Bowling alley employee sues after vision is restored, but job is not
For a couple of decades, Al Strianese was a top amateur bowler in Buffalo, and he even joined the pro circuit for a spell before settling into full-time work at South Transit Lanes in Lockport.When he...
View ArticleEast Amherst teen pleads guilty to burglary
An East Amherst teenager who broke into a home last summer while an adult accomplice waited outside in a truck has pleaded guilty to second-degree burglary.The 16-year-old admitted that on July 10 he...
View ArticleFirefighters battle morning blaze in Elma apartment
Volunteers from at least five local fire companies were called to an apartment fire on Rice Road in Elma this morning, Erie County sheriff’s officials reported.Firefighters responded to a 7:08 a.m....
View ArticleTown of Tonawanda police seek missing teen
Town of Tonawanda police officials are asking for the public’s help in locating a 15-year-old girl who has been missing since last Thursday morning.Valentina Kolock was last seen at about 8 a.m....
View ArticleWrong-way driver faces felony DWI charge
LEWISTON – A man who was driving the wrong way on the Niagara Thruway for several miles early Monday morning and then struck a roadside construction crane is facing charges of drunken driving,...
View ArticleBuffalo man convicted in home invasion
A Buffalo man faces up to 25 years in state prison after an Erie County Court jury convicted him of invading a West Side home with an accomplice, threatening the resident’s life with a gun and...
View ArticleTraffic stop results in weapons charge for Kenmore man
WHEATFIELD – A traffic stop for illegally tinted windows and an expired inspection sticker led to weapons charges after a man was found to be carrying brass knuckles in a coat pocket just after 4:30...
View ArticleTwo charged in shooting narrowly missing child, 7
NIAGARA FALLS – A man and woman are facing charges after a fight escalated, and shots were fired, passing through a house and coming dangerously close to hitting a 7-year-old child inside Jan. 26,...
View ArticleParolee and four others plead guilty to weapon charges
A Buffalo parolee has pleaded guilty to another illegal-weapon-possession charge.Johaan Littlejohn, 23, of Lombard Street, pleaded guilty last week to second-degree criminal possession of a weapon....
View ArticleInmate hurt in assault at Wyoming prison
A Wyoming Correctional Facility inmate who remains hospitalized in Erie County Medical Center with a serious stab wound to his upper chest is part of a growing trend of assaults, many of them...
View ArticleFormer businessman charged with identity theft
LOCKPORT – A former Lockport man, recently released from federal prison after a wire fraud conviction, was arraigned in Niagara County Court Tuesday on a charge of using his stepson’s name to sign up...
View ArticleLockport man denies charges stemming from drug raid
LOCKPORT – A Lockport man, one of two suspects captured in an Aug. 24 drug raid at an apartment on Niagara Street, pleaded not guilty to a three-count indictment Tuesday in Niagara County Court.Mark...
View ArticleMan pleads guilty in Falls stabbing
LOCKPORT – Alvin W. Baines, 41, of 68th Street, Niagara Falls, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Niagara County Court to a reduced charge connected with a Sept. 29 stabbing in the Falls.Baines admitted to...
View ArticleTwo Falls residents admit to drug felonies, opt for treatment
LOCKPORT – A man and a woman from Niagara Falls pleaded guilty to separate drug felonies Tuesday, and each was assigned to the judicial diversion program of court-supervised drug treatment by Niagara...
View ArticleTwo teenagers sentenced in robbery
One Buffalo teenager was sentenced Tuesday to a year in jail, and another was given two years in state prison for robbing a man at gunpoint last fall in Black Rock.Erie County Judge Kenneth F. Case...
View ArticleJamestown man arrested in Bemus Point house burglary
MAYVILLE – The arrest of a 31-year-old Jamestown man Tuesday for a Jan. 25 late night house burglary in Bemus Point was reported by the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office. Matthew E. Olson was...
View ArticleFalls man freed in sentencing on robbery case
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man who worked out a plea deal in a strongarm robbery case went free Tuesday, having served his maximum jail sentence as imposed earlier in the day by Niagara County Judge...
View ArticleEmpty holster at Starpoint causes school delay
An empty gun holster found inside Starpoint Central School shortly after 7 a.m. Wednesday prompted school official to hold students on buses while police searched the school for a possible weapon....
View ArticleHusband, wife charged in heroin deaths of inmates
Just days after the death of Oscar winner Philip Seymour Hoffman, the ugly consequences of heroin addiction have hit even closer to home.This time, two people died, both of them inmates at Attica...
View ArticleJudge dismisses three counts against Niagara town supervisor
A judge today dismissed three counts from a 28-count indictment against longtime Niagara Supervisor Steven C. Richards.State prosecutors have accused Richards of engaging in practices as far back as...
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