Burglars hit West Side store
A store at 139 Vermont St. was burglarized this week, Buffalo police reported Friday.An unknown person damaged the surveillance camera and front door of the store and smashed the Plexiglas window on...
View ArticleFire heavily damages Kirkpatrick Street home
A structure fire Friday morning caused $30,000 in damage to a house on Kirkpatrick Street, a residential street off of Bailey Avenue between East Delavan Avenue and Wecker Street, authorities...
View ArticleSuspected burglar arrested in Chautauqua County
SINCLAIRVILLE – A 30-year-old Sinclairville man was arrested by Chautauqua County sheriff’s deputies earlier this afternoon and is being held on $40,000 bail on burglary and stolen property charges...
View ArticleBuffalo man charged with aiming shotgun at police officer
A Buffalo man was arrested early Friday morning for menacing after he pointed a 12-gauge shotgun at a police officer, authorities said.When Buffalo police arrived at a Liddell Street residence to...
View ArticleCheektowaga man sentenced to six months in jail for choking woman
A 56-year-old Cheektowaga man was ordered Friday to serve a six month jail term for choking his former girlfriend by Cheektowaga Town Court Justice Paul S. Piotrowski.Derrick E. Stevens of Atwood...
View ArticleConservancy wins $500,000 grant for Lewiston nature preserve
LEWISTON – The plan to turn 29 acres of land owned by the Sisters of St. Francis at Stella Niagara into a nature preserve along the banks of the Niagara River took a step forward this week.The Niagara...
View ArticleUnlicensed driver jailed for towing unregistered trailer
SILVER CREEK – A 26-year-old Lakewood man was jailed following his arrest Friday morning for towing an unregistered trailer through the village even though his driver’s license has been revoked due to...
View ArticleDoubts lead to minimum sentence for Falls burglar
LOCKPORT – Questions about the conduct of the victim’s ex-boyfriend led Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas to impose the minimum sentence of three years in prison on a burglar Friday.Edward J....
View ArticleFalls copper thief pleads guilty to two felonies
LOCKPORT – A man who was caught in an apparent copper caper March 1 at an apartment house on Whitney Avenue in Niagara Falls pleaded guilty in Niagara County Court Friday.Dominique D. Harrell, 20, of...
View ArticlePlea deal possible for Best in disposal of 5-year-old’s body
LOCKPORT – A plea bargain may be on tap for Tyler S. Best, the Buffalo man who led Niagara Falls police to the body of 5-year-old Isabella M. Tennant, and to her killer.In a brief Niagara County Court...
View ArticleCyclist injured in Fort Erie accident
FORT ERIE, Ont. – A cyclist was taken by ambulance to Greater Niagara General Hospital after he collided with an SUV shortly after 2 p.m. Friday as both were traveling south on the Niagara River...
View ArticleJet skiers collide in Niagara River near Peace Bridge
Two male jet skiers were rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard and the Erie County Sheriff’s Marine Unit after they collided about 8:24 p.m. Friday in the Niagara River under the Peace Bridge. Officials...
View ArticleTwo men injured in Westfield-area crash
BARCELONA –An 84-year-old Pennsylvania man was flown to an Erie, Pa. hospital and a 71-year-old Florida man was taken to Westfield Memorial Hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries...
View ArticleMan robbed of cell phone in Kenmore
Two young men are being sought by Kenmore police for allegedly robbing a man of his cell phone at gunpoint at about 7 p.m. Thursday on Stillwell Avenue near Winchester Place.One of the suspects fled...
View ArticleBikes and lawnmowers stolen in Niagara Falls
NIAGARA FALLS – Bicycles and lawnmowers were popular targets with thieves in four separate incidents reported Friday.An elderly 39th Street woman told police that someone stole her push mower from her...
View ArticleThief breaks into tourists’ vehicle
NIAGARA FALLS – A group of Chinese tourists lost over $6,000 worth of belongings when their vehicle was broken into Friday evening while parked near the old “Turtle” building in the 100 block of Main...
View ArticleFalls apartment burglarized while occupant slept on couch
NIAGARA FALLS – A Niagara Street apartment was burglarized Saturday morning while the occupant slept on a living room couch, police said.Someone entered the first-floor apartment between midnight at...
View ArticleCar stolen from North Tonawanda found in Pendleton
PENDLETON – A car stolen recently in North Tonawanda was found Thursday evening, abandoned on the Pendleton walking path off Mapleton Road, sheriff’s deputies said.The 2002 Ford had no license plates...
View ArticleVolunteer reports checks stolen while at Rescue Mission
The victim was working at the Niagara Gospel Rescue Mission between 6 and 7 p.m. when someone entered her purse, which had been left in a kitchen area, and ripped the blank checks out of a checkbook....
View ArticleTwo pot plants found in side yard of Olcott home
OLCOTT – A pair of five and-a-half foot tall marijuana plants were found growing in the side yard of a Clinton Street residence Thursday evening, sheriff’s deputies said.While police were in the area...
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