Vandals at LaSalle Water Park cause $200 in damage
NIAGARA FALLS – Vandals broke the flush sensors on two urinals overnight Friday at the LaSalle Waterfront Park on Buffalo avenue, police said. About 8 a.m. Saturday, workers discovered the damage in...
View ArticleJamestown man charged with DWI after crashing into embankment
KIANTONE – A crash early Saturday resulted in a drunken-driving charge against a Jamestown man, Chautauqua County sheriff’s officials said.Christopher J. Conti, 42, was driving south on Peck...
View ArticleVictims in separate Buffalo stabbings taken to ECMC
A Buffalo man remained in stable condition Saturday at Erie County Medical Center after an attacker stabbed him in the chest Friday night.The attack occurred just before 10 p.m. on Byrd Way, off...
View ArticleMan arrested in Target fire admits to crime, police say
The man accused of starting the fire Thursday that caused as much as $5 million damage to the Target store on Niagara Falls Boulevard returned to the Amherst store on Friday, was arrested and admitted...
View ArticleDamage estimated at $25,000 in Winslow Avenue house fire
A fire Saturday caused extensive damage to a home near East Ferry Street and Jefferson Avenue.Firefighters were called just after 7 p.m. Saturday to extinguish a blaze in a 2½-story house at 20...
View ArticleGunman robs Buffalo man of iPhone and $150 on Grote Street
A Buffalo man told police he was robbed at gunpoint early Saturday morning on Grote Street, off Military Road.The robbery occurred shortly after 2 a.m., when the victim was approached by the gunman...
View ArticleTolbert, citing police union, accuses Brown of manipulating crime statistics
Mayoral challenger and former federal law enforcement agent Bernard A. Tolbert on Saturday attacked the Brown administration, saying it has manipulated crime statistics to make Buffalo seem safer and...
View ArticleCharges pending against East Otto motorist who collided with buggy
LITTLE VALLEY – Charges are pending against a motorist who collided with an Amish buggy last weekend in East Otto, injuring a 3-year-old girl traveling with her family, Cattaraugus County sheriff’s...
View ArticleTown of Perry barn fire claims lives of nine pigs
WARSAW – An adult pig and eight piglets died in a barn fire Monday night in the Wyoming County Town of Perry, according to the county’s Office of Emergency Services.A passer-by spotted the fire at...
View ArticleMotorcyclist charged with DWI after crash in Dayton
LITTLE VALLEY – A 39-year-old motorcyclist was injured last weekend in an accident attributed to driving while intoxicated, the Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Office reported.Christopher A. Enser, of...
View ArticleYorkshire man charged with DWI after accident
YORKSHIRE – A 26-year-old man was charged with driving while intoxicated after a rollover accident last weekend in the Cattaraugus County Town of Yorkshire, State Police reported today.Steven R....
View ArticleActive shooter drill at Springville High School Wednesday
The Erie County Sheriff’s Office SWAT Unit will conduct an “active shooter” drill Wednesday afternoon at Springville-Griffith Institute High School, 290 N. Buffalo St.The drill, from 12:30 p.m. to...
View ArticleTourists robbed of cash and electronics by armed men wearing ski masks
NIAGARA FALLS – A couple walking at Whirlpool Street and Walnut Avenue just before 10 p.m. on Monday was robbed by three men – one armed with a pump action shot gun and the another with a handgun,...
View ArticleContact between 3 teachers, murder suspect being investigated
Three teachers in the Cheektowaga Central School District most likely won’t be in the classroom at the start of this school year – as district officials investigate their conduct during a murder...
View ArticleSearch for buried shotgun leads to marijuana plants in Royalton
ROYALTON – A man who was digging up a shotgun in the backyard of his late uncle’s home in the 6000 block of Miller Road instead chanced onto several marijuana plants – some growing in buckets and...
View Article‘Seasoned user’ of crack cocaine pleads guilty to two gas...
LOCKPORT – A Town of Lockport man, whose attorney called him “a seasoned user” of crack cocaine, pleaded guilty to two gas station robberies in Niagara County Court Tuesday.Danny P. Merritt, 33, of...
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View ArticleFalls man charged with shooting girl, 2, rejects plea deal
LOCKPORT – Willie R. Scott Jr., the Niagara Falls man charged with shooting a 2-year-old girl in the face while he was allegedly trying to shoot someone else, rejected a plea offer Tuesday and now...
View ArticleFire alarm sends Maid of the Mist tourists, staffers scrambling
NIAGARA FALLS – Staffers and tourists were evacuated from the Maid of the Mist Plaza about about 9:15 a.m. Tuesday when a fire alarm was triggered by dust that had accumulated in the duct work.The...
View ArticleWoman charged with drug possession following raid on Rommel Street
An Amherst Street woman was charged with drug possession, four bags of heroin and 21 hydrocordine pills found during a police raid of a Rommel Street home about 6 a.m. Tuesday Adrienne Bradford, 37,...
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