Two robbed in Schiller Park area by armed pair
Two people were robbed at gunpoint over the weekend in the city’s Schiller Park neighborhood, Buffalo police said Saturday.The two victims – both males – told police they were at Genesee Street and...
View ArticleFour enter Allentown apartment, beat two with shovel
Four males forced their way into an Allentown apartment and beat two people with a shovel, Buffalo police said Saturday.The incident happened in an apartment on Elmwood Avenue, between Allen and...
View ArticleWoman fends off would-be robbers
A woman fended off two would-be robbers Saturday afternoon in Riverside.The woman was followed by two teenagers after she walked away from a gas station sometime between 1 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. Saturday,...
View ArticleFormer executive director sues Niagara SPCA over benefits
WHEATFIELD – The SPCA of Niagara reneged on its promises of lifetime health insurance and life insurance, the organization’s former executive director contended in a lawsuit filed last week.Albert J....
View ArticleWoman and girl sexually assaulted at gunpoint
A 24-year-old woman and a 10-year-old girl were sexually assaulted at gunpoint while at home Saturday morning in the city’s Kensington-Bailey neighborhood, police said.The incident happened at about...
View ArticlePolice ask for help in finding man who held up Hamburg store
Hamburg police are asking the public’s help in catching the man who robbed a local store on Friday.The man entered the store Friday afternoon and handed the clerk a note demanding cash. The store...
View ArticlePortland man charged with DWI after rollover accident
PORTLAND – A Portland man struck a parked vehicle on Route 20 in Portland Sunday morning, causing his own vehicle to overturn, Chautauqua County sheriff’s deputies reported.Frederick S. Brown, 28, was...
View ArticleSherman man charged in home break-in
FRENCH CREEK – A Sherman man was taken into custody after breaking into a French Creek home around 5:10 a.m. Sunday, according to the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Department.Benjamin D. Crane, 21, was...
View ArticleThree men rob Ontario Street convenience store
Three men robbed a 7-Eleven convenience store in the 500 block of Ontario Street at gunpoint at 4:14 a.m. Sunday. One of the suspects approached the sales clerk and displayed a short pistol shotgun....
View ArticleMan with box cutter steals cash, bike
A man was robbed of a $56.80, a pack of cigarettes and his bicycle after being threatened by an unknown suspect with a box cutter, according to police reportsThe victim was riding his bike on South...
View ArticleRiverside man knocked unconscious by two muggers
A man was knocked unconscious by two unknown suspects around 3:30 p.m. Friday at his Albert Avenue home in the Riverside section of the city, police reported.The suspects attacked the victim from...
View ArticleTires slashed on four vehicles in downtown parking ramp
Four vehicle owners reported their tires were slashed around 11:30 p.m. Saturday in a downtown parking ramp, Buffalo police reported.The vehicles were parked in the Augspurger Ramp near West Huron...
View ArticleSearch continues for Buffalo fisherman in gorge whirlpool
A Buffalo man remained missing Sunday night after he fell into the Niagara Gorge whirlpool area around 6 a.m. Sunday. The man was fishing with two friends when he approached the water and was swept...
View ArticlePolice officer’s ID stolen
A thief forced entry into a Buffalo police officer’s locked vehicle and stole a wallet containing the officer’s credit cards, drivers license, and police department work ID, police reported Sunday....
View ArticleTwo would-be robbers suffer gunshot wounds
Two would-be robbers suffered gunshot wounds Sunday night when a man they were apparently trying to rob on the city’s East Side shot them in self-defense, Buffalo police said. The shooting took place...
View ArticleNiagara sheriff probes report of witness tampering
TOWN OF LOCKPORT – Sheriff’s investigators were looking into reports Sunday that a witness in a recent robbery case was offered a bribe to not show up to testify.The robbery occurred July 20, and...
View ArticleFalling water jug leads to two men being detained
A water jug falling off a pickup truck may have cost two Mexican men their freedom in America.Late Saturday night, a trooper from the State Police at Clarence was southbound on Transit Road in the...
View ArticleSuspended Homeland Security supervisor admits sharing child porn
A suspended Homeland Security supervisor entered a guilty plea to possession of child pornography in a plea agreement Monday, admitting in U.S. District Court in Buffalo that he viewed and shared...
View ArticleInitial reports suggest University District double shooting was self-defense
A 50-year-old University District resident and his two sons were washing a family car in his driveway Sunday evening when all hell broke loose.One of two armed robbers approached the trio, put a gun...
View ArticlePieri sentence reduced in hit-and-run case
The jail sentence of a 40-year-old man who coaxed his former girlfriend to drive away after her car struck and injured two young women four years ago in Snyder has been reduced from one year to 10...
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