3 Thorold teens rescued from lift bridge high over Welland Canal
Three teenage boys from Thorold, Ont., were suspended about 115 feet above the Welland Canal for about an hour before they were rescued early Tuesday morning in a stunt that closed the canal and...
View ArticleElderly woman dies in Lewiston crash
LEWISTON – A 96-year-old woman died after the crash of her car into a house at 700 Cayuga Street at 2:54 p.m. Tuesday, authorities said.The woman, who has not been identified, was unresponsive when...
View ArticleSweet Avenue man accused of menacing with handgun
A Sweet Avenue man arrested on weapons and menacing charges is accused of threatening a man with a 22-caliber revolver at Bailey Avenue and East Amherst Street about 5:30 p.m. Monday. Tyquarius Bush,...
View ArticleDunn campaign aide charged with DWI after crash
James Costello Jr., the volunteer director of campaign operations for Bert D. Dunn, a Democratic candidate for Erie County sheriff, was charged last week with driving while intoxicated and leaving the...
View ArticleBatavia man gets prison for taking girl out of state to have sex with her
A Batavia man has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to 56 months in prison for taking an underage girl out of state to have sex with her.Timothy Logsdon, 29, had previously...
View ArticleMan charged in kidnapping after woman found bound with tape
LOCKPORT – City police responding to a call in the 100 block of South Transit Street found a woman face down in a car with her hands and feet bound by duct tape Tuesday night.Police released the...
View ArticleLocal soldier found dead in her Fort Hood barracks
A soldier from the Buffalo area stationed at Fort Hood died Sunday after being found unresponsive in her barracks at the Texas military base, the Fort Hood Public Affairs Office announced today. Pfc....
View ArticleSuspected cellphone thief advertises a familiar ring
A Kenmore man who accidentally left his cellphone at a slot machine of the Buffalo Seneca Creek Casino early Wednesday rang up the phone on another cellphone and confronted the thief, police said....
View ArticleBuffalo mayor, police and community groups discuss curbing crime
Police, government agencies and the Buffalo community need to work together. This was a sentiment emphasized repeatedly during Wednesday night’s summit attended by community activists, police and...
View ArticleSocial media, hotline help police discover, break up underage drinking parties
Chalk up another tradition being affected by social media: large underage drinking parties.Young people take to Facebook, Twitter and texting to spread the word when they decide to spend a lazy summer...
View ArticleMan jumps off building in Lancaster, ending confrontation
A man on the roof of a commercial building around William Street and Transit Road jumped off the structure, ending a standoff that began at around 9:20 p.m. Wednesday, Lancaster police said.Thomas...
View ArticleTrial date set for 4 charged in Carroll home invasion, slayings
MAYVILLE – Trial has been set to begin March 11 for four men charged with killing a Chautauqua County couple earlier this year in their Town of Carroll home.A Chautauqua County Court judge set the...
View ArticleMan arraigned on attempted murder charge in Falls shooting
LOCKPORT – A man with a history of gun violence was arraigned Thursday on an indictment charging him with shooting a man in Niagara Falls on May 26.Cordarise M. Houston, 23, of 70th Street in the...
View ArticleMurder defendant’s mother charged in court disruption during sentencing
A woman was charged with disorderly conduct Thursday after disrupting a State Supreme Court session where her son was sentenced for murder.Devon “Ghost” Scott, 19, of Buffalo, previously pleaded...
View ArticleThieves get a workout in theft of gym equipment
WHEATFIELD – Thieves who cut a hole in the wall of a building being built for a Fitness Factory at 7330 Wheatfied-Pendleton Road overnight Monday made off with gym equipment worth $10,000, Niagara...
View ArticleMan imprisoned for meth-fueled beating of his grandmother
LOCKPORT – A man who attacked his 83-year-old grandmother in what his attorney said was a methamphetamine-triggered assault was sentenced Thursday to one to three years in prison.Daniel J. Regan said...
View ArticleMan wanted by Florida authorities arrested at Rainbow Bridge
NIAGARA FALLS – A man wanted on felony charges in Florida was arrested Wednesday by customs officers at the Rainbow Bridge, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Field Operations said Thursday.Lathon...
View ArticleGo-kart driver charged with DWI in Town of Sherman
SHERMAN – Call it a GKWI — go-karting while intoxicated.State Police based in Jamestown announced Thursday that Arthur Reid, 22, was arrested for driving while intoxicated on Saturday after a trooper...
View ArticleRaw honey is pilfered from a Hartland farm
HARTLAND – There’s a sticky-fingered thief in Niagara County who’s got sheriff’s deputies buzzing.A beekeeper reported to authorities that 300 pounds of raw honey had been stolen from one of his...
View ArticlePolice issue alert for missing North Buffalo woman
A search is under way for a 60-year-old Bickford Avenue woman who has been missing since Saturday.Sharon Lewis – 5 feet, 3 inches tall and weighing about 200 pounds – suffers from health and medical...
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