Robber holds up KeyBank branch in Town of Tonawanda
The KeyBank branch at 4248 Delaware Ave. was held up early this afternoon, Town of Tonawanda police said.The robber was described as a white male, between five feet, 10 inches and six feet tall with...
View ArticleMan arrested after drugs are found in his Niagara Falls hotel room
NIAGARA FALLS – A suspicious vehicle being driven along Niagara Falls Boulevard with the headlights off led Niagara County sheriff’s deputies and the Niagara County Drug Task Force to a Niagara Falls...
View ArticleState audit leads to arrest of former Almond town clerk
BELMONT – The former Almond town clerk was charged with two felonies in connection with the disappearance of $3,785 during her tenure, State Police announced today.Maureen E. Haynes, 64, was charged...
View ArticleTwo teens are arrested after they were found with stolen electrical equipment
NIAGARA FALLS – A 16-year-old male and a juvenile were charged with criminal possession of stolen property after a burglary was reported Wednesday just before midnight from the yard at MGM Electrical...
View ArticleEscapee pleads not guilty to second drug indictment
LOCKPORT – Adaberto Olivieri-Perez, who escaped from a patrol car Jan. 14 after being arrested on a bench warrant, pleaded not guilty Thursday to his second drug-dealing indictment of the month.State...
View ArticleBuffalonian sentenced for selling counterfeit money
A Buffalo man has been sentenced to six months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Richard J. Arcara following his conviction for selling counterfeit U.S. currency, U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul...
View ArticleOlean man, 70, faces 98 counts of possessing child pornography
Among proceedings this week before Judge Ronald D. Ploetz in Cattaraugus County Court in Little Valley, an Olean senior citizen pleaded not guilty to a 98-count child pornography indictment and a...
View ArticleInsider lays out litany of Local 17 wrongdoing in federal court
James L. Minter III was at the center of it all, one of three men accused of orchestrating the “Local 17 Criminal Enterprise,” a union leader known for his anonymous letter threatening the wife of a...
View ArticleArrest of 2 men by Cheektowaga police may solve armed robbery spree in area
Cheektowaga police say they may have put an end to a string of as many as 21 related armed robberies across the area with the arrest of two men early Thursday morning.Anderson A. Arroyo, 29, of...
View ArticleThree charged with DWI in separate incidents
Deputies and state police charged three local drivers with driving while intoxicated overnight.One woman was found passed out in her vehicle in a liquor store parking lot.A man was found hiding in the...
View ArticleSnowmobiler, 70, found dead in Sheldon after extensive overnight search
A 70-year-old Marilla man who left home on a snowmobile Thursday morning was found dead near his crashed snowmobile in the Town of Sheldon early this morning after an extensive search that included...
View ArticleBuffalo woman admits stealing $6,000 in jobless benefits
A Buffalo woman convicted of welfare fraud in 2007 pleaded guilty Thursday to third-degree grand larceny for stealing more than $6,000 in unemployment benefits from another government agency.Paulette...
View ArticleDrunken driver who needs heart surgery placed on probation
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man who has four alcohol-related driving convictions was placed on six months’ interim probation Friday because he needs heart surgery.“You certainly are in a dire state...
View ArticleBail revoked for prison-bound Lockport man after stabbing
LOCKPORT – Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas ordered a Lockport man locked up without bail Friday after learning he had allegedly stabbed a man five days after pleading guilty in another...
View ArticleFalls man on probation charged with having 4 pounds of pot
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man allegedly caught by his federal probation officer with 4.62 pounds of marijuana in his basement pleaded not guilty Friday in Niagara County Court.Marcus M. Hall, 40, of...
View ArticleSinclairville woman hospitalized after crash in Arkwright
FREDONIA – A 42-year-old Sinclairville woman was knocked unconscious Thursday afternoon when she lost control of her vehicle and went off the north shoulder of County Route 72 in the town of...
View ArticleMaple Grove bus driver suffers medical emergency, hits three cars
BEMUS POINT – A school bus driver had a medical emergency and crashed in the parking lot of the Maple Grove Junior-Senior High School in the Town of Ellery about 7:58 a.m. Friday.No school children...
View ArticleSalamanca drug-trafficking suspect jailed
LITTLE VALLEY – A 34-year-old Niagara Falls man was remanded to the Cattaraugus County Jail on drug charges tied to cocaine sales in the city after he was arrested around noon Friday in Salamanca by...
View ArticleWyoming man arrested for aggravated DWI
WARSAW – A 28-year-old Wyoming man was arrested for aggravated driving while intoxicated after a one-car rollover accident Thursday on Saltvale Road in the Town of Middlebury, the Wyoming County...
View ArticleAmherst man charged with federal child porn counts
A 32-year-old Amherst man faces federal charges of possessing child pornography containing graphic depictions of the sexual abuse of young children.Cameron Stroke pleaded not guilty Friday to federal...
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