Falls church gutters are damaged and downspouts taken by thieves
NIAGARA FALLS – A grounds keeper for St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church said someone removed four copper downspouts and damaged the gutters on the church at 616 Cayuga Drive.The grounds keeper said...
View ArticleNearly $8,000 in cash stolen in Falls burglary
NIAGARA FALLS – A Pine Street businessman said cash, jewelry, clothing, cigarettes, cigars and a television set were stolen from his home in the 700 block of 15th Street sometime between 5 and 10 p.m....
View ArticleForeclosure notice? Stay home, Buffalo judge says
Homeowners who receive a foreclosure notice from their bank should stay in the house, and cut off any padlock that is put on their door, Housing Court Judge Patrick M. Carney said Thursday. Carney...
View ArticleMother and son fight police after street incident
A West Avenue woman and her son were arrested on assault and other charges when the woman allegedly began fighting with officers who were taking her son into custody for allegedly punching a woman...
View ArticleMan arrested after run-in with officers
A 41-year-old Donovan Drive man was arrested on marijuana charges after he allegedly refused to get out of the way of police officers checking on a report about a “suspicious vehicle” at East Ferry...
View ArticleMan receives combination sentence in lighter attack on woman
LOCKPORT – A man who pleaded guilty to attacking a woman with a cigarette lighter was sentenced Friday to six months in the Niagara County Jail, to be followed by four and a half years on...
View ArticleBuffalo man gets year in prison after series of drug arrests
A Buffalo man who was released on bail in City Court after each of his four drug arrests in four months earlier this year has been sentenced to one year in jail.State Supreme Court Justice John L....
View ArticleBuffalo man charged with burglary, intimidating victim
A Buffalo man has been charged with stealing $23,000 during a break-in last year at a Grider Street home and warning the victim last summer not to testify against him, then firing two shots at her in...
View ArticleNorth Tonawanda heroin dealer, linked to drug death, gets more prison time
LOCKPORT – Miguel E. Febres, a North Tonawanda drug dealer who sold heroin while free on bail on charges connected to a user’s death, received another six years in state prison Friday from Niagara...
View ArticleJudge dismisses Mongielo’s police brutality case
NIAGARA FALLS – David J. Mongielo’s do-it-yourself police brutality suit was dismissed Thursday in State Supreme Court here, but Mongielo said Friday he will appeal – his way.Mongielo, who did not...
View ArticleCheektowaga man sentenced up to three years for break-ins
The first of three men who admitted breaking into a couple of businesses together – including a Buffalo scrap metal company where $50,000 was taken – was sentenced Friday to one to three years in...
View ArticleDePetris tries to convince judge to let him out of solitary confinement
LOCKPORT – Timothy C. DePetris, the Niagara Falls businessman who allegedly tried to hire a hit man after failing in his own effort to kill his brother-in-law, was hard-pressed Thursday to offer proof...
View ArticleWilson driver injured in crash into bridge over Twelve Mile Creek
One man was injured early Saturday morning when he crashed his vehicle into the bridge over Twelve Mile Creek in Wilson.When Niagara County Sheriff’s deputies arrived at about 1:40 a.m., they found...
View ArticleSalamanca man dies in Cattaraugus County crash
A Salamanca man died Friday night in a single-car crash on Route 353 in Cattaraugus County.James E. Brown, 42, of 20 Orchard Street, was traveling south when his 1996 Chevrolet Camaro crossed the...
View ArticlePolice charge driver, then his ride, with DWI
Orchard Park police arrested a local man for driving while intoxicated this morning, and just a few hours later charged the woman who picked him up after his arrest with DWI.“Both parties were then...
View ArticleStaircase collapse leaves 17 without shelter in Lockport
Seventeen people were left homeless after a staircase collapsed Friday inside a Lockport apartment building.The Red Cross is assisting the 17 and it said five families have been provided with hotel...
View ArticleRoof collapses in house fire on Deshler Street
A fire caused about $25,000 in damage to a house at 31 Deshler St. Saturday morning.Buffalo firefighters responded to the fire at about 7 a.m. and were ordered out of the house when the roof...
View ArticleCar crashes into porch of Northland Avenue home
A car crashed into the front porch of a two-story home on Northland Avenue shortly after noon Saturday.Buffalo firefighters were called about 12:20 p.m. to 487 Northland Ave., where a four-door sedan...
View ArticleSalamanca man dies in Cattaraugus County crash
NEW ALBION – A Salamanca man died Friday night in a single-car crash on Route 353 in Cattaraugus County.James E. Brown, 42, of Orchard Street, was traveling south in the Town of New Albion when his...
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