Pastor charged with illegal revolver
ALBION – The 70-year-old pastor of a Middleport church, already facing trial on an incest-linked indictment, has also been charged with criminal possession of an unregistered revolver that State...
View ArticleDrive-by shooting victim suffers grazing wound
A 35-year-old Buffalo man who suffered a grazing bullet wound to his hip during a drive-by shooting Wednesday afternoon on the city’s West Side was treated for his injury and discharged from Erie...
View ArticlePedestrian killed in multi-car crash on Niagara Falls Boulevard
An unidentified female pedestrian was killed when she was struck by a car as she was crossing Niagara Falls Boulevard near East Robinson Road at about 9 p.m. Wednesday, according to Amherst police.She...
View ArticleAnother defendant pleads guilty in cocaine case
A 58-year-old Buffalo man has become the 27th of the 30 suspects in a local cocaine trafficking ring smashed in July 2008 to plead guilty. Jerome C. Crosby pleaded guilty Wednesday before U.S....
View ArticleThree arrested in Jamestown marijuana case
JAMESTOWN – Three Jamestown suspects, a man and two women, were being held Wednesday in the Cattaraugus County Jail on felony charges of criminal possession of marijuana for the seizure Tuesday of a...
View ArticleReckless driving suspect jailed after release from hospital
JAMESTOWN – A 24-year-old Jamestown man was taken into custody Wednesday following his discharge from medical treatment at a Rochester hospital for injuries he suffered in a high-speed chase by...
View ArticleBuffalo man charged in theft from a Lockport home
LOCKPORT – State Police in Lockport charged a Buffalo man on Thursday with allegedly stealing items from a home in Lockport and then selling them for cash in Buffalo.Steven J. Mouery, 40, of Gallatin...
View ArticleIllegal alien sentenced to a year in prison
A woman who posed as someone else while living illegally in the U.S. was sentenced Wednesday by Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny to a year in prison.Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael...
View ArticleArizona man pleads guilty in cross-state drug smuggling ring
A 29-year-old Prescott, Ariz., man admitted Wednesday to U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara that he was part of a drug trafficking ring routinely shipping cocaine and marijuana from Arizona to...
View ArticleAshville woman arrested for using false identificaton
JAMESTOWN – A 27-year-old Ashville woman was arrested Thursday by State Police and charged with felony second-degree forgery and criminal impersonation for allegedly having used another person’s name...
View ArticleHonduran held for illegal entry into U.S.
A 38-year-old resident of Honduras who allegedly tried to enter the United States illegally Tuesday at the Peace Bridge was arrested by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents. A federal spokesman...
View ArticleFalls man given probation in attempted theft of copper pipes
LOCKPORT – A man who tried to steal copper pipes from a vacant house on Seventh Street in Niagara Falls last year was sentenced Thursday to five years’ probation and 10 days in the Niagara County work...
View ArticleMan who escaped from courthouse sentenced to 4 to 8 years
LOCKPORT – A man who fled from the Niagara County Courthouse June 27, causing injuries to two officers who recaptured him, attributed his actions to drug use Thursday, as he was sentenced to a total...
View ArticleTwo defendants given probation in Niagara County
LOCKPORT – Two persons who had pleaded guilty to misdemeanors in separate cases after originally being charged with felonies were each sentenced to three years’ probation Thursday by Niagara County...
View ArticleThree arrested in Medina drug bust
MEDINA – Cocaine, heroin, guns, pills, and a drug known as bath salts were found and three persons were arrested after raids at two Church Street addresses in Medina on Wednesday. In addition...
View ArticlePolice release sketch of woman in fatal accident
Buffalo police have released a sketch of an unidentified female pedestrian who was struck and killed by a vehicle just after midnight Thursday at Bailey and Kerns avenues.Police are still attempting...
View ArticleTwo men are charged after driving into garbage truck in a stolen car
PENDLETON – A man driving a stolen car rear-ended a Modern Disposal garbage truck Thursday afternoon on Lockport Road in the Town of Pendleton. Police said Dakota Hewitt, 19, of Lockport, was arrested...
View ArticleBuffalo juvenile charged with felony robbery
A 15-year-old Andover Avenue boy was arrested on felony robbery and harassment charges about 11:10 a.m. Thursday, shortly after he allegedly robbed another juvenile of an undisclosed amount of cash at...
View ArticleRichmond avenue man charged with selling untaxed cigarettes
A 52-year-old Richmond Avenue man was charged with the tax law offense of offering for sale unstamped cigarettes after he was seen allegedly peddling them about 1 p.m. Thursday in the Main and Court...
View ArticleBuffalo man arrested in Lockport house burglary
LOCKPORT – A 40-year-old Buffalo man was arrested by the State Police Thursday and held in the Niagara County Jail for allegedly burglarizing a Lockport house of money and personal property on Sunday....
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