Police break up two huge drinking parties, in Wyoming and Orleans counties
Twenty-two people, all between 18 and 20 years old, have been arrested in connection with a pair of large drinking parties in Wyoming and Orleans counties early Monday and early Sunday.The more recent...
View ArticleBatavia man sent to prison for taking girl, 16, across state lines
A Batavia man was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to 56 months in prison for taking an underage girl out of state for the purpose of having sex with her.Timothy Logsdon, 29, had...
View ArticleNiagara Falls man recovering from shooting is shot again
NIAGARA FALLS – Police are receiving little help from the public as they search for a suspect in a shooting that happened just after 2:30 a.m. Sunday inside a crowded Highland Avenue bar. The victim,...
View ArticleStudents, staff flee fire at Westminster Community Charter School
Almost 200 young people and staff members at Westminster Community Charter School participated in a practice fire drill Friday. At 3 p.m. Monday, they put those skills to use, fleeing the real thing...
View ArticleLancaster teen dies in hit-and-run in Northern New York
MORRISTOWN – A young man from Lancaster has died after he was struck by a sport utility vehicle while he was walking along a road in Northern New York state, authorities said Monday.State police said...
View ArticleTips lead police to a suspect in an armed robbery of a 7-Eleven in May
NIAGARA FALLS – A man wanted for his role in an armed robbery in May was arrested by Niagara Falls detectives this morning.Patrick D. Cronan, 49, of Main Street was charged with first-degree armed...
View ArticleDriver arrested in Hanover, Chautauqua County
HANOVER – A 44-year-old Ohio man was arrested on aggravated drunken driving and traffic charges after he was stopped on Allegany Road in this township by Chautauqua County Sheriff’s deputies about...
View ArticleWilliamsville man pleads guilty in pipe-bomb case
Duncan Badding, the Williamsville man accused of owning materials used to make pipe bombs, pleaded guilty Monday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Leslie G. Foschio to knowingly making a destructive...
View ArticleUnderage drinking gets 22 in trouble in Wyoming, Orleans counties
Twenty-two people, all between the ages of 18 and 20, were arrested in connection with two large drinking parties early Monday and early Sunday in Wyoming and Orleans counties.The more recent one...
View ArticlePretrial session held for 4 charged in Frewsburg home invasion slayings
MAYVILLE – A pretrial conference was held Monday in the chambers of State Supreme Court Justice John Ward in the case of four men charged in the brutal home invasion slayings of a Town of Frewsburg...
View ArticleTwo more convicted in federal drug case that centered on Lockport
Justin “Diddy” McTigue of Lockport was ordered by U. S. District Chief Judge William M. Skretny on Monday to serve a six-year prison term followed by four years of supervised release on his conviction...
View ArticleHoskins prosecution to seek forfeiture of some of her horses
When Aurora horse farm owner Beth Lynne Hoskins is sentenced Sept. 26 on 52 counts of animal cruelty for mistreatment of her high-end Morgan horses, the prosecution will be seeking the forfeiture of...
View ArticlePlumbing and building supplies stolen from house in Niagara Falls
NIAGARA FALLS – Thieves targeted a house in the 1800 block of Ontario Avenue, where tools and other items valued at about $2,700 were stolen between 3 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. Monday.Entry was...
View ArticleBottle bombs found in yard on Ferry Avenue in Falls
NIAGARA FALLS – A 69-year-old man told police that someone placed two plastic bottles in his yard that exploded when he tried to pick them up.The victim was not injured and no property was damaged.He...
View ArticleTheft of Wheatfield fire hydrant components trigger search of scrapyards
WHEATFIELD – Cast-iron caps and valve-box lids from several fire hydrants in the 6000 block of Nash Road were stolen over the weekend, authorities said.Wheatfield Water Department Supervisor Richard...
View ArticleWheatfield home condemned after dogs complaint
WHEATFIELD – Two dogs discovered living in deplorable conditions Monday at 2465 Old Falls Blvd. led to the house being condemned, Niagara County sheriff’s deputies said..The SPCA of Niagara contacted...
View ArticleJudge rejects effort to dismiss charges in shooting of 2-year-old
LOCKPORT – Niagara County Judge Matthew J. Murphy III Tuesday rejected a defense motion to dismiss the charges against a man accused of shooting a 2-year-old girl in the face last year while he was...
View ArticleWheatfield man admits to felony DWI
LOCKPORT – A Wheatfield man pleaded guilty in State Supreme Court Tuesday to a felony count of driving while intoxicated stemming from his March 9 arrest in that town.Robert F. Banas Jr., 54, of...
View ArticleLockport man sentenced in pot case; faces federal narcotics charges
LOCKPORT – A Pine Street man was sentenced to a year in jail Tuesday for growing marijuana in his apartment, but he faces much more serious legal troubles in federal court.William H. Chapple III, 45,...
View ArticleBuffalonian charged in First Niagara Bank branch robbery
A 23-year-old Buffalo man has been charged with robbing the First Niagara Bank branch Monday afternoon in the 700 block of Exchange Street, according to Buffalo police.Alqifi Nageeb of Minton Street...
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