed Thursday, accuses Joseph Anderson of failing to pay mandated charges...
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