Security camera footage released of robbery attempt at Wheatfield gas station
WHEATFIELD – The Niagara County Sheriff Department is asking for the public’s help in solving an attempted armed robbery that occurred at 7:37 p.m. Saturday in the Kwik Fill, 3945 Niagara Falls...
View ArticleMan who broke into Poloncarz's home is sentenced
Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz today told the man who broke into his parked vehicle and his Buffalo home last summer as Poloncarz slept that he hopes he can turn his life around.The county...
View Article40 indicted after authorities bust 2 drug rings
Two drug operations funneling cocaine into Western New York from Florida, Boston and New York City were halted with the arrests and indictments of 40 people, New York State Attorney General Eric T....
View ArticleTime Warner van is burglarized in Falls
NIAGARA FALLS – A Niagara Falls man told police that someone broke into his Time Warner work van while it was parked in a driveway behind his house off of Lindbergh Avenue late last week.The victim...
View ArticleThird DWI conviction results in jail time for Williamsville man
A Williamsville man was sentenced to 60 days in jail after being convicted of driving drunk for a third time.Anthony Deleon, 29, of Wehrle Drive, was arrested on Jan. 17 after a Cheektowaga police...
View ArticleMan who threatened Cheektowaga business owner sentenced to jail
A man who threatened the owner of a Cheektowaga auto repair shop with a baseball bat has been sentenced to four months in jail.James L. Sylvers, 37, of Lackawanna, was arrested Jan. 17, after he...
View ArticleRoyalton man who shot at burglar demands return of rifle
LOCKPORT – Dennis F. Cherry, the Royalton homeowner who fired 15 rounds from an AR-15 rifle into the car of a man who was planning to burglarize his home four years ago, was in Niagara County Court...
View ArticleFredonia woman arrested in probe of meth labs
MAYVILLE – A 20-year-old Fredonia woman has been arrested in the continuing probe of methamphetamine labs in the northern part of Chautauqua County, officials of the Southern Tier Regional Drug Task...
View ArticleMore-detailed video depicts Bills fan’s fall into stands at Ralph...
The Buffalo Bills fan who fell last fall from the top deck of Ralph Wilson Stadium into the stands below heard Tuesday in court that a much more detailed video of the incident than previously...
View ArticleEast Aurora apparent overdose under investigation
The apparent heroin overdose death of a 49-year-old East Aurora man was under investigation Tuesday night by the East Aurora Police Department. Department officials said the apparent overdose victim...
View ArticleTown of Eden parole violation suspect arrested for drugs and DWI
A 35-year-old Town of Eden man facing state parole violation charges was remanded to the Erie County Holding Center after he was arrested on drug and drinking related charges while fighting Erie...
View ArticlePolice identify Buffalo man slain on Reed Street
Police have identified the man who was fatally shot Monday afternoon on Reed Street as Damario McCain, 22, of Buffalo.Samuel Roberts, 18, also of Buffalo, suffered a gunshot wound to the hand and was...
View ArticleBusti Avenue man arrested at college with burglar tools
A 40-year-old Busti Avenue man was arrested at D’Youville College by a college security guard about 4 p.m. Tuesday and charged with possession of drugs, burglar’s tools and stolen property and other...
View ArticleRoyalton man who shot at burglar demands return of rifle
LOCKPORT – Dennis F. Cherry, the Royalton homeowner who fired 15 rounds from an AR-15 rifle into the car of a man who was planning to burglarize his home four years ago, was in Niagara County Court on...
View ArticleBuffalo man arraigned in attempted murder case
A Buffalo man was arraigned Tuesday on charges of attempted murder, first-degree assault and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon in a shooting last summer during a July 4 street party on the...
View ArticleCharge against hockey dad raised to felony assault
The South Buffalo hockey dad accused of attacking his son’s coach earlier this month after the boy was pulled from the game pleaded not guilty Tuesday to an upgraded charge of felony second-degree...
View ArticleLewiston man imprisoned for leaving scene of pedestrian fatal
LOCKPORT – A Lewiston man who was believed to have been under the influence of marijuana when he drove off after his car struck and killed a woman was sentenced Wednesday to 16 months to four years in...
View ArticleToys R Us murder suspect wants statements to police suppressed
The accused killer of a Hamburg Toys R Us assistant manager wants to prevent prosecutors from using his statements to police at trial.Frank Housh, the defense lawyer for Bernard T. “Bernie” Grucza,...
View ArticleMan sentenced to prison for child porn
Befriended by a coworker who boasted about her trips to Toronto’s sex clubs, Steven Metz soon found himself drawn to the underground lifestyle.Over time, the Homeland Security supervisor also found...
View ArticleFalls businessman pleads guilty to shooting his brother-in-law
LOCKPORT – Timothy C. DePetris, owner of the former Electro-Dyne Choke Corp. in Niagara Falls, admitted today that he tried to kill his brother-in-law by shooting him.DePetris pleaded guilty as...
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