Escapee from U.S. marshal gets ride back to court for plea in Lockport
LOCKPORT – Adaberto Olivieri-Perez, who escaped from a U.S. marshal Tuesday after he was arrested on a warrant for failure to appear in court, turned himself in Thursday.His attorney, James J. Faso...
View ArticleWest Seneca man arrested with knife at fitness club
A 24-year-old West Seneca man was remanded to the Erie County Holding Center after his arrest Thursday night at the Planet Fitness club in the Seneca-Ridge Plaza where police subdued him as he...
View ArticleHeart transplant drugs may have made Falls man a child molester, attorney says
LOCKPORT – Five years ago, Lewis E. Huff Jr., of Niagara Falls, underwent a heart transplant.Thursday, Huff, who had never been in trouble with the law before, pleaded guilty to five felonies for...
View ArticleWest Seneca police use stun gun on man with knife
West Seneca Police used a stun gun to arrest a man with a knife about 9:30 p.m. Thursday night at the Planet Fitness business.Police did not immediately release any information about the arrest, but...
View ArticleWilliamsville man charged with felony DWI
A 30-year-old Williamsville man was arrested early Friday morning and charged with felony driving while intoxicated, state police in Clarence reported.Donald C. Brenner was stopped at about 1:30 a.m....
View ArticleTwo-alarm fire breaks out at Berkley Road ranch home in Amherst
A two-alarm “plus” Amherst house fire on Berkley Road, between Wehrle Drive and Main Street, is being fought by three volunteer fire companies, which began responding at 11:33 a.m. today, fire...
View ArticleAmherst police peacefully end standoff with man at Transit Road hotel
A standoff inside an Amherst hotel ended peacefully Friday morning, after a man was taken into custody and sent to Erie County Medical Center for a psychiatric evaluation.Police were called at about 8...
View ArticleWilson school opening delayed by unfounded gun report
WILSON – The start of classes at Wilson Central School was delayed by two hours Friday because of a report that a student had a gun and a knife in his backpack the night before.Thomas Beatty, chief...
View ArticleFalls man who set his Mercedes on fire put on probation
LOCKPORT – A man who set his car on fire after crashing it into a stop sign with two girls inside was granted five years’ probation Friday, as Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas said she was...
View ArticleCaledonia man charged with year-long thefts from cars
BATAVIA – An 18-year-old Caledonia man was jailed Friday on a variety of felony charges for allegedly staging a year-long string of thefts from cars in the Village of Oakfield, the Genesee County...
View ArticleLewiston man charged with sexual misconduct
LEWISTON – A 34-year-old Town of Lewiston man was charged Friday with a felony count of course of sexual conduct against a child in the second degree following an investigation by the Niagara County...
View ArticleStop for high beams leads to drug charges
MAYVILLE – A 32-year-old Westfield man was arrested on drug and traffic charges after he was spotted driving towards a Chautauqua County sheriff’s vehicle on North Portage Street in the Village of...
View ArticleLockport man pleads guilty in beating
LOCKPORT – Chad A. Michalak, who allegedly beat a Lockport man into unconsciousness on Dec. 14, 2012, pleaded guilty to a reduced charge Friday in Niagara County Court.Michalak, 32, of Elmwood Avenue,...
View ArticlePublic defender brokers deal for burglar
LOCKPORT – Adam E. Lemay, a burglar who faced as long as 15 years in prison after being booted from a court-supervised drug treatment program, was placed in another treatment program Friday, albeit...
View ArticleVeteran pot trafficker faces push for long prison term
Andre Sumpter of Cheektowaga, who authorities say has been an active marijuana dealer for the past decade, pleaded guilty Friday to first- and second-degree criminal possession of marijuana and...
View ArticleBuffalo man pleads guilty in violent home invasion
A Buffalo man pleaded guilty Friday to first-degree burglary, assault and weapons possession for beating a Proctor Avenue home owner with a crowbar after breaking into his home early in the morning...
View ArticleTwo East Side men arrested on felony drug charge
Two Buffalo men were arrested on felony drug charges and trespass counts when they were found about 6:45 p.m. Wednesday walking out of the yard of a Townsend Street house where neither of them lived,...
View ArticleJail weekends, probation ordered for drugged driver
LOCKPORT – A Newfane man who admitted to driving under the influence of a combination of alcohol and methadone was sentenced Friday to four weekends in jail, three years on probation and fines and...
View ArticleFalls drug dealer headed for federal prison
A Niagara Falls cocaine dealer was sentenced Thursday to 30 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.John L. Maye, 40, of Pierce Avenue, also was sentenced Friday to two years...
View ArticleWheatfield man faces cocaine indictment
LOCKPORT – A Wheatfield man, arrested after an Aug. 15 traffic stop on Troy Avenue in Niagara Falls, pleaded not guilty to a two-count indictment Friday in Niagara County Court.Jason T. Dilar, 33, of...
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