Alden man, 20, charged with DWI, other counts, in Clarence
An Alden man was charged with driving drunk early Sunday after troopers found his car in a Clarence ditch, state police said.Matthew K. Frayne, 20, failed roadside sobriety tests after his car was...
View ArticleShooting suspect’s statement should be suppressed, lawyer says
LOCKPORT – The attorney for Niagara Falls shooting suspect Paul E. Buck Jr. argued last week that his client’s statement should be ruled inadmissible for his upcoming trial.Dominic Saraceno of the...
View ArticleLockport man denies cocaine possession charges
LOCKPORT – A man accused of having nearly an ounce of cocaine when police raided his Lockport home Sept. 12 was arraigned last week in Niagara County Court.Ulford G. Jenkins, 41, of Elmwood Avenue,...
View ArticleFire routs Eggertsville family
One adult and two children were left homeless from an early-morning house fire on Margaret Road in Eggertsville, Amherst fire officials said.The $120,000 blaze started about 2 a.m. today in the...
View ArticleRochester man arrested with more than two-dozen license suspensions
ALABAMA – Genesee County sheriff’s officials said Rochester man arrested Sunday had 31 suspensions and revocations of his driving privileges dating back to 2000.Alberto Laboy-Bertran, 74, was arrested...
View ArticleRochester man arrested for drug-impaired driving
A property-damage crash in the Town of Alden late Sunday led to a Rochester man being arrested and charged with driving while ability impaired by drugs, Erie County sheriff’s officials said.Deputies...
View ArticlePolice seeking public’s help in finding two missing children
Buffalo police are looking for the public’s help in locating two missing children – ages 5 and 13 – reported missing Monday from their Cambridge Avenue home.Police say the 13-year-old girl may have...
View ArticleBreak-in at Catholic church in Dunkirk fails to disrupt Christmas Mass
DUNKIRK – Christmas Midnight Mass was scheduled to go on as scheduled at a Dunkirk Catholic church, following the report of a burglary just hours before the holy day.Dunkirk police are investigating...
View ArticleStabbing near Kensington Avenue leads to assault charge
Northeast District police have arrested a 22-year-old man accused of using a butcher knife to stab another man multiple times inside a vehicle on Northumberland Avenue on Sunday night.The victim,...
View ArticleTheft ring busted at Clarence Walmart
A shoplifting ring at the Walmart Superstore in Clarence was apparently broken up Monday, when state police charged four employees with stealing thousands of dollars by not ringing up merchandise or...
View ArticleSuspicious blazes keep firefighters busy
Two suspicious fires – one in the city’s Genesee-Moselle neighborhood, one in Black Rock – are under investigation by Buffalo fire officials.Firefighters were called at 8:04 p.m. Monday to extinguish a...
View ArticlePolice, white Christmas Eve foil Schiller Park burglary
Police tracked footprints in the snow to solve a Christmas Eve burglary in the city’s Schiller Park neighborhood.The thieves kicked in a rear door of a house on Rogers Avenue late Monday and stole a...
View ArticleMan stabbed during strange encounter on East Side
A man told Buffalo police today that he was sliced with a kitchen knife by an unknown assailant at Erb and Genesee streets near the city line.Marshawn Barclay, no age or address available, said he was...
View ArticleSouth Buffalo teen accused of multiple car break-ins
A 19-year-old has been charged with breaking into more than two dozen vehicles in South Buffalo, police said Tuesday.Nicholas White, no address available, was charged with third-degree burglary, petit...
View ArticleBrant man charged with felony DWI after rollover crash
A Town of Brant man faces felony drunken driving and other charges following rollover crash Tuesday in North Collins.James R. Nelms, 29, of Orchard Meadows Drive. was found by Erie County sheriff’s...
View ArticleBuffalo man critical with stab wound suffered on Christmas Eve
A Buffalo man is in critical condition in the Erie County Medical Center, where he is being treated for a stab wound suffered Monday night, Buffalo Police reported.Carlos Stanley, 31, whose street...
View ArticleMan on probation arrested after gunfire incident in Lockport
A man identified by police as a convicted sex criminal was arrested late Tuesday after a gunshot was fired at a suspected Lockport drug house.Kenneth W. Houghton Jr., 31, of Walnut Street, was arrested...
View ArticleBurglars hit one city location within a week
A home in the 400 block of West Utica Street was hit by burglars Tuesday evening for the third time in the past week, a resident told Buffalo Police.This time, intruders left a tire iron on the...
View ArticleSpringville man charged with aggravated DWI after crash in Concord
A Springville man was charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated after he crashed his car in Concord early Wednesday, Erie County Sheriff’s officials said.The crash, which involved just one car,...
View ArticleFire drives residents from Hamburg home
Six people and their dog were left homeless a day after Christmas when their two-story house in the Village of Hamburg was heavily damaged by fire.Two adults and four children, including the family...
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