Video surveillance captures theft of cellphones at Falls store
NIAGARA FALLS – A cleaner at a Niagara Falls Boulevard AT&T store is being sought in the theft Saturday morning of cellphones worth more than $6,600, police said. Surveillance videos show the man...
View ArticleTV, prescription drugs stolen from Hyde Park-area home
NIAGARA FALLS – The home of an elderly woman home was burglarized Friday while she was away for several hours for a medical procedure, police said.Upon returning home about 4:30 p.m., the victim found...
View ArticleDamage placed at $1,900 in attempted Falls break-in
NIAGARA FALLS – Damage was estimated at $1,900 following a burglary attempt at the Lotus Farms building on Main Street early Friday, Niagara Falls police said. Officers answering an unrelated call...
View Article5-year-old with wad of cash arouses suspicions in supermarket
TOWN OF LOCKPORT – A 5-year-old boy with his father’s wallet and $200 was found wandering the Tops supermarket alone early Saturday, crossing busy South Transit Road to get there, Niagara County...
View ArticleOrchard Park man accused of false report involving prostitute
A man was arrested early Saturday after Orchard Park police said he patronized a prostitute and let her use his vehicle that was later involved in a hit-and-run crash involving another vehicle in...
View ArticleHelicopter hero to retire after 27 years of high drama
It was perhaps the scariest of many harrowing moments in more than four decades that Capt. Kevin R. Caffery has flown for the Erie County Sheriff’s Office.Caffery and flight officer Arthur Litzinger...
View ArticleHelicopter hero retires after 27 dramatic years
It was perhaps the scariest of many harrowing moments in more than four decades that Capt. Kevin R. Caffery has flown for the Erie County Sheriff’s Office.Caffery and flight officer Arthur Litzinger...
View ArticleNiagara County sheriff to sell swindler’s businesses
LOCKPORT – The businesses that Kenneth Heitzenrater and his wife started with money stolen from a now-deceased neighbor will go up for bids next month.A sheriff’s sale will be held March 13 for the...
View ArticleDriver in head-on crash in Sherman is listed in critical condition
SHERMAN – The Ripley driver of one car involved in Saturday’s head-on collision on Pelton Road in Sherman was listed in critical condition Sunday in Hamot Medical Center, Erie, Pa.Dakota Bird, 19, was...
View ArticleElma woman fatally injured in crash at north Amherst intersection
A two-vehicle crash shortly before noon Saturday at Transit and Casey roads in north Amherst fatally injured an Elma woman.Joanne Schraven, 74, died later Saturday afternoon in Erie County Medical...
View ArticleRandolph man charged with assault in domestic case
RANDOLPH – A domestic incident in the Town of Randolph led to the arrest Saturday of a Randolph man in an assault case.Joshua J. Dash, 34, was arrested by the Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Office and...
View ArticleTwo DWI arrests in Orchard Park trigger other charges
Two men arrested Saturday evening by Orchard Park Police in separate incidents face driving while intoxicated and other charges.About 6:30 p.m., a vehicle driven by George D. Hagen, 60, of East...
View ArticleMurder conviction reduced in ‘brutal’ stabbing at party
When Todd R. Heatley was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison in 2010 for stabbing a man eight times and killing him, the judge called the crime “about as brutal as it gets.”But it did not rise to...
View ArticleMan stabbed in store parking lot
LOCKPORT – An argument that began inside a discount department store led to a serious stabbing in the store parking lot Sunday afternoon, the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office reported.The victim,...
View ArticleUse of torch leads to fire on William Street
A two-story house at 664 William Street caught fire when a torch was used to repair a roof, according to the Buffalo Fire Department. The fire was called in at 1:16 p.m. Sunday, and fire crews were on...
View ArticleYoung Falls man dies in California accident
NIAGARA FALLS – A young volunteer firefighter from Niagara Falls serving in the Marine Corps was killed in the aftermath of a four-car accident Saturday morning in San Diego, Calif.Chief Bruce Mack of...
View ArticleAmherst fire causes $500,000 in damage
Damage was estimated at half a million dollars after a fire Sunday afternoon in the offices of Orkin Pest Control in the Amherst Inducon Park Business Development at Earhart and Wehrle drives. The...
View ArticleArmed robbery at Lockport gas station
LOCKPORT – A man displayed a knife and demanded money at 3:20 p.m. Sunday in a South Transit Road gas station and then fled in a car parked nearby, according to the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office. A...
View ArticleConstruction firm gets judge’s OK for two legal claims over Canalside...
A construction company removed in May from the Canalside project at the former Aud site can proceed with its legal claims of defamation and contract interference against Erie Canal Harbor Development...
View ArticleHamburg village police nab accused NOCO robber
Hamburg village police early Monday morning apprehended a robbery suspect accused of wielding a knife and stealing all the money in the cash register at a NOCO Express Mart in the village.Police say...
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