Jury selection in Taglianetti case delayed
MAYVILLE – Selection of a jury in the second-degree murder case of Anthony R. Taglianetti did not start as planned Tuesday. According to District Attorney David Foley, a question came up about some of...
View ArticlePolice name man found dead in Newfane woods
NEWFANE – The Newfane man who was found dead at the base of a tree under a stand he had set up in the tree for hunting has been identified as Donald E. Geist, 52, the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office...
View ArticleNorth Tonawanda man ID'ed as Falls fatality
NIAGARA FALLS – North Tonawanda police Tuesday said that a body pulled from Canadian side of the Niagara River this weekend has been positively identified as Douglas Vaillancourt, a 23-year-old North...
View ArticleTeen charged for his role in gang assault and armed robbery
NIAGARA FALLS – A 16-year-old was charged by Falls police on Monday for his role in a gunpoint robbery from last week.The Linwood Avenue teen was charged with first-degree robbery, second-degree gang...
View Article$29 taken in an armed robbery on Falls street
NIAGARA FALLS – A 48-year-old man said three men, one armed with a handgun, robbed him of $29 as he was walking in the 1300 block of 24th Street, just before 10 p.m. Monday.He said the men, who were...
View ArticleChild says she was approached by a suspicious man
CAMBRIA –An Andrews Road girl told Niagara County sheriff’s deputies that she saw a dark green truck behind her school bus Monday afternoon which pulled into a driveway after she left the bus.The girl...
View ArticleJewelry and electronics stolen in a Newfane burglary
NEWFANE – A rear sliding glass door was shattered to gain entry to a home in the 7000 block of Dublin Avenue on Monday, according to Niagara County sheriff’s deputies.The 57-year-old homeowner told...
View ArticleDriver suffers minor injuries when SUV crashes into a house in South Buffalo
The driver of an SUV apparently suffered from a medical condition that caused him to crash into a one-story brick house on Ward Court near Dorrance Avenue about 3 p.m. today. The driver was treated...
View ArticlePolice and fire crews sent to Kensington Avenue car accident
Police and fire crews have been dispatched to a traffic accident at Kensington and Fillmore avenues reported just after 9 p.m. No further information was immediately available.
View ArticleReport of missing surfer apparently unfounded
The search for a possible missing surfer off Hamburg Beach was called off after several hours Tuesday night, and officials said the report of a missing person apparently was unfounded.The U.S. Coast...
View ArticleFBI, police reopen probe into Niagara County deputy’s 1993 death
In the dead of a summer night 20 years ago, Lockport Police Officer Steven L. Biles sent out a desperate radio call for help.“I’ve been shot!”Officers raced to his assistance in a remote section of...
View ArticleMan killed in motorcycle crash on Lower Mountain Road
CAMBRIA – A Town of Lockport man was killed when his motorcycle, traveling westbound on Lower Mountain Road, failed to negotiate a curve and he struck two mailboxes at 12:24 p.m. Tuesday.Alan M....
View ArticlePickup driver killed in Colden crash
A man was killed Tuesday night when he lost control of his pickup truck and struck a tree in Colden, Erie County Sheriff’s deputies reported.The 42-year-old driver of the 2001 Ford Ranger pickup...
View ArticleInmate charged following attack in Wyoming Correctional Facility
A state prison inmate has been charged with attacking a sleeping inmate at the Wyoming Correctional Facility in June, resulting in severe injuries, State Police in Warsaw announced this week.Terrick...
View ArticleDeveloper re-indicted on federal charges related to clearing wetlands
A federal grand jury reindicted William L. Huntress on Friday, with prosecutors once again pressing their claim the developer, among other actions, illegally filled in wetlands and removed trees in...
View Article2 hospitalized after unrelated overnight shootings
Two unrelated shootings occurred early Saturday morning in two different locations in Buffalo, police reportedThe first attack occurred at about 1:25 a.m. in the 200 block of West Delavan Avenue,...
View ArticleThousands of dollars in valuables stolen from van on Delaware Avenue
Five people on Saturday filed complaints with Buffalo police about thefts of computers and other valuables worth thousands of dollars from a van parked in a Delaware Avenue restaurant parking lot...
View ArticleRobbers escape with cash, cigarettes in Wheatfield holdup
WHEATFIELD – Authorities are looking for two men in the robbery of Matty’s Food Mart at 3819 Forest Parkway late Friday night. Two employees were forced to the floor while a masked man claiming to...
View ArticleErie County convicts 13 offenders of weapons charges so far in September
Two men who were shot while robbing a man on Minnesota Avenue this summer are among 13 people convicted this month on felony weapons charges in Erie County.Robert Moore, 19, and Bernard Byrd, 22, each...
View ArticlePolice cars at scene of Falls break-in probe targeted by brick throwers
NIAGARA FALLS – Police investigating a downtown apartment burglary early Friday were targeted by brick-throwing vandals, according to reports. Two officers probing the break-in the Crick Court housing...
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