Unlicensed driver arrested
A 21-year-old LaForce Place man was arrested shortly after he fled his car when it was routinely stopped by a police patrol car on Hertel Avenue at Pavonia Street about 8 a.m. Tuesday. Darren A. Smith...
View ArticleCheektowaga man gets 10 years in prison for enticing minor
A Cheektowaga man was sentenced to 10 years in prison after he was convicted of meeting a teenager on the Internet for the purpose of having sex.Salvatore Tantillo II, 32, also must undergo five years...
View ArticleKey witness testifies about ex-union chief’s vandalism role
They were more than fellow union members. They were close friends.Even more important, perhaps, they were co-defendants in a criminal prosecution that rocked the local construction industry with...
View ArticleAlleged trespasser charged with possessing marijuana
A 20-year-old Trammel Walk man was arrested for allegedly trespassing in the hallway of the apartment building at 1 Byrd Way while smoking a marijuana cigarette.Dajon Nettles was arrested in the...
View ArticleTracking device leads to arrest
A 19-year-old Lisbon Avenue man, apparently unaware that the iPhone 5s smart phone is equipped with a tracking device listing exactly where it can be found, was arrested on felony grand larceny and...
View ArticleTwo Dunkirk men arrested in Buffalo at Peace Bridge
Two 20-year-old Dunkirk men were arrested on marijuana charges by Homeland Security agents at the Peace Bridge and turned over to Buffalo police about 11:30 p.m. Monday. Donte Chambers and Damian...
View ArticleFalls man charged in shooting
NIAGARA FALLS – A teen was arraigned in City Court Tuesday on two felonies for allegedly shooting and injuring another young man on Whitney Avenue last month.Joshua D. Carter, 17, of North Avenue was...
View ArticleFather and son accused in lottery scheme
A father and son from Brooklyn are accused of running a lottery scheme targeting the elderly.Corey Anthony Buddle, 22, and his father, Horace Anthony Buddle, 44, were indicted by a federal grand jury...
View ArticleOhio man arrested for marijuana near Jamestown
JAMESTOWN – The arrest of a 33-year-old man from Geneva,Ohio, for possession of marijuana and driving without use of a seat belt was announced Wednesday by State Police.James W. Ray was stopped by...
View ArticleSouth Dayton man arrested in 101 mph car chase
LITTLE VALLEY – The arrest of a South Dayton man for his alleged drunken driving that led to a car chase at speeds of up to 101 mph by Cattaraugus County sheriff’s deputies last Thursday was announced...
View ArticleBurglary call leads to aggravated DWI arrest
WARSAW – A 48-year-old Sheldon man was arrested for aggravated drunken driving after what began as a 911 call about a possible attempted burglary in the Town of Bennington on Valentine’s Day. Robert...
View ArticleSecond suspect arrested in Dunkirk restaurant stickup
DUNKIRK – The second of two suspects linked to the armed stickup of a Dunkirk restaurant late last month was arrested Tuesday in Buffalo by agents of the U.S. Marshall Service, Dunkirk police...
View ArticleBatavia man arrested after ignoring eight traffic charges
WARSAW – A 26-year-old Batavia man arrested by state police for speeding Monday in the Town of Covington was found to be illegally driving with a license suspended because he had ignored traffic...
View ArticleTown of Tonawanda police seek witnesses to Tuesday crash
Town of Tonawanda police were seeking witnesses Wednesday to the collision of a van and a pick-up truck about 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at the River road exit of the Niagara Thruway near Grand Island...
View ArticleOlean businessman gets prison term for tax evasion
Edmund J. Renaud, a former Olean businessman, was ordered Wednesday by Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny to serve 15 months in prison on his guilty plea to tax evasion charges. The...
View ArticleNiagara Falls detectives intercept a package containing a kilo of cocaine
“We have it,” said Narcotics Capt. David LeGault after officers took possession of a package Wednesday morning containing a kilo of uncut cocaine. The drug has a potential street value of $100,000.He...
View ArticlePrison for sex offender in online chat case
LOCKPORT – Donald A. Lanasa, a Level 2 sex offender, was sentenced Wednesday to one to three years in prison for sending naked photos of himself to a person in an online chat room whom he thought was...
View ArticleNT man pleads guilty to second burglary
LOCKPORT – Robert B. Patrick, a North Tonawanda man who had previously pleaded guilty to a garage burglary, admitted Wednesday that he burglarized a house, too.Patrick, 30, of Vandervoort Street,...
View ArticleInglima, already in prison, draws one-year sex crime sentence
LOCKPORT – Filippo Inglima, the former Buffalo and Lewiston restaurant owner, was sentenced to a year in jail Wednesday for second-degree sexual abuse, but he wasn’t there to hear the word from...
View ArticleDriver in fatal crash gets a new attorney
LOCKPORT – A Yankton, S.D., man, charged with crashing his car on the Tuscarora Indian Reservation and killing a passenger while seriously injuring another driver, will have a new attorney to help him...
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