Former North Tonawanda woman shot in Wisconsin
A former North Tonawanda woman has been identified as the victim of a shooting in northwest Wisconsin.The Sawyer County Sheriff’s officials said Claudia Bunny, 38, was shot Jan. 18 near Hayward by her...
View ArticleFormer Gowanda resident charged with rape
When David A. Green returned to Gowanda Friday, the police were waiting for him.Green, 35, was charged with rape in connection with allegations that he had sex with a girl younger than 16 on multiple...
View ArticleDWI charge lodged following crash on Kensington Expressway
An investigation into a crash Saturday led to a Buffalo woman being charged with driving while intoxicated.Marquita Moore, 28. of Minnesota Avenue, posted a blood-alcohol level of .20 percent, Buffalo...
View ArticleA mystery in Evans: Who killed Barry Moss?
Someone is harboring a dark secret about the death of Barry “Bob” Moss. A hit-and-run driver struck and killed the 52-year-old handyman, father and grandfather on Route 5, near Gold Street, in the...
View ArticleTwo ATVs stolen from shed of home in Wilson
WILSON – Thieves had to remove a snowmobile from a Shadigee Road shed to get at two all-terrain vehicles they stole on Thursday, Niagara County sheriff’s deputies said. The unlocked shed was targeted...
View ArticleLoss put at $1,700 in mayhem on 25th Street in Niagara Falls
NIAGARA FALLS – A 25th Street woman returning home about 4 p.m. Friday discovered a man assaulting her boyfriend, Niagara Falls police said. The man also attacked the woman’s 62-inch, flat-screen TV,...
View ArticleFormer Nichols hockey star accused as scam artist
Phil Kenner could skate like the wind and had a shot that frustrated many a goalie. He was a star on one of the best teams in the 104-year history of Nichols School hockey and was good enough to earn...
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 ArticleSmash-and-grab bandits target cars on Elmwood Avenue
A purse, wallet and various electronic items were taken Saturday during a smash-and-grab spree that involved three cars in different locations on Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo police said.Just before 6 p.m....
View ArticleBandit with a knife cleans out rental store safe
An employee opening a West Ferry Street rental store was robbed early Saturday by a man who brandished a large knife and forced him to open a floor safe, Buffalo police said.“Don’t do anything...
View ArticleMan shoveling LaSalle Avenue sidewalk threatened by driver with a gun
A man shoveling his sidewalk Saturday night on LaSalle Avenue told police the driver of a dark four-door sedan pulled up and pointed a gun at him.The shoveler ran into his house, police said, while...
View ArticleFormer Nichols hockey star accused as scam artist
Phil Kenner could skate like the wind and had a shot that frustrated many a goalie. He was a star on one of the best teams in the 104-year history of Nichols School hockey and was good enough to earn...
View ArticleSalamanca pot-growing operation busted
A Town of Salamanca man and two women have been arrested on drug charges after authorities found a marijuana growing operation at his home.Steven J. Little, 57, was arrested Friday after members of...
View ArticleRepeat DWI offender nabbed after going shoulder to shoulder
A Springville man whose driver’s license was revoked after two previous convictions for driving while intoxicated in 2011 and 2012 was arrested early today on a felony DWI charge on Route 219 in the...
View ArticleVFW treasurer charged with stealing $4,400
The treasurer of the Franklinville Veterans of Foreign Wars Ladies Auxiliary has been charged with stealing $4,400 from the auxiliary’s account for her own personal use.Dorothy A. Vinovrski, 57, of...
View ArticleCheektowaga man charged in attack on girlfriend
A Cheektowaga man has been charged with second-degree assault for attacking his girlfriend and severely cutting her finger with a box cutter during a fight at a Buffalo home.Anthony M. McDougald, 38,...
View ArticleArmed robber flees empty-handed
A would-be robber who pointed a gun at a clerk at a Wheatfield gas station and demanded money fled empty-handed after the clerk was unable to open the cash register, the Niagara County Sheriff’s...
View ArticleSeveral gunshots hit a house in Falls
NIAGARA FALLS – A 17-year-old woman told police that she ran inside a residence to escape a man who was shooting at her just after midnight Sunday, but the man fired multiple shots at the apartment...
View ArticleNeighbors catch a man suspected of breaking into a pickup
NIAGARA FALLS – Neighbors caught a Niagara Falls man and held him for police after he was seen breaking into a pickup at 8:30 p.m. in the 1800 block of Niagara Avenue on Sunday.Fabian L. Carter, 43,...
View ArticleSeveral items stolen in a car burglary
WHEATFIELD – A 39-year-old Lockport man told Niagara County sheriff’s deputies Sunday that someone forced their way into his vehicle, damaging the door handle and lock, sometime between 2 and 5:49...
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