Falls man is caught in a police chase and is charged in an attempted burglary
NIAGARA FALLS – A smashed window prompted police to respond to an alarm at Lotus Farms at just after midnight Monday in the 1500 block of Main Street. When police arrived they spotted a man in black...
View ArticleExpensive jewelry stolen in armed robbery in Niagara Falls.
NIAGARA FALLS – About $27,000 worth of jewelry was stolen from a man in an armed robbery Sunday in Niagara Falls.A 31-year-old man told police he was confronted about 5:45 a.m. in a parking lot in the...
View ArticleKidnapping report leads to arrest at Landon Street and Wohlers Aveue
A report of a kidnapping early Sunday led Ferry-Fillmore District police to arrest a man accused of assaulting and unlawfully imprisoning a woman in his vehicle, police reported Monday.Officers...
View ArticleOrchard Park motorist involved in police chase sentenced to jail
A motorist who led Cheektowaga police on a high-speed chase on Christmas will spend 30 days in jail.Randall W. Smith, 29, of Orchard Park, was spotted behind a business on Walden Avenue at about 11...
View ArticleSweet Home principal knocked unconscious, teacher hurt breaking up fight
The principal of Sweet Home High School was knocked unconscious while she and teachers tried to break up a fight among students in the hallway of the school Monday, police and school officials said.A...
View ArticleWoman imprisoned for robbing credit union
LOCKPORT – A Town of Lockport woman who was convicted of robbing the Cornerstone Community Credit Union on South Transit Road, where she was a regular customer, was sentenced to three to six years in...
View ArticleFalls man pleads guilty to store holdup, minivan theft
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man admitted Monday in Niagara County Court that he and another man tried to rob a check cashing store Jan. 23, moments after stealing a minivan.Cortez M. McClain, 21, of...
View ArticleFalls woman charged with dealing painkillers
LOCKPORT – Cara M. Toarmino, 28, of 24th Street, Niagara Falls, who was arrested after a Falls officer making a traffic stop Aug. 1 allegedly found painkillers in the car, pleaded not guilty to a...
View ArticleFalls man gambles on drug treatment
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man who has been in prison for drug possession decided Monday to risk a 12-year sentence if he fails in the judicial diversion program of court-supervised drug...
View ArticleFalls 18-year-old pleads guilty to sex felony
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls 18-year-old is likely to be granted youthful offender status for his guilty plea to molesting a 12-year-old girl, State Supreme Court Justice Richard C. Kloch Sr. said from...
View ArticleTwo former Wyoming County inmates arrested for November jail crimes
WARSAW – Two former prisoners at the state’s Wyoming Correctional Facility in Attica have been arrested for alleged criminal activity involving edged metal weapons they had made and concealed last...
View ArticleFarmersville man arrested for Machias snowmobile theft
LITTLE VALLEY – The arrest of a 19-year-old Farmersville man for the theft last week of a snowmobile in the Town of Machias, was announced Monday by the Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Office.Austin E....
View ArticlePerry man arrested for Portageville bowling alley assault
WARSAW – The arrest of a 47-year-old Perry man for allegedly assaulting a 58-year-old woman in a Portageville bowling alley on Feb. 15 was reported Monday by the State Police.David M. Preen was...
View ArticleJamestown man arrested for illegal switch blade knife
JAMESTOWN – A routine traffic stop for alleged speeding led to the arrest of a 24-year-old Jamestown man for illegal possession of a switch blade knife in the town of Gerry, State Police reported...
View ArticleRipley man jailed on charges of operating meth lab in his car
MAYVILLE – A 23-year-old Town of Ripley man was being held in the Chautauqua County Jail here on a State of Pennsylvania probation violation warrant and for allegedly operating a portable...
View ArticleTwo Buffalo men arrested for drugs on Niagara Street
Two Buffalo men were arrested for drugs when State Police assigned to the Buffalo Strike Force stopped their vehicle for not having its headlights lighted about 10 p.m. Friday on Niagara Street near...
View ArticleBuffalo shooting victim identified after autopsy
A 32-year-old Buffalo man whose body was found near Dewey Avenue and Canton Alley just before 3:30 p.m. Sunday was identified Monday as a homicide victim by the Erie County Medical Examiner’s office...
View ArticleKeith Reed’s family reacts emotionally after his killer gets maximum...
MAYVILLE – Kevin Reed promised Chautauqua County District Attorney David W. Foley that he would keep quiet and not cause a ruckus during the trial of Anthony “Rob” Taglianetti II, the Virginia man...
View ArticleReed's family reacts emotionally at sentencing
MAYVILLE – Kevin Reed promised Chautauqua County District Attorney David W. Foley that he would keep quiet and not cause a ruckus during the trial of Anthony “Rob” Taglianetti II, the Virginia man...
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