Two years in jail for Falls man in drug, domestic cases
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man who pleaded guilty in drug and domestic violence cases was sentenced Wednesday to two years in the County Jail by Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas.William L....
View ArticleGuilty plea in $13,000 store burglary, gun case
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man, charged in two separate indictments, accepted a plea deal Wednesday in Niagara County Court.Frank M. Thomas, 33, of Memorial Parkway, agreed to pay $13,070 in...
View ArticleParolee pleads guilty to 2012 ATV theft attempt
LOCKPORT – A Tuscarora Indian Reservation man, paroled from state prison two months ago, pleaded guilty Wednesday to an attempted all-terrain vehicle theft from nearly two years ago.Lucas R. Mitten,...
View ArticleMan bitten during argument
A 26-year-old Germain Street woman was arrested Wednesday morning for allegedly repeatedly biting a man during an argument in the first block of Woodette Place about 7:45 a.m. Christina Schindler was...
View ArticleSuspect charged in arson
A 44-year-old Ideal Street man was arrested early Wednesday and accused of trying to burn down a neighbor woman’s first-floor flat during an argument. Omar Overstreet was charged with third-degree...
View ArticleMan shot in buttocks, and then arrested
A 19-year-old Custer Street man was taken to Erie County Medical Center Wednesday afternoon for treatment of a gunshot wound to the buttocks that he claimed he suffered when accosted by three men on...
View ArticleOne of three suspects gets mixed verdict in East Side holdup
One of three defendants in the May gunpoint robbery of three men on the East Side was acquitted today of second-degree robbery but convicted of two counts of attempted second-degree robbery.State...
View ArticleWilliamsville man charged with drunken driving in Falls
NIAGARA FALLS – A Williamsville man with a prior history of drunken driving faces felony DWI charges after being stopped Wednesday by police in Niagara Falls.Jacob M. Balch, 26, of Harrogate Square,...
View ArticleCopper plumbing stolen from vacant Niagara Falls house
NIAGARA FALLS – Copper plumbing was among the items stolen in a burglary of a vacant house in the 1100 block of Ontario Avenue, police reported Wednesday.A man told police that he had been watching...
View Article$2,500 Rolex watch among items stolen in Falls burglary
NIAGARA FALLS – Watches and electronics were stolen in a burglary Wednesday afternoon in the 2700 block of Independence Avenue.A 54-year-old man told police he had stopped home for lunch and locked...
View ArticleDNA on cigarette butt leads to arrest in East Aurora burglary case
A cigarette butt left in an East Aurora house after a burglary was about all that police had to go on in 2011.There was some information about a group of men driving away from the Blakeley Road home....
View ArticleTwo arrested for burglarizing East Amherst vending machines
A 25-year-old Buffalo man and a 21-year-old East Aurora woman were arrested Thursday afternoon by Amherst police for allegedly methodically breaking into vending machines at a number of East Amherst...
View ArticleWoman falsely claims she was shot
A 25-year-old East Amherst Street woman was arrested early Thursday after she walked into Buffalo General Hospital at 100 High Street and falsely claimed she had just been shot by a gunman. Tiara...
View ArticleOnce labor’s go-to guy, Local 17 figure fighting back against key...
There was a time when anyone looking for organized labor support in Western New York – politicians, business leaders, community organizers – found themselves knocking on Mark N. Kirsch’s door.One of a...
View ArticleFifth defendant pleads guilty in Southtowns burglary ring
A fifth defendant in a burglary ring that targeted homes last year in the Southtowns admitted Thursday that he was involved in three of the crimes.Daniel Lauber, 22, of Gold Street, pleaded guilty to...
View ArticlePerry street couple arrested in stolen rental car
A Perry Street couple was arrested in an allegedly stolen rental sport utility vehicle near their house late Wednesday. Victor Lewis, 60, was charged with criminal possession of stolen property,...
View ArticleBus, 2 cars involved in crash in front of Falls airport
NIAGARA FALLS -- Niagara County sheriff’s and rescue crews have been dispatched to the scene of the crash of a bus and two cars in front of the Niagara Falls Airport at Niagara Falls Boulevard and...
View ArticleWoman sentenced for tax evasion and falsification
A Buffalo woman has been sentenced to two years’ probation with five months of home confinement following her conviction on charges of tax evasion and falsifying a passport application, according to...
View Article10 injured as bus and two cars crash near Falls airport
A three-vehicle collision involving an NFTA bus, a car and SUV Thursday night in Niagara County sent four people to area hospitals, including a 14-year-old girl who is in the intensive care unit at...
View ArticlePolice arrest four in North Tonawanda drug bust
NORTH TONAWANDA — Police on Thursday night raided an Oliver Street apartment building that was the target of a month-long investigation into drug sales, authorities said.Neighbors have complained that...
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