Cell phones stolen from Grant St. business
A business lost thousands of dollars worth of cell phones and accessories after thieves threw a rock through the window of a Grant Street business early Sunday morning, according to Buffalo...
View ArticleBuffalo firefighters save dog from deep sinkhole in MLK Park
Mattie Moore was taking her usual two-hour walk around Martin Luther King Park with her dog early Sunday morning when her foot and leg suddenly fell through the ground. Holding herself above ground...
View ArticleFamily’s move into new home marred by theft
The welcome was anything but neighborly for a family that just moved into a Military Road apartment, according to Buffalo police reports.A man told Northwest District officers Sunday that he and his...
View ArticleLoss of contract protection worries police chiefs
Repeal of a little-known law when the state’s municipal tax cap was adopted three years ago has police chiefs throughout New York worried about their futures.The change in state law allows new...
View ArticleAmherst woman gets probation for embezzling funds earmarked for military...
An Amherst woman was sentenced today to five year’s probation for embezzling $1,520 from a fund set up to help New York National Guard members at the Connecticut Street Armory and their families...
View ArticleSuspect in burglary ring pleads guilty in Southtowns break-ins
A Buffalo man pleaded guilty today to participating in a burglary ring that staged a series of daytime break-ins last year in the Southtowns.Sean Guthrie, 21, admitted to all of the criminal charges –...
View ArticleThree Erie County men arrested following theft at Attica 7-Eleven
State police at Alden assisted Attica village police in arresting three people accused of stealing some items from the 7-Eleven store in the village late Sunday afternoon.The state trooper who heard...
View ArticleRobber holds up Tops gas station in Town of Tonawanda
The Tops Markets gas station at 1740 Sheridan Drive in the Town of Tonawanda was robbed Sunday evening by a knife-wielding man, according to police.The man forced his way into the clerk’s kiosk around...
View ArticleTwo men found deceased in Cambria are identified
CAMBRIA – Niagara County sheriff’s deputies said that a man who first called to report the death of a 79-year-old man inside a home on Faircourt West at 1:46 p.m. Saturday collapsed shortly before...
View ArticleBuffalo man acquitted of attempted murder
An Erie County Court jury has acquitted a Buffalo man of attempted murder in the stabbing of his mother’s boyfriend during an argument last year but couldn’t reach a unanimous verdict on an assault...
View ArticleLockport man charged with drunken driving after a rollover crash
CAMBRIA – A Lockport man is accused of driving drunk and then trying to flee the scene after a rollover crash on Lower Mountain Road on Sunday.Aaron McMichael, 32, of Upper Mountain Road was charged...
View ArticleTwo Falls stores fined for selling tobacco to minors
NIAGARA FALLS – The Niagara County Health Department announced Monday that it has fined two stores $750 each for selling tobacco products to minors without checking their ages.Environmental Health...
View ArticleDecorative knives collection stolen in home burglary
NIAGARA FALLS – A 72-year-old man told police that his front door was forced open sometime between 8 a.m. and 11 p.m. Sunday and a collection of decorative knives that had been displayed on the wall...
View ArticlePhone scam comes from Jamaica
LITTLE VALLEY -- A telephone scam affecting the pubic, and especially the elderly, throughout the Cattaraugus County area has been determined to be coming from the Caribbean country of Jamaica, the...
View ArticleFreedom woman charged with alleged reckless incident in a car
MACHIAS - A 49-year-old Freedom woman was arrested by state troopers after an incident in a car she had shifted gears into neutral on Route 16 during an argument Sunday with another occupant of the...
View ArticleMan who raped woman he followed home sentenced to three to six years
A Buffalo man was sentenced Monday to three to six years in prison for following a woman to her Riverside apartment and raping her last summer.Erie County Judge Kenneth E. Case sentenced Jacob Lokey,...
View ArticleSurgeon sues close friend, alleges non-payment of loans
For well over a decade, Dr. Jeffrey G. Meilman, a prominent Amherst plastic surgeon, considered Davis R. Tiburzi, a prominent Amherst developer, one of his closest and most trusted friends.They were...
View ArticleDrunken driving charged after stop-sign violation
A 44-year-old Minnesota Avenue man was arrested for drunken driving and other charges after he allegedly drove past the stop sign at West Ferry Street and Massachusetts Avenue without stopping about...
View ArticleInjured driver charged with DWI and speeding
JAMESTOWN – A 47-year-old Cherry Creek man injured in an accident when he was ejected from his vehicle after loosing control on Bush Road last Thursday in the Town of Conawango was charged Monday with...
View ArticleDriver of stuck car charged with DWI
JAMESTOWN – A 33-year-old Jamestown man was arrested Friday by State Police in the Town of Carroll after he allegedly drove his car off State Route 62 near the town canoe launch and it became stuck in...
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