West Valley man gets 10 years in child sex case
A 22-year-old West Valley man was ordered by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to serve a ten-year prison term and then five years of supervised release on his conviction for attempting to entice...
View ArticlePolice search Buffalo River area for alleged shoplifter
West Seneca and Cheektowaga police began a search of the Buffalo River area about 7:45 p.m. Monday for an alleged shoplifter who was chased out of a Harlem-Clinton area supermarket after he allegedly...
View ArticleLackawanna police seek suspects in fatal shooting
A late-night argument over where to park at an informal, heavily attended weekend block party in Lackawanna may have provoked the shooting that killed a 30-year-old man and critically wounded his...
View ArticlePolice still seeking homicide suspect
Buffalo homicide detectives today were still searching for a man who was wearing an orange hooded sweatshirt and grey sweatpants when he fatally shot 21-year-old Christopher Iverson of Buffalo at St....
View ArticleTwo stores in Niagara Falls report damage caused by copper thieves
NIAGARA FALLS – Two stores reported damage by someone stealing copper from outside of their businesses.A store manager for T.J. Maxx in the 7400 block of Niagara Falls Boulevard told police that...
View ArticlePolice confirm details of crash
Buffalo police today confirmed that a woman driver was extricated from her car by a Buffalo Fire Rescue Squad after she lost control in the westbound lane of the Scajaquada Expressway between Parkside...
View ArticleBar patrons acquitted of assault charges
A judge Tuesday acquitted a father and his two sons of second-degree gang assault charges that followed a bar melee in which a bouncer’s leg was broken.In a bench trial, State Supreme Court Justice...
View ArticleMartoche to retire as State Supreme Court justice, join Hodgson Russ law firm
State Supreme Court Appellate Justice Salvatore R. Martoche, one of Western New York’s best-known jurists, will retire from the bench this week to join the Hodgson Russ law firm.Martoche, 72, said...
View ArticleFalls man admits to unemployment benefit fraud
LOCKPORT – A man who collected $2,080 worth of unemployment benefits while he was actually working at two jobs entered a guilty plea Tuesday in Niagara County Court.Christian M. Ham, 25, of Fairfield...
View ArticleJudge will let gunman try probation
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man who pleaded guilty to a gun possession charge Tuesday will be given a chance at six months of probation, Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas said.“If you don’t...
View ArticleCheektowaga restaurant owner admits employing illegal aliens
The owner and manager of a Chinese restaurant in Cheektowaga has pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretney Jr. to harboring illegal aliens for commercial advantage and...
View ArticleBuffalo man faces more prison time for third weapons conviction
A Montana Street man faces seven years to life in prison when sentenced Sept. 23 as a persistent felony offender on his guilty plea to a felony gun charge.Terrell Hale, 32, pleaded guilty, as charged,...
View ArticleVandals with BB gun damage bus shelters, vehicles
Vandals armed with a BB gun damaged two bus shelters on Grant Street and a dozen vehicles in a nearby West Side neighborhood, police said Wednesday.The bus shelters are situated on Grant at Auburn...
View Article2 escape after car plunges into Tonawanda Creek
A car plunged into Tonawanda Creek Wednesday afternoon in Amherst, but the two people in the vehicle got out safely before police and volunteer firefighters arrived, authorities said.The car was...
View ArticleDonated school supplies stolen from Ken-Ton Closet
When volunteers left a small donation center in the Town of Tonawanda on Thursday afternoon, the cupboards were fully stocked with school supplies destined for needy kids.When they returned Tuesday...
View ArticleMan dies in Allegany County industrial accident
ANDOVER – A 79-year-old man died Wednesday afternoon when he was by hit steel components that fell from a hydraulic oil rig in Allegany County, State Police reported.The victim, Douglas L. Wightman of...
View ArticleLockport man jumped and robbed in hallway of his apartment building
TOWN OF LOCKPORT – A Dysinger Road man said he was lured out of his apartment in the 6600 block to meet with a woman he knew and then was struck by an unknown man who demanded his money just before...
View ArticleDriver stopped for speeding, charged with drunken driving
WHEATFIELD – A driver stopped for driving 63 in a 45 per hour zone at 2:15 a.m. Wednesday in the 2100 block of River Road was found with beer cans under the front seats and had a blood alcohol level...
View ArticleTwo men charged in an attempted break-in at a Falls gas station
NIAGARA FALLS – Police responding to a burglary in progress at 4:20 a.m. Wednesday at a gas station in the 8600 block of Niagara Falls Boulevard arrested two men at the scene.Jason Laufenberg, 39, of...
View ArticleJury acquits defendant in New Year’s Day shooting
A 23-year-old Buffalo man was acquitted this week on several charges, including attempted murder, stemming from a New Year’s Day shooting on Bailey Avenue.After a weeklong trial before Erie County...
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