Lewiston man pleads guilty to Falls metal theft
LOCKPORT – A Lewiston man admitted Thursday that he took part in the Aug. 31 burglary of a vacant industrial building in Niagara Falls in an effort to steal copper and other metal.Gerald Welker Jr.,...
View ArticleLockport man admits making meth in parked car
LOCKPORT – A Lockport man faces a sentence of up to 5 1/2 years in state prison after admitting Thursday that he was making methamphetamine in a parked car at about 1 a.m. Nov. 10.Matthew C. Brown,...
View ArticleOne-year sentence imposed on man who dislocated wife’s arm
LOCKPORT – Michael A. Murphy Jr. 31, of 17th Street, Niagara Falls, was sentenced to a year in jail Thursday for dislocating his wife’s arm April 28.However, Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas...
View ArticleLocal sex offender arrested for failing to report move
The arrest of a 42-year-old Buffalo man convicted of sex offenses for a continuing relationship with a young girl several years ago was reported Thursday by the Erie County Sheriff’s Department. Seth...
View ArticleWoman arrested for robbing East Aurora bank
A woman suspected in multiple bank robberies was arrested Wednesday afternoon, not long after a woman held up the Bank of America branch at 670 Main St., East Aurora, a couple doors from Vidler’s 5...
View ArticleCity of Tonawanda man admits downloading child porn
A 74-year-old City of Tonawanda man has pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography before U.S. Magistrate Judge Leslie G. Foschio, U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced...
View ArticleJamaican woman pleads guilty to federal identity theft charges
A 31-year-old Jamaican-born woman who lived in Philadelphia but falsely applied for a U.S. passport here using identify papers stolen from a Florida woman several years ago pleaded guilty Thursday to...
View ArticleOne of three suspects arrested in attempted murder
A 19-year-old Shauf Avenue man was arrested early Thursday, and police reportedly were looking for two other suspects who allegedly shot at a man they confronted near Chelsea Place and East Delavan...
View ArticleMan and woman told not to see each other are both arrested
A 28-year-old Ryan Street woman was arrested at Seneca and Kamper streets about 11:30 p.m. Wednesday for drugs and allegedly striking a 36-year-old Holly Street man who she had earlier gone to court...
View ArticleEx-girlfriend pleads guilty to role in fatal stabbing
The former girlfriend of a man fatally stabbed by his half brother on the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation has admitted conspiring to kill him and then trying to cover up the slaying.Jasmine J. Rios,...
View ArticleLackawanna man, 21, arrested in fatal stabbing of woman
A 21-year-old Lackawanna man faces arraignment today in Erie County Court on an indictment in the Feb. 15 fatal stabbing of Tequila Suter. Damoni Hall, of Lehigh Avenue, was taken into custody at a...
View ArticleFormer Local 17 construction union chief denies fomenting violence
For the first time since his arrest six years ago, former construction union president Mark N. Kirsch spoke publicly Thursday about the allegation that he oversaw a criminal enterprise that threatened...
View ArticleFour-time drunken driver headed for state prison
LOCKPORT – State Supreme Court Justice Richard C. Kloch Sr. said Thursday that he intends to send John P. Hill, a four-time drunken driver, to state prison for 1 1/3 to four years when he returns to...
View ArticleLackawanna man arraigned on second-degree murder charge in killing of...
A Lackawanna man was arraigned Friday on a murder charge in the fatal stabbing of his girlfriend earlier this month in their apartment on Wilkesbarre Avenue.Damoni Hall, 21, pleaded not guilty in Erie...
View ArticleTwo teens guilty in cabbie murder
Two Buffalo teenagers were convicted Friday of murder and robbery in the bloody slaying of a popular cabbie, and technology played a role in securing the guilty verdict, according to...
View ArticleThree men plead guilty to robbing priest at South Buffalo rectory
Three men arrested last fall after they broke into a South Buffalo rectory, threatened a priest with a knife, tied him up and stole more than $550 pleaded guilty Friday to first-degree burglary and...
View ArticleCheektowaga traffic stop nets Guyana embezzler wanted by Interpol
Gregory Alistair Ewan Barnes didn’t get around to renewing the registration on his 1997 gold Infiniti. Depending how much he has been enjoying the frigid winter here, that may have been a big mistake,...
View ArticleLockport man pleads guilty to drug, vehicle charges
LOCKPORT – William S. Johnson, 35, of South Transit Street, pleaded guilty to two crimes Friday and was assigned to the judicial diversion program of court-supervised drug treatment by Niagara County...
View ArticleNYC man to head east after discharge on credit card fraud charge
LOCKPORT – A New York City man, in the Buffalo area to attend college, was granted a conditional discharge in a credit card fraud case Friday by Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas.The condition...
View ArticleFalls man avoids prison in burglary case
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man who burglarized a house on 23rd Street in the Falls last year was placed on five years’ probation Friday by Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas.Douglas VanWormer,...
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