Man pleads guilty to violating restraining order
LOCKPORT – Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas had some advice Friday for a man who pleaded guilty to violating an order of protection.Prominent Niagara Falls defense attorney James J. Faso Jr....
View ArticleWheatfield woman jailed on recommendation her attorney
LOCKPORT – Defense attorney Angelo Musitano urged the incarceration of one of his clients Friday, and Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas followed his advice.She sentenced Wendy M. Sheehan, 33,...
View ArticlePublic warned about email scam involving alleged court proceedings
A Western New York law firm is warning the public about an e-mail scam involving alleged orders from the state Unified Court System to appear at court proceedings that include an attachment connected...
View ArticleFillmore man charged again with driving with suspended license
WARSAW – A 24-year-old Fillmore man was arrested for the third time in the last year for driving with a suspended license after he was stopped for an auto equipment infraction on at about 3:22 a.m....
View ArticleSavona man arrested for unlicensed driving after brake light problem
WARSAW – A 24-year-old Savona man was arrested for aggravated unlicensed driving after he was pulled over on East Buffalo Street in the Village of Warsaw because of malfunctioning brake lights at 9:37...
View ArticleRobber holds up M&T branch on Grant Street
A masked man robbed the M&T Bank branch at 130 Grant St. about 2 p.m. Friday. The robber was described as a black male, believed to be in his mid-20s, approximately five feet, eight inches tall...
View ArticleMember of burglary ring pleads guilty to charges for Southtowns break-ins
A member of a four-man burglary ring that targeted Southtowns homes pleaded guilty Friday to burglary charges.Joseph Harden, 19, of North Ogden Street, Buffalo, admitted breaking into four homes,...
View ArticleLockport IDA wins right to take GM property
LOCKPORT – Although a panel of appellate judges has approved the taking of 91 acres of General Motors Corp. property, attorneys for the Town of Lockport Industrial Development Agency said this week...
View ArticleGlenwood Avenue man arrested for stealing rental car
A 23-year-old Glenwood Avenue man was arrested on felony stolen car and other charges after crashing the car and then being chased on foot by police just before 11 p.m. Thursday on Lasalle...
View ArticleTwo alleged Philadelphia heroin dealers arrested in Buffalo
Two Philadelphia men who authorities believe have been bringing heroin to Buffalo on a regular basis have been arrested by local drug investigators, the Erie County Sheriff’s Office reported...
View ArticleBuffalo woman charged with DWI after car crash
A 34-year-old North Ogden Street woman was charged with drunk driving and a drug charge after a one-car crash about 6:10 p.m. Thursday in the 300 block of West Ferry Street. Ellen Luciano initially...
View ArticleTeenager sentenced to 25 years to life for brutal North Buffalo murder
A Buffalo teenager did not speak in court Friday as he was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for the stabbing and burning death of another teenager.A State Supreme Court judge imposed the...
View ArticleFour thieves rob Dunkin Donuts on Delaware in Buffalo
Four thieves took off with $1,400 in cash from a Delaware Avenue coffee and doughnut shop Friday night.A clerk at the Dunkin Donuts store at 2340 Delaware Ave. told police the robbery happened around...
View ArticleCheektowaga volunteers put down house fire
Volunteer firefighters in Cheektowaga doused a fire on Pinewood Terrace Friday afternoon.Dispatchers received a call shortly after noon, and upon arrival Cheektowaga police reported smoke from the...
View ArticleState Police seek help in finding missing Irving teen
IRVING – State police in Fredonia asked for the public’s help Saturday in finding a 16-year-old boy who has been missing since Dec. 22.Austin Lamont of Irving left a foster home that day. Police...
View ArticleLegality of union violence at heart of court case
One construction executive will testify about the violence and vandalism he witnessed on a picket line at Ralph Wilson Stadium.Another will recount the threats and intimidation that culminated in a...
View ArticlePolice in Amherst seek thieves who used bucket trucks to steal high-voltage...
The owner of an East Amherst fitness club says he is still getting over the shock of two brazen thieves who, using a bucket truck, cut high voltage electrical lines and removed them, temporarily...
View ArticleAppeals court trims sentence in case of Christmas Eve Walmart attack
BATAVIA – A Batavia woman handed five years in prison for punching a Walmart clerk in the face on Christmas Eve 2011 had her sentenced reduced to one year on appeal.Jacquetta B. Simmons, who was found...
View ArticleDamage estimated at $400 in break-in at Niagara Falls store
NIAGARA FALLS – A burglar last week shoved in a window air-conditioning unit to enter Tattler’s Lane Inc. on Pine Avenue, police said Saturday. The shop has been closed since last Monday, police said....
View ArticleNiagara Falls thieves harvest loot during an outing to Olive Garden
NIAGARA FALLS – Items worth $2,000 were stolen from the car of an Ontario man after 8 p.m. Friday as he and his son dined in Oliver Garden on Military Road, Niagara Falls police said.Police said one...
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