Holding Center inmate and estranged girlfriend plead to drug charges
A 34-year-old Buffalo, man already jailed for a local robbery arrest, and his now-estranged girlfriend have pleaded guilty to felony drug charges for allegedly trying to sneak Soboxone into the Erie...
View ArticleBig picture is the focus of Friday burglary in Niagara Falls
NIAGARA FALLS – A 64-inch television was stolen during the burglary Friday of a LaSalle Avenue home, Niagara Falls police said.A resident returning home about 3:20 p.m. discovered a rear door ajar and...
View ArticleFailure to signal draws attention to aggravated DWI suspect
NIAGARA FALLS – A Niagara Falls man was charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated early Saturdday after pulling into two closed gas stations without using his signals, police said. Weston W....
View ArticleDamage considered heavy as fire engulfs garage in Wilson
WILSON – Investigators are probing the cause of a fire that heavily damaged a garage at 3789 Beebe Road Friday night. Niagara County sheriff’s deputies said they discovered the garage fully engulfed...
View ArticleFlickinger Center locker with broken lock yields cellphone, watch and wallet
A cellphone, wallet and watch were stolen from a locker in Erie Community College’s Flickinger Center on Friday night.The victim told Buffalo police his lock was broken and the belongings were stolen...
View ArticlePolice probe theft of shotguns and ammunition from East Side home
Three shotguns and about 500 shotgun rounds were stolen from a Langfield Avenue home early Saturday, Buffalo Police said.The home, near Tower Street, was entered when the thief broke glass on the...
View ArticleTwo linked to stolen handgun and drugs in Broadway traffic stop
Buffalo police said they found a stolen .38-caliber handgun, crack cocaine and marijuana during a traffic stop Thursday on Broadway.Joel Morgan, 49, and William Miles, 31, no addresses given, were...
View ArticleDWI charge lodged after vehicle hits hydrant, flips on South Park Avenue
A woman was charged with driving while intoxicated after her vehicle clipped a fire hydrant and flipped about 9:20 a.m. Saturday on South Park Avenue near Olcott Avenue, Buffalo police said.Maryann...
View ArticleAggravated DWI charge lodged after Orchard Park red light arrest
A driver who ran a red light on Lake Avenue in Orchard Park about 3:30 a.m. Saturday faces a charge of aggravated driving while intoxicated, police said.William R. Anderson, no age or address given,...
View ArticleShots pepper car near Jefferson Avenue and Best Street
A car near Jefferson Avenue and Best Street was struck by gunfire early Saturday.Two women told police a man shot at the front driver’s side of their vehicle just before 4 a.m., according to Buffalo...
View ArticleSnowmobiler jailed after hitting deputy’s car
MAYVILLE - A 28-year-old Westfield man is facing snowmobiling while intoxicated charges after hitting a Chautauqua County sheriff’s deputy’s car, the Sheriff’s Office reported today.Michael J. Trippy...
View ArticleDepew woman arrested with assortment of pills
A Depew woman was arrested in South Buffalo with an assortment of prescription pills and other drug paraphernalia in her purse, Buffalo police said today.Shayla McSpadden of Borden Road, was driving...
View Article16-year-old held on a series of traffic charges
A 16-year-old driver is facing a series of charges after, police said, he went on a high-speed ride around the city in a stolen vehicle – and was involved in a hit-and-run accident in the process.The...
View ArticleOrchard Park cops nab six for DWI in 24 hours
Orchard Park police made six drunk-driving arrests in just over a 24-hour period, authorities reported Sunday.• James Geary, 45, of Orchard Park, was arrested at 3:21 a.m. Saturday on Orchard Park...
View ArticleTown clerk says Mongielo appeal error wasn’t “malicious”
LOCKPORT – Town Clerk Nancy A. Brooks said last week that the failure to take an appeal notice for David J. Mongielo’s sign ordinance conviction to Town Court was not intentional.“I certainly didn’t...
View ArticleBuffalo man pleads guilty to two felony drunken driving counts
A Buffalo man arrested twice in two months on drunken driving charges has pleaded guilty to two counts of felony driving while intoxicated.Brian Myles, 33, of Parkside Avenue, admitted that he was...
View ArticleThree plead guilty to beating, robbing and stripping man
Three Buffalo men pleaded guilty Monday to beating a man with a baseball bat, robbing him of $3,000 and his clothes, then leaving him naked in the street. Jeremy Thompson, 27, of Pleasant Place, and...
View ArticleSt. Pat's Day weekend turns rowdy
Several rowdy bar patrons were arrested Sunday and Monday morning in separate instances of fighting and other disturbances.Sean M. Schmidt, 23, and Jonathan A. Kross, 20, both of Buffalo, were each...
View ArticleA beer truck’s cargo is pilfered in Newfane
NEWFANE – A Newfane man who works as a truck driver for Napa Transportation told Niagara County sheriff’s deputies Monday that someone had broken into his tractor-trailer and stolen a portion of its...
View ArticleA baseball bat is used by a man to force his way into a Falls home
NIAGARA FALLS – Police are searching for a man who used a metal baseball bat to smash several windows and unlock a deadbolt on a door to gain entry to a house in the 1100 block of 90th Street at noon...
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