Three hurt as car crashes into ditch in Cambria
CAMBRIA – Three people were taken to Mount St. Mary’s Hospital in Lewiston after a car crashed into a ditch on Ridge Road in Cambria Saturday afternoon, according to Cambria Fire Company spokesman...
View ArticleLewiston teen charged with DWI after crash injures 4
LOCKPORT – A Lewiston teenager was charged with driving while intoxicated Saturday morning after a two-vehicle collision in the Town of Lockport that resulted in four minor injuries.The Niagara County...
View ArticleNiagara Falls police chief says city isn’t likely to appeal ruling...
NIAGARA FALLS – Police Superintendent E. Bryan DalPorto said he doesn’t expect an appeal of a court ruling that promoted four city police officers to the rank of detective.“I don’t think the city is...
View ArticleStabbings reported after fight on Buffalo’s West Side
A fight among girls Saturday night on the West Side left at least two with stab wounds, according to Buffalo police.The fight occurred near Grant Street and Potomac Avenue, shortly after 8:30 p.m....
View ArticlePedestrian killed when hit in middle of Abbott Road
A male walking in Abbott Road near West Abbott Grove was killed after being hit by a vehicle late Saturday night, Orchard Park police reported today.Police said the victim was walking down the middle...
View ArticleHockey dad charged with assaulting coach who benched son
The father of a teenaged hockey player was arrested Saturday night after police said he attacked the coach for pulling his son from the game. Officers from the Orchard Park and West Seneca police...
View ArticleJamestown man charged in burglary and scuffle with deputies
KIANTONE – A Jamestown man was arrested on burglary and other charges after a resident found the suspect in his home early Saturday on Busti–Stillwater Road and called the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s...
View ArticleRuling bolsters suit over death of Falls man in compactor
NIAGARA FALLS – The attorney for the sister of a man who was killed in a trash compactor at a Niagara Falls office building said he hoped a new court ruling might spur negotiations for an out-of-court...
View ArticleBuffalo man charged in theft of $600 from purse
A Buffalo man was arrested Sunday on charges of stealing an envelope containing $600 in cash from a woman’s purse.Bernard W. Ruzewski, 23, of Lester Street, had the cash as well as a forged $100 bill...
View ArticleCourt ruling clears way for completion of Lewiston condo project
LEWISTON – A couple of vacant condominium buildings could be occupied and a road leading to them taken over by the Town of Lewiston, in the wake of a court decision that allowed the town to seize the...
View ArticleFather charged in attack on son’s hockey coach
The father of a teen hockey player was arrested Saturday night after police said he attacked the coach for pulling his son from the game during a high school tournament at Leisure Rinks in Orchard...
View ArticleAmherst man arrested in attack on Buffalo woman
An Amherst man was arrested late Saturday after Buffalo police said he broke into an apartment on Mayer Avenue in Riverside and attacked a woman.Anthones Mullen, 28, of Hillcrest Drive, entered the...
View ArticleMan seriously wounded in Riverside shooting
An unidentified man was shot just after 10 p.m. Sunday in the 100 block of Newfield Street in Riverside, the Buffalo Police Department said.The victim’s injuries appeared to be serious, and homicide...
View ArticleBurglar sentenced to prison for North Buffalo break-ins
A Buffalo man who used a stolen truck during two garage break-ins in North Buffalo was sentenced today to 5½ to 11 years in prison on his fourth burglary conviction in 20 years.Donald Clark, 50, of...
View ArticleGenesee County grand jurors told not to report Tuesday
BATAVIA – All Genesee County grand jurors summoned for Tuesday have been directed not to report due to the anticipated severe weather.Instead, they should report at 9 a.m. on Jan. 14 at the Genesee...
View ArticleCasey Middle art teacher arrested for child endangerment
A Casey Middle School art teacher was charged today with child endangerment in connection with allegations of inappropriate contact with a 13-year-old male student, the Williamsville School District...
View ArticleSuspected La Nova Pizzeria robber pleads not guilty
A Buffalo man pleaded not guilty today to robbing two La Nova Pizzeria employees at gunpoint as they left the West Side restaurant to make a bank deposit.Authorities accused Terrance Price, 21, of...
View ArticleDeputies stop a suspicious vehicle and find a man carrying packs of heroin
WHEATFIELD – Niagara County sheriff’s deputies patrolling convenience stores, because of a recent high volume of robberies, saw a passenger get out of a car, pick through the outside ashtray, and then...
View ArticleLockport man stopped and charged as a suspect in a burglary
LOCKPORT – Niagara County sheriff’s deputies investigating a break-in charged a man after they found several game systems, still in sealed boxes, on the back seat of vehicle at 8:45 p.m. Saturday at...
View ArticlePrison for two-time Falls drug felon
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man who pleaded guilty to his second drug felony in six years was sentenced to three years in state prison Monday, plus two years of post-release supervision.Antonio D....
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