Lockport woman admits making meth
LOCKPORT – A Town of Lockport woman pleaded guilty in Niagara County Court this week to making methamphetamine in her home.Jessica L. Pittler, 23, of Fairview Drive, pleaded guilty to a reduced charge...
View ArticleFalls man arraigned in copper caper
LOCKPORT – One of two Niagara Falls men charged with trying to steal copper pipe from a vacant home in that city April 6 was arraigned on a four-count indictment Friday in Niagara County Court.Jose C....
View ArticleFalls man caught in drug raid denies charges
LOCKPORT – A man accused of having cocaine, marijuana and psychiatric pills when police raided his apartment on March 28 pleaded not guilty to a five-count indictment Friday in Niagara County...
View ArticleRobinson mulls plea offer in murder case
LOCKPORT – Kelvin W. Robinson, whose guilty plea to the stabbing death of his wife was thrown out on appeal, has been given until Thursday to consider a plea offer that would reduce his minimum...
View ArticleLawtons woman arrested for attempted murder in double stabbing
GOWANDA – A 48-year-old Lawtons woman remains in custody at the Cattaraugus County jail on attempted murder and other charges for allegedly attacking and seriously injuring a former Gowanda boyfriend...
View ArticleElma man arrested on drug-trafficking charges
A 29-year-old Elma man was arrested early Friday afternoon on drug trafficking-related charges, the Erie County Sheriff’s Office reported. Mark J. Carney of Seneca Street was arrested at his home...
View ArticleBuffalo man claims pills belonged to his dead father
A 24-year-old Buffalo man, who was arrested on drug and marijuana charges when a state trooper stopped his car, claimed the drugs belonged to his father, who died in 2011.Stanley J. Kubiak of Lakewood...
View ArticleAmherst man killed in Pennsylvania crash on I-79
An Amherst man was among three people killed Friday afternoon in a head-on collision on Interstate 79 in Mercer County, Pa.Robert J. Neubert II, 62, of Amherst reportedly lost control of his...
View ArticleProgress reports on Erie County’s jails to remain secret, judge rules
As part of a historic settlement that grew out of a rash of inmate suicides, Erie County has agreed to hire two independent experts to monitor its jails and file progress reports with the U.S. Justice...
View ArticleCabbie robbed at Moselle Street drop-off
A driver for Liberty Cab told police late Friday that three young passengers robbed him when he was dropping them off at a Moselle Street address. The cabbie said he picked up the three at Bennett...
View ArticleVictim beaten and robbed outside Grider gas station
A person was beaten and robbed early Saturday morning by a large group of young men outside a gas station in the city’s Grider neighborhood, Buffalo police said.The male victim was jumped at about...
View ArticleUniversity Heights drug query culminates in stabbing
A man was stabbed early Saturday while on his porch in the city’s University Heights neighborhood.James Minter, no age available, told police he was sitting on his porch on Dartmouth Avenue at about...
View ArticleSlumber in Dysinger Road apartment interrupted by burglar
TOWN OF LOCKPORT – The sound of something breaking early Saturday alerted a Dysinger Road man to a burglary in his apartment, police said. The victim told Niagara County sheriff’s deputies that he was...
View ArticleTall brush conceals two ATVs stolen Friday
ROYALTON – Two all-terrain vehicles stolen from a Town of Niagara residence were found hidden in tall brush on a Tonawanda Creek Road property Friday morning, Niagara County sheriff’s deputies said....
View ArticleRecovery of guns in 14th Street home leads to felony arrest
A Buffalo man is charged with felony weapons possession after police recovered several guns from a home on 14th Street.The arrest by the Buffalo Police Department Strike Force occurred late last...
View ArticleWrangle continues over defense attorneys in NT man’s third murder trial
LOCKPORT – Preparing to try a 32-year-old homicide case for the third time is no easy matter, as a session in State Supreme Court demonstrated last week.Justice Richard C. Kloch Sr. and the attorneys...
View ArticleShooting at Lockport bar was part of a chaotic evening for police
LOCKPORT - A man was shot in the shoulder during a fight in a Lockport bar early Saturday, Police Chief Lawrence M. Eggert said.The unidentified victim was transported to Eastern Niagara Hospital and...
View ArticleWoman’s death on Niagara Street appears to be suspicious
A woman was discovered dead inside her Niagara Street apartment, after police were called to check on her welfare late Friday afternoon.The circumstances of the woman’s death appear to be suspicious,...
View ArticleFire causes roof collapse at vacant restaurant
Buffalo firefighters battled a blaze early this morning that caused $10,000 damage to a vacant two-and-a-half-story restaurant at 1646-1650 Genesee St. on the city’s East Side. The cause of the fire...
View ArticleCall about ‘troubled’ customer leads to DWI and narcotics counts
Erie County sheriff’s deputies arrested a Delevan man early this morning on felony drunken driving and narcotics charges after receiving a call from an Olean Road business in the Town of...
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