Burglars leave scene of North Buffalo store break-in empty-handed
Burglars cut the power to a Delaware Avenue store in North Buffalo and shattered a window with a rock early Saturday but fled before taking anything, Buffalo police said. It is unclear what led the...
View ArticleRage over high beams triggers stabbing, pounding
TOWN OF LOCKPORT – An argument over high-beam headlights triggered a fight in which a 23-year-old man was stabbed in both arms late Friday, Niagara County sheriff’s investigators said. A man driving...
View ArticleObscure crawlspace turns up man accused of terrorizing woman, son
KIANTONE – A man who evaded arrest in Kiantone for a week was found hiding in a crawlspace Saturday, state police said.Roman Gedz, 50, of Busti, was charged with unlawful imprisonment, criminal...
View ArticleLoss estimated at $16,000 in theft of recording-studio equipment
NIAGARA FALLS – Recording-studio equipment worth thousands of dollars was stolen during the burglary of an Ashland Avenue home Friday night, police said.Police said a lock on a back door was broken...
View ArticleDamaged car with three flat tires contains confused DWI suspect
NORTH TONAWANDA – A Gary Drive man was charged with driving while intoxicated early Saturday after police found him on Ohio Street in a car with three flat tires and front-end damage, authorities...
View ArticleBurglary suspect arrested after targeting home of off-duty officer
BATAVIA – A man who burglarized the home of an off-duty police officer was arrested Saturday afternoon, according to the state police.Aaron W. Clark, 24, of Batavia, was charged with burglary,...
View Article‘I don’t want to hurt anyone – I think people are...
As a teen, Sam stole a handgun and was disarmed by a police officer in an event that could have ended far worse. Later, he landed in prison for a bizarre crime. Now in his 30s, he is gracious, earnest...
View ArticleDoes training prepare cops for the mentally ill?
The police academy taught Deputy Benjamin Pisa and his class of recruits how to handle someone with a serious mental illness.Real life was different.Pisa was fresh out of the academy and in his second...
View ArticleMotorcyclist badly injured in Wheatfield crash
WHEATFIELD – A man who crashed his motorcycle on Lockport Road about 5 p.m. Saturday was listed in critical condition in Erie County Medical Center, the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office said.The man,...
View ArticleTwo female inmates may sue Niagara County
LOCKPORT – Two female inmates who say a male laundry worker sexually harassed them in the Niagara County Jail are seeking to file damage lawsuits against the county.Most recently Arlene Combs in State...
View ArticleShots fired into Langfield Drive home
Shots were fired into a home on Langfield Drive around 6:30 a.m. Saturday, according to a Buffalo police report. A mother told police an unknown person fired two shots through an open back door at the...
View ArticleMan leaving gas station robbed by group of teens
A man walking down Hodge Avenue late Saturday was robbed of $80 by five or six men, according to Buffalo police reports.The victim was walking away from a gas station around 11:40 p.m. when he turned...
View ArticleMan robbed after declining to buy drugs
A man was robbed Saturday night by a suspect on a bike after leaving a store at 1351 Kensington Ave., according to Buffalo police reports. The victim told police he was leaving the store around 9:40...
View ArticlePembroke teen ‘critical’ after crashing ATV
A Pembroke teen was rushed to Erie County Medical Center by Mercy Flight after the all-terrain vehicle he was driving struck a bush and overturned Saturday night, the Genesee County Sheriff’s Office...
View ArticleMotorcyclist dies in LeRoy crash
LeROY – A teenaged motorcyclist died and his passenger suffered serious injuries Sunday afternoon after a car drove into the path of their oncoming motorcycle in the Town of Leroy, State Police...
View ArticleFalls Kiwanis attorney tries to convince judge he was wrong in Oppenheim Zoo...
LOCKPORT – The attorney for the Kiwanis Club of Niagara Falls, which in March lost a lawsuit attempting to take control of the former Oppenheim Zoo property, was back in Niagara County Court on...
View ArticleOne-car crash kills driver in Perrysburg
PERRYSBURG – A car accident about 2 p.m. Sunday along County Line Road has left one person dead, according to the Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Office.A vehicle left the road and crashed, killing the...
View ArticleCrouse pleads guilty to killing girlfriend’s son
Thirty-year-old Justin Crouse is expected to be sentenced next month to between 20 and 25 years in prison, after pleading guilty in State Supreme Court on Friday to having killed his girlfriend’s son...
View ArticleElectrical fault in fan blamed for Tonawanda house fire
An electrical fault in a combination fan/heat lamp sparked a fire that significantly damaged a house in the Town of Tonawanda on Sunday night, police and fire officials reported.Elwood volunteer...
View ArticleBrother of deputy police commissioner pleads guilty in drug case
When Dale Lockwood was arrested two years ago, he warned investigators about his ties to a high-ranking Buffalo police officer.“Do you have any idea who I am?” he said. “My brother’s the deputy police...
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