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A Lockport man is charged with trying to sell a stolen ATV

CAMBRIA – A Niagara Falls man alerted Niagara County sheriff’s deputies Tuesday after he learned that a man was trying to sell his all-terrain vehicle which had been reported stolen in Niagara...

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Electronics are stolen in the burglary of a motor home in the Falls

NIAGARA FALLS – A 71-year-old man said someone removed a windshield to climb into his 2004 motor home while it was parked in an alley in the 2700 block of Woodlawn Avenue, sometime between 6 p.m....

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Two houses on adjoining streets are hit by gunfire in Falls

NIAGARA FALLS – Police investigating calls of shots fired at 20th Street and Woodlawn Avenue just after 3 a.m. Tuesday found two houses on 22nd Street and Woodlawn Avenue damaged by gunfire.Police...

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Niagara Falls woman jumps to her death

NIAGARA FALLS – A 61-year-old woman jumped to her death Wednesday from a 15th floor window at the apartment tower at 901 Cedar Ave., according to Police Lt. Michael Trane. The woman died at the scene...

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Two Buffalo police officers hurt in Kensington Expressway accident

Two Buffalo police officers suffered injuries just after 10 a.m. today when their patrol vehicle was involved in an accident with a second car on the westbound Kensington Expressway near the Grider...

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Cowlesville man, 30, killed in snowmobile accident

BENNINGTON – A Cowlesville man died sometime overnight after the snowmobile he was riding southbound on Folsomdale Road in the Town of Bennington traveled off the east shoulder of the road and struck...

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Alleged serial burglar given minimum sentence

LOCKPORT – A man who was suspected in as many as 13 Lewiston burglaries drew the minimum sentence Thursday from Niagara County Judge Matthew J. Murphy III.Michael T. Nolfi, 27, of Cherry Lane,...

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Lockport woman pleads guilty in meth case

LOCKPORT – A woman whose boyfriend pleaded guilty two weeks ago to making methamphetamine in a parked car accepted the same plea offer herself Thursday.Niagara County Judge Matthew J. Murphy III...

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Falls man draws 7 years for robbery and burglary

LOCKPORT – Tyrell J. Jordan, a Niagara Falls man whose attorney called him “a young man who is desperate to obtain property to sell for drugs,” was sentenced Thursday to seven years in prison and five...

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Pomfret business building destroyed by accidental fire

MAYVILLE – A Halogen utility light that accidentally was left too close to combustible material was blamed Thursday for a fire about 8:30 p.m. Wednesday that destroyed a Town of Pomfret business...

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Indictment accuses woman of possessing a wide range of drugs

LOCKPORT – A Town of Niagara woman pleaded not guilty Thursday in State Supreme Court to a six-count indictment accusing her of possessing five different drugs when the car in which she was riding was...

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Falls man to try treatment after cocaine plea

LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man risked up to nine years in prison Thursday as he entered the judicial diversion program of court-supervised drug treatment following his guilty plea to cocaine...

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Auction of swindler’s property postponed because of tax lien

LOCKPORT – Concerns over a state tax lien caused a postponement Thursday of the auction of property owned by a criminal who was ordered to pay restitution for stealing about $600,000 from an elderly...

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Woman says she is a victim of fraud from a caller who claims to be from...

WHEATFIELD – A 74-year-old woman told Niagara County sheriff’s deputies Thursday that she got a call at her Nash Road home Wednesday evening from someone claiming to be from Microsoft who talked her...

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Man stabbed in a Maryland Street home

The stabbing of a man in a Maryland Street home about 6:25 p.m. was under investigation Thursday night by Buffalo police. Initial reports said the victim was stabbed in the hand, and an “older” male...

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Jury begins deliberations in murder trial of Buffalo man accused of killing...

Jurors on Thursday began deliberating the fate of a man accused of killing a 13-year-old girl after they heard two contrasting portrayals of what happened.But both the defense and prosecution agreed...

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Bills fan’s court appearance postponed to April 10

A Buffalo Bills fan arrested after he fell from the top deck of Ralph Wilson Stadium into the stands below, injuring himself and another fan, will return to Orchard Park Town Court next month for...

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Buffalo fire fighter and two civilians injured in crash

Four firefighters and two women were taken to Erie County Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries suffered when a fire truck and the women’s car collided shortly before 7 p.m. Thursday at...

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Police negotiating with woman with a gun in an apartment building

Buffalo police this evening are reportedly negotiating with a disturbed woman with a loaded handgun in an apartment building at Ashland Avenue and Summer Street.The Buffalo Police SWAT team has been...

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Fireworks explode in Riverside house, one man hurt

A 69-year-old Condon Avenue man was taken to Erie County Medical Center late this afternoon suffering from what Buffalo police described as a severe hand injury as a result of a small explosion in his...

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