Becker Farms burglar placed on probation, must apologize
LOCKPORT – A woman who took part in a Sept. 3, 2012, burglary at Becker Farms in Hartland must write a letter of apology to the business within 30 days and pay $500 in restitution, Niagara County...
View ArticleHomeless man charged in 27-count child porn indictment
LOCKPORT – A homeless man who allegedly used his laptop computer to download and share child pornography while staying at the Niagara Falls YMCA was arraigned on a 27-count indictment Monday in...
View ArticleDunkirk assault suspect surrenders with attorney
DUNKIRK – Traiquane C. Nance, 24, of Plover Street, who was sought for his alleged role in a Jan. 1 attack on Swan Street here, appeared about 11:45 a.m. Monday at Dunkirk Police headquarters on...
View ArticleKennedy man arrested in Randolph on drug and traffic counts
JAMESTOWN – A 48-year-old Kennedy man was arrested on drug and traffic charges by state troopers during a routine traffic stop on Main Street in Randolph Saturday, state police officials reported...
View ArticleMan fatally shot on Black Rock street
A man was fatally shot late Sunday night in the city’s Black Rock section, Buffalo police said Monday.The shooting occurred at about 11 p.m. on Newfield Street, which runs between Vulcan Street and a...
View ArticleThree arrested for stealing over $1500 in goods from Warsaw Wal-mart
WARSAW – A 50-year-old Leroy woman, and a 27-year-old woman and a 33-year-old man both from York in Livingston County, were arrested by State Police after a nearly two-week investigation of the theft...
View ArticleCourts closed Tuesday
All State Supreme, County, Family, Surrogate’s and City courts in Western New York will be closed Tuesday due to severe weather conditions, according to court officials.Court employees are not to...
View ArticleDriver in fatal Tonawanda accident ticketed by town police
The driver of a vehicle that struck and killed a 52-year-old Buffalo woman crossing Kenmore Avenue along the Buffalo-Town of Tonawanda boundary in December has been issued a traffic summons for...
View ArticleOntario man sought in Florida on a felony case arrested at Lewiston bridge
LEWISTON -- A 26-year-old Peterborough, Ontario man was turned over to New York State Police after agents of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Operations were alerted Sunday and took him into...
View ArticleMarilla night court not meeting because it lacks prosecutor
The Town of Marilla usually holds night court each Tuesday, but it hasn’t yet convened this year.The Town Board failed to hire a prosecutor at its Jan. 2 organizational meeting. Since then, the night...
View ArticleFire causes $60,000 damage at West Side house
Working in 7-degree temperature, Buffalo firefighters quickly doused a fire that broke out about 9 p.m. Monday in a two-family house at 154 W. Delavan Ave.The occupants escaped without injury, but...
View ArticleFalls man, 58, dies in overnight blaze
The man, whose identity was withheld pending notification of family members, resided in the upper apartment. Efforts by one of the residents in the first-floor apartment to alert him of the blaze were...
View ArticleTwo troopers injured making impaired-driving arrests
Two New York State troopers sustained non life-threatening injuries late Monday night during separate alcohol and drug-related traffic stops.The first incident occurred just after 10 p.m. on the I-190...
View ArticleLockport man charged with possession of stolen Playstations
LOCKPORT – A Lincoln Avenue man who was charged in connection with burglary at a Crestwood Court apartment Saturday night faces further charges after Niagara County sheriff’s deputies found three...
View ArticleOrchard Park firefighters battle blaze during blizzard
A fire destroyed an Orchard Park apartment building Tuesday afternoon, as volunteer firefighters had to battle the blaze and blizzard conditions that froze their waterlines.Firefighters and police...
View ArticleHamburg man charged with fleeing from New Mexico police
LAS VEGAS, N.M. – New Mexico State Police said a Hamburg man was shot by officers Saturday night when he drove away from them, headed the wrong way on an interstate highway and then drove toward one...
View ArticlePortland man sentenced in accident that killed his friend
MAYVILLE – A Portland man who pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide in an accident that killed his passenger was sentenced to one and a third to four years in prison Monday and Chautauqua...
View Article2 tractor-trailers go off Route 5 in Lackawanna
Despite a travel ban this afternoon in the City of Lackawanna, police were dealing near 5 p.m. with two tractor trailers that went off the road on Route 5 near Ridge Road.There were no reports of...
View ArticleWater main break on Route 5 partially closes road
The Erie County Water Authority has crews dealing with a water break on Route 5 near the old steel plant.The authority was notified about the problem about 4 p.m. and requested assistance of...
View ArticleOil truck overturns in Forestville
MAYVILLE – The Chautauqua County HazMat team and state troopers assisted the driver of a home heating oil delivery truck after his rig overturned in bad driving conditions on Empire Road near Route 39...
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