Orchard Park police issue warning about man in van
Orchard Park police are investigating the report of a teenage boy being approached Saturday morning by a white man on Larned Lane in the village.The man asked the teen if he needed help and asked him...
View ArticleBuilding materials and copper stolen from a storage room in the Falls.
NIAGARA FALLS – A Niagara Falls man said wood, copper piping and wiring were stolen from a storage room on his property in the 1600 block of Pine Avenue sometime between noon Sunday and 12:45 p.m....
View ArticleMan gets in trouble with false identity
NIAGARA FALLS – A Lockport man ended up putting himself on the wrong side of the law when he gave police a false identity and used the name of a man who was wanted on a domestic violence...
View ArticleFalls man arraigned on Leandra’s Law charge
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man, accused of driving while drunk and under the influence of cocaine while his 9-month-old son was in his vehicle, pleaded not guilty to a nine-count indictment Tuesday in...
View ArticleMan charged with injuring 2 Lockport police officers
LOCKPORT – A man who allegedly caused serious injuries to two Lockport policemen during a Jan. 5 rampage in the Lockview Plaza restaurant pleaded not guilty Tuesday in Niagara County Court.Allan T....
View ArticleThousands of dollars worth of jewelry stolen in Cambria
CAMBRIA – A couple found jewelry and video games were stolen from their house in the 4300 block of Lower Mountain Road sometime between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday.A 41-year old woman told Niagara County...
View ArticleFormer couple sentenced in counterfeit sneaker case
A former husband and wife were sentenced Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to a year in prison for their role in a counterfeit sneaker ring.Huang Yue Feng and Wang He Bin, now divorced,...
View ArticleBuffalo man gets prison term on gun charge
A Buffalo man arrested last year after a foot chase through an East Side neighborhood ended with the recovery of a 9 mm handgun was sentenced Tuesday to 3½ years in prison on a felony weapon...
View ArticleIrving house heavily damaged by fire late this morning
IRVING – A house in Irving was heavily damaged by fire that began Tuesday morning in a faulty wood stove pipe and ignited combustibles in a crawl space and spread to the rest of the house at 12836...
View ArticleLockport gas station robbery suspect arrested
LOCKPORT – A 24-year-old Town of Lockport man was arrested Tuesday and was being held on $100,000 cash bail for his alleged role in the daylight armed robbery Sunday of the Noco gas station at 6233...
View ArticleFour arrested for drugs in Ullman Street raid
Three women and a man were arrested on drug and marijuana charges during a joint raid on an Ullman Street home Tuesday morning by Buffalo police and Drug Enforcement agents. During the raid at 8:45...
View ArticleSuspect in armed robbery of Falls gas station charged in 2 home burglaries
NIAGARA FALLS – A suspect in gas station armed robbery is additionally facing two separate burglary charges, including a case where he allegedly broke in and tried to climb through a window while a...
View ArticleMan charged in fight over a handgun
A 26-year-old Langmeyer Avenue man was arrested early Tuesday for allegedly stealing a silver handgun with a pearl handle that he allegedly took during a fight with another man in a Woodlawn Avenue...
View ArticleWoman wounded in Niagara Falls police confrontation
NIAGARA FALLS – A woman allegedly charged at city detectives during a drug investigation about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday near 27th and Niagara streets, and another woman nearby was shot in the thigh when an...
View ArticleDNA sought to confirm identity of male Cheektowaga fire victim
The male victim of the Cheektowaga house fire Tuesday was so badly burned that authorities will have to pursue DNA samples to confirm his identity, police said Wednesday.Two people, believed to be an...
View ArticleTeen gets six months in jail for diamond ring robbery
One of two Buffalo teenagers convicted of robbing another teen of a diamond ring, his wallet and iPhone after the victim announced on Facebook that the ring was for sale was sentenced to six months in...
View ArticleElmwood Avenue man arraigned in murder of neighbor
A neighbor of a man killed in his Elmwood Avenue apartment the day after Christmas was arraigned today on an indictment charging him with second-degree murder.Pedro Rivera, 37, of the Stuyvesant...
View ArticleFalls woman charged in gun altercation with police, grazing of bystander
NIAGARA FALLS – A woman grabbing at a police detective’s gun caused it to fire, grazing the thigh of another woman who was nearby Tuesday night, police said.Brittany Blenker, 23, of Main Street, who...
View ArticleLittle Valley man arrested for drugs and unlicensed driving
JAMESTOWN – A 25-year-old Little Valley man was arrested on drugs and unlicensed driving charges after state troopers stopped him Tuesday on Route 394 in Randolph because of a loud muffler on his...
View ArticleTwo elderly Attica men arrested for trafficking in copper cable
BATAVIA – Two elderly Attica men were arrested Wednesday by state police following a two-month investigation into their alleged trafficking in copper cable, allegedly for the past three years or so....
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