Amherst Street man arrested for assaulting woman
Corey Isome, 42, of Amherst Street, is being held on a felony second-degree assault charge for allegedly slamming a woman against the wall in a Germain Street home numerous times late Thursday night,...
View ArticleNorth buffalo man charged with physically abusing a woman friend
Chris Jackson, 22, was arrested on third-degree assault and harassment charges late Thursday for allegedly pushing and slapping a woman to get her out of his house in the 300 block of North Park Avenue...
View ArticleLockport police seek 2 men in shooting
LOCKPORT – A confrontation inside a convenience store at a Lockport gas station, which led to the shooting of a Lockport man Thursday afternoon, has still not been fully explained.Detective Capt....
View ArticleBuffalo man injured directing traffic
A Buffalo man was injured Friday evening as he was attempting to direct traffic around his stranded semi truck on Packard Road, Niagara Town police reported.The 71-year-old man was struck by a motorist...
View ArticleNiagara fire destroys home on Edgewood Drive
A fire Friday afternoon drove four residents from their home on Edgewood Drive, Niagara Town police reported.The fire alarm was sounded at about noon, and town police and the Niagara Active Hose Fire...
View ArticleMan charged with burglary in Clarence home
State police arrested in intruder at a home on Goodrich Road in Clarence Friday afternoon and charged him with burglary, Troopers said they responded to the residence at about 4:50 p.m. when a Town of...
View ArticleTwo wounded in downtown gunfire
Two men were wounded in downtown Buffalo early Saturday morning, although the wounds do not appear to be life-threatening, police said.The shooting occurred just before 3 a.m. in the 100 block of...
View ArticleAs Erie County’s district attorney, Sedita prefers the plea
A rea detectives and police chiefs welcomed the election of Frank A. Sedita III as Erie County’s top prosecutor four years ago. ¶ But as he begins a second term as district attorney, Sedita’s former...
View ArticleTexas teen charged in murder of Wyoming County soldier
A Texas teenager was arrested Tuesday and charged with murder of an Army soldier from Wyoming County. Spc. Austin James Sampson, 25, of Bliss, was shot and killed last week at a convenience store in...
View ArticleDisbarred lawyer jailed for stealing from client’s estate
LOCKPORT – A former attorney who practiced law in North Tonawanda for more than 40 years was sentenced Tuesday to two years in Niagara County Jail for looting a Wheatfield man’s estate of more than...
View ArticleLockport man charged with drunken driving following a rollover crash
ROYALTON – A Lockport man walked away uninjured following a rollover crash on Riddle Road early this morning but faced a number of charges after Niagara County sheriff’s deputies determined he had...
View ArticleMiddleport man charged with DWI, other offenses after fleeing accident in...
ALBION – A Middleport man was hit with slew of charges after he sideswiped an oncoming car, causing his own vehicle to flip over, and then tried to flee on foot early Wednesday, the Orleans County...
View ArticleFalls man charged in shooting of toddler
A Niagara Falls man wanted in the shooting of a 2-year-old girl in late November turned himself in to police Wednesday and is being held without bail in the Niagara County Jail.Willie R. Scott Jr.,...
View ArticleNT man arraigned in DWI case
LOCKPORT – A North Tonawanda man, who has served state prison time for drunken driving in the past, pleaded not guilty this week to a fresh indictment charging him felony driving while intoxicated and...
View ArticleMan who illegally sold painkillers gets prison sentence
A Buffalo man was sentenced Wednesday by Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny to 57 months in prison for selling prescription pills.Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael McCabe said Deshawn McLorn...
View ArticleTwo teens face suspension and drug charges in Sanborn
SANBORN – Two Niagara Academy teens were charged by Niagara County sheriff’s deputies in separate drug-related cases Tuesday. Both boys were suspended pending a superintendent’s conference.One teen...
View ArticleHome builder executive sentenced to probation
The vice president of a well-known luxury home building company in East Amherst was sentenced Wednesday to one year on probation after pleading guilty to third-degree sexual assault.Henry Jurek III,...
View ArticleMan takes out ticket frustration on parking enforcement truck
Buffalo police say a Lackawanna man upset after he was ticketed for illegally parking on Hertel Avenue decided he wanted to get even – with a parking enforcement truck.Ahmed M. Mosed, 43, of Holland...
View ArticleTuscarora man pleads guilty in fatal car wreck
LOCKPORT – A man who crashed his car into a tree on the Tuscarora Indian Reservation last summer, fatally injuring his best friend, pleaded guilty Wednesday in Niagara County Court.Pierce L. Abrams,...
View ArticleTown of Lockport man sent to prison for probation violation
LOCKPORT – A Town of Lockport man who violated the terms of his probation in a grand larceny case was sentenced to one to three years in prison Wednesday by Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon...
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