Two arrested after six-month probe of Medina drug sales
MEDINA – A Carlton man and Medina woman were arrested Tuesday following a six-month probe into a prescription drug ring in Medina, authorities said. The suspects were identified as Jackie L. Sponaugle...
View ArticleBarker man indicted on federal drug-trafficking charges
A Barker man was indicted by a federal grand jury in Buffalo on drug-trafficking charges, U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. said. Allen M. Young, 37, is charged with with possession with intent to...
View ArticleMan accused of knockout kick during fight Monday night
A LaSalle Avenue man was charged with second-degree assault for allegedly knocking out a Wyandotte Avenue man by kicking him in the head as they fought in the 800 block of Tonawanda Street about 7...
View ArticleFlight 3407 families await release of Colgan Air safety audit
WASHINGTON – A long-secret report on safety issues at Colgan Air is about to see the light of day, 4½ years after the regional airline’s Flight 3407 crashed in Clarence, claiming 50 lives.U.S....
View ArticleKendall man charged with attempted murder of state trooper
A Kendall man faces an attempted murder charge after he tried to run over a trooper Tuesday with his car, state police said.Trooper Dan Metz tried to pull over Carlos J. Botello, 42, at 8:20 p.m....
View ArticleHolland motorist charged with felony DWI after late-night crash
A 54-year-old motorist was charged with a felony count of driving while intoxicated after a one-car accident late Tuesday in the Town of Holland, Erie County sheriff’s deputies reported.Dennis A....
View ArticleDriver charged with attempted murder in Orleans altercation with trooper
YATES – A Kendall man faces a charge of attempted murder after he allegedly tried to run over a trooper Tuesday with his car, State Police said.Trooper Dan Metz tried to pull over Carlos J. Botello,...
View ArticleTwo charged for their role in a strong arm robbery in Lockport
LOCKPORT – A man and woman were charged by the Niagara County Sheriff Department on Wednesday for their roles in a strong arm robbery which occurred on Aug. 29 on Dysinger Road in the Town of...
View ArticleMan robbed at gunpoint in Falls
NIAGARA FALLS – A 27-year-old man told police he was robbed at gun point in the 1900 block of Welch Avenue at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday.The victim said he left a friend’s house and went into the alley to get...
View ArticleSecond man charged for his role in Falls bank robbery
NIAGARA FALLS – Police charged a Buffalo man Tuesday for his role in the robbery last month of a Bank of America branch on Military Road near Niagara Falls Boulevard.Ronald J. Mclendon, 26, of Potomac...
View ArticleTools stolen from a building under construction
NIAGARA FALLS – Tools valued at $1,200 were stolen from an unoccupied residence under construction in the 700 block of Monteagle Street sometime between Sunday and Tuesday, according to police.The...
View ArticleJamestown man held on drug and weapons charges
JAMESTOWN – A Jamestown Police S.W.A.T. team and a State Police Special Operations Response Team arrested a man on drug and weapons charges when they executed a search warrant at two residences on...
View ArticleCopper thieves target Buffalo business again
Thieves stole a lot of bronze and copper from a heavy machinery repair facility on the East Side over Labor Day weekend –several thousand dollars worth, police and a shop foreman say.The burglars cut...
View ArticleOlean man pleads guilty to sodomizing girl, 10
LITTLE VALLEY – A 29-year-old Olean man faces a state prison term of up to 25 years on his guilty plea before Cattaraugus County Justice Ronald D. Ploetz to first-degree criminal sexual act for...
View ArticleMan, 21, charged in slaying of girl, 13
A 21-year-old Buffalo man was charged today with the slaying of 13-year-old Lanasha “Nay Nay” Rollerson.Darshawn Morris of 160 Hagen St. is charged with second-degree murder. Buffalo Police...
View ArticleSix arrested at Maroon 5 concert at Darien Lake
Six concertgoers were arrested after tussling with security personnel in separate incidents during a concert at Darien Lake Performing Arts Center Wednesday night, the Genesee County Sheriff’s Office...
View ArticleBurglars strike Lockport homes
Three homes were burglarized Wednesday night in the City of Lockport, police said this morning.Burglars entered homes on Franklin, Erie and High streets by opening unlocked doors or ground floor...
View ArticleAmherst cops nab would-be robber
A would-be robber was arrested in Williamsville Wednesday night after a run-in with Town of Amherst police officers during which he reportedly brandished a metal stapler as a weapon.Jason Wightman,...
View ArticleFalls teen gets 22 years in death of girl, 5
LOCKPORT – John R. Freeman Jr. was denounced by Isabella M. Tennant’s father as a “disgusting animal” Thursday, as Freeman was sentenced to 22 years to life in prison for killing the 5-year-old girl...
View ArticleJudge moves Love Canal suits back to state court
The lawsuits by families who lived near Love Canal and now claim to have health problems are moving back to state court.U.S. District Judge John T. Curtin cited a lack of federal jurisdiction in...
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