Local 17 union racketeering trial begins
No one denies the threats and intimidation that took place.Or the violence and vandalism.The question facing a Federal Court jury is who committed those acts.Was it the union leaders accused of...
View ArticleLawsuit filed to invalidate Niagara County nursing home sale
LOCKPORT – A Lockport assisted-living facility sued Niagara County on Friday in an effort to invalidate the county’s sale of its former nursing home to an assisted-living developer.Briarwood Manor...
View ArticleNiagara Falls man injured in DWI crash
A Niagara Falls man was injured in a two-vehicle crash on Military Road in the Town of Niagara late Friday night, Niagara County Sheriff’s deputies reported, and the driver of the other vehicle was...
View ArticleGenesee-Moselle area fire causes $38,000 damage
A suspicious fire early Saturday morning destroyed a vacant house in the city’s Genesee-Moselle area and caused exposure damage to the home next door.Firefighters responded to an alarm about 5 a.m. at...
View ArticleTwo hurt in four-vehicle crash on Route 5 in Buffalo
Two people were injured in a four-vehicle chain-reaction crash that also backed up southbound traffic on Route 5 near the Tifft Street exit early this afternoon.Early reports from the scene indicated...
View ArticleApparent domestic dispute leads to stabbing in South Buffalo
A 38-year-old Buffalo man suffered a punctured lung during an apparent domestic dispute in South Buffalo that led to an arrest late Friday night, Buffalo police reported.Douglas Malkiewicz was taken...
View ArticleBurglars leave trail of mischief at East Ferry Street food mart
A burglary at an East Ferry Street food store early Saturday turned destructive, when the thieves cut a lock, threw a large rock through the glass front door, cut the electricity and damaged the front...
View ArticleRochester man pleads guilty to robbing banks in Kenmore, Falconer
A Rochester man admitted Friday to robbing six banks, including ones in Kenmore and Falconer.Robert Stevenson, 59, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara and as part of his plea...
View ArticleMichigan man admits lying about missing copper shipment
A man accused of making statements about a missing shipment of copper and brass is going to prison for 18 months.Michael T. Henson, 51, of Fowerville, Mich., was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge...
View ArticleFalls burglar blames drug addiction as he heads for prison
LOCKPORT – Aaron M. Adamec, one of four men who took part in a Niagara Falls burglary spree last year, was sentenced Friday to four years in prison and five years of post-release supervision.Adamec,...
View ArticleWilliamsville man charged with felony drunken driving
A 30-year-old Williamsville man was charged with felony driving while intoxicated after a traffic stop about 9:30 p.m. Thursday at Grant and Amherst streets. Mark Vago of Meadowbrook Road was charged...
View ArticleDriver rear-ends Brocton school bus
BROCTON – A Brocton Central School District bus carrying young children was rear-ended in a three-vehicle crash about 8 a.m. Friday on Route 20. No one was injured.The bus, driven by Laurie Travis,...
View ArticleFalls woman admits to cocaine possession charge
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls woman pleaded guilty Friday in Niagara County Court to a reduced charge stemming from her possession of .16 ounces of powder cocaine in that city on Aug. 31, 2012.Cindy L....
View ArticleDriver in fatal crash indicted, sued by victim’s family
LOCKPORT – A wrongful-death lawsuit was filed Friday against an 18-year-old woman who pleaded not guilty Thursday to a 23-count indictment accusing her of driving under the influence of alcohol and...
View ArticleMistrial in West Seneca murder case
The murder trial of a man charged in the brutal slaying of his 77-year-old mother last May in the West Seneca apartment she shared with him ended Friday when the jury was unable to reach a unanimous...
View ArticleMother arrested for leaving 3-year-old girl on street
A 28-year-old Cambridge Avenue woman was arrested on child neglect charges shortly after a person police-described “good Samaritan” called 911 and reported that the woman’s 3-year-old daughter was...
View ArticleLockport man charged with critically injuring his infant son
A 23-year-old Town of Lockport man was arrested Friday for allegedly shaking his 5-month-old son so violently Wednesday that the infant is now listed in critical condition at Buffalo’s Women and...
View ArticleFires leave several homeless in Buffalo
Buffalo fire investigators are looking into the cause of two fires early Saturday that left several people homeless.A two-alarm fire at a Black Rock apartment house forced residents out into the cold,...
View ArticleThree stabbed during Gowanda confrontation
GOWANDA – A fight that escalated into a stabbing Friday ended with a Gowanda man charged with three counts of assault.Gowanda Police said Andrew D. Estrada, 18, stabbed two of the three men he was...
View ArticleMother of gang member pleads guilty in drug trafficking
The mother of a gang member admitted Friday before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara that she helped the gang sell drugs.Carmen Geter, 41, pleaded guilty to a racketering conspiracy charge in...
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