Akron woman charged with DWI and Leandra’s Law felony
An Akron woman faces drunken driving and other charges after police said she was intoxicated while driving with a child in her vehicle.Robin M. Finsterbach, 38, of Barnum Road, was arrested by Erie...
View ArticleLisbon avenue man mugged in his own driveway
Buffalo police are looking for two men who mugged and robbed a Lisbon Avenue man in his driveway Sunday evening.The victim said he was struck on his left arm by the bandit carrying a handgun as he was...
View ArticleBuffalo ends year with 50 homicides
It was a bloody year for the City of Good Neighbors.Fifty people were victims of homicides last year, up nearly 40 percent from the previous year’s total of 36.The vast majority of the killings were...
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The victims of 2012Buffalo 50 homicides last year1. Arthur Walton, 34, died Jan. 12, stabbed, Roebling Avenue; under investigation.2. Adrian L. Huggins Jr., 25, died Jan. 18 after being shot 10 days...
View ArticleHoward’s life term upheld by state appellate court
An appeals court has upheld the life sentence given to a Buffalo man for what a trial judge called a “brutal and senseless” killing in 2008.Earl Howard, now 21 and an inmate at Southport Correctional...
View ArticleCounterfeit season ends with more stadium arrests
Counterfeiters of NFL merchandise selling their fake wares outside Ralph Wilson Stadium took a beating this season with Orchard Park police and federal authorities making a number of arrests, including...
View ArticleLockport man held for attempted murder after 7-year-old girl is attacked
LOCKPORT – A Lockport man is being held in attempted murder charges after police said he tried to kill a 7-year-old girl.David Alfonso, 28, was arrested by Lockport police early Monday afternoon at...
View ArticleTraffic stop leads to two arrests for heroin possession
A Dunkirk man was nabbed by authorities Monday, nine days after he and an Irving man were caught allegedly transporting a large quantity of heroin into the city, Dunkirk police reported.Raymond...
View ArticleMan admits shooting Falls teen in chest
LOCKPORT – Paul E. Buck Jr. admitted in Niagara County Court on Thursday that he gunned down an 18-year-old man on a Niagara Falls street corner April 25, leaving him with a bullet lodged near his...
View ArticleLong prison terms ordered in home invasion, burglary
LOCKPORT – Judges dished out stiff sentences in separate cases Thursday, both involving repeat felons.State Supreme Court Justice Richard C. Kloch Sr. sent Deonte J. Brinson of Niagara Falls to prison...
View ArticleTraffic slowed, two hurt in head-on crash in Orchard Park
Two drivers were taken by ambulance to Erie County Medical Center late Thursday after a two-vehicle crash at Abbott Road and Southwestern Boulevard, Orchard Park police said.Both drivers were driving...
View ArticleFrightful holdup at Cheektowaga bank nets prison for 3
A 40-second bank holdup has led to prison sentences of 3½ years for three robbers.Three Buffalo residents who frightened employees and customers June 8 at a Bank of America branch in Cheektowaga were...
View Article‘What took you so long?,’ alleged mall thief asks arresting...
When a recently released ex-convict was taken into custody Thursday in a couple of holiday thefts at Walden Galleria, her first words to a state parole officer were, “What took you so long? I was all...
View ArticleNorth Tonawanda teen admits to sex crime
LOCKPORT – A North Tonawanda teen pleaded guilty Thursday in Niagara County Court to fondling a 9-year-old girl in his bedroom during Memorial Day weekend last year.Jordan L. Hoefert, 17, of Payne...
View ArticleLockport woman pleads not guilty in drug case
LOCKPORT – A woman accused of having nearly an ounce of cocaine when police raided a Lockport home Sept. 12 was arraigned Friday in Niagara County Court.Kimberly L. Hamilton, 38, of Elmwood Avenue,...
View ArticleSecond man pleads guilty in Falls gun case
LOCKPORT – Michael S. Loverdi admitted Friday that he had a loaded handgun with him April 26 when he and another man unwittingly interrupted a Niagara Falls police drug raid on a Third Street...
View ArticleShooting suspect arraigned on drug and gun charges
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man, who is charged with shooting at a passing car in the city on June 27, was arraigned in Niagara County Court Friday on charges of having a sawed-off rifle and assorted...
View ArticleOne sentenced, two plead guilty in Niagara felony DWI cases
LOCKPORT – One man avoided jail time on a felony driving while intoxicated charge Friday, while two other men pleaded guilty to that charge.Christopher J. Ross, 32, of Wheatfield Street, North...
View ArticleAmherst man refuses plea in 1990s sex case
LOCKPORT – Paul S. Turley of Amherst rejected a plea offer Friday in Niagara County Court and was scheduled for trial Jan. 22 in connection with the alleged molestation of two girls between August 1996...
View ArticleTraffic stop leads to multiple charges
Tony Warner, 25, of Gelston Street, was charged with criminal possession of a hypodermic needle and traffic infractions, including driving with a suspended license, when he was stopped just before noon...
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