Fight over a straying cat turns into a gun charge
NIAGARA FALLS – A 16th Street woman said a cat belonging to a neighbor in her apartment building ran into her apartment, but when she confronted the cat’s owner he threatened her with a gun at 5:20...
View ArticleGuns are stolen from vehicles in two separate reports in Lockport
LOCKPORT – A rifle, a shotgun and a pistol were stolen in separate thefts from vehicles parked in driveways on Ellicott and Checkered Tavern roads this past weekend.A man living in the 7400 block of...
View ArticleDriver hits fountain wall at Gates Circle
A driver who crashed into the center fountain wall at Gates Circle early this morning was driving with more than double the legal limit of alcohol in her system, according to Buffalo Police.Catherine...
View ArticleTwo Main Street businesses burglarized
Two Main Street businesses reported the theft of some of their equipment over the weekend, but the thieves didn’t carry some of it very far. Last Friday morning between 6 and 8 a.m., burglars forced...
View ArticleSlightly injured Angola man charged with DWI
MAYVILLE – A 24-year-old Angola man slightly injured when he car rolled over on Interstate 86 in the Town of Mina about 5 a.m. Sunday was charged with driving while intoxicated as he was being treated...
View ArticlePerry man charged with periodic thefts of steel
BATAVIA – A 53-year-old Perry man was arrested by the Genesee County Sheriff’s office Monday for allegedly stealing over $3,000 worth of steel from a Town of Pavilion business on Route 63 during...
View ArticleUnlicensed driver charged with DWI for hitting car stopped for a school bus
ALLEGANY – The arrest of an unlicensed 27-year-old Allegany man for allegedly drunkenly rear-ending a car stopped behind a working school bus a week ago was announced Monday by the Cattaraugus County...
View ArticleUnlicensed Buffalo driver crashes in Attica
ATTICA – A 23-year-old Buffalo woman was charged here with unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle after she slid through the intersection of Route 98 and Route 354 and struck a guard rail about 8...
View ArticleUnlicensed Buffalo driver arrested for having an obstructed view
ATTICA – A Buffalo woman was arrested here Sunday for unlicensed driving after Attica police officers spotted objects hanging from her rear view mirror and obstructing her view as she drive along...
View ArticleChautauqua County man in jail over fight and gravity knife
MAYVILLE – A 43-year-old Gerry man was remanded to the Chautauqua County Jail here Sunday after sheriff’s deputies broke up a street fight between him and another man on Thorton Road in the Town of...
View ArticleTonawanda Coke’s sentencing won’t include victim compensation
People who think they’re a victim of Tonawanda Coke’s environmental crimes will get their day in court – but not this week.A federal judge has rejected a request that Grand Island and Town of...
View ArticleTraffic stop leads to drug arrest in Attica
ATTICA – A 20-year-old Attica man was arrested on drug and other charges after Attica police stopped his car on Prospect Street about 5 p.m. Friday because the vehicle had no inspection sticker. Tory...
View ArticleMan, teen indicted in robbery and shooting of ATM employee
A Buffalo man and a teenager have been indicted with three other suspects in the robbery and shooting of an employee of a company that fills ATMs with cash at bars and other businesses.Ronald Hough...
View ArticleFalls drug dealer pleads guilty to multiple charges
A Niagara Falls drug dealer who was found last year in Angola with marijuana and cocaine, a loaded semiautomatic pistol and a missing teenager who said he broke her nose has pleaded guilty to drug,...
View ArticleMan allegedly pokes an officer in eye and is arrested
A 26-year-old Hoyt Street man was arrested on charges of second-degree assault and disorderly conduct for allegedly poking a police officer in the eye during a confrontation about 11 p.m. Sunday in...
View ArticleDeputies find 250 marijuana plants at Grand Island home
Erie County deputies went to a house on Grand Island Monday after getting a report of a woman being assaulted, but when they got there, they said they discovered a marijuana-growing operation.Deputies...
View ArticleSecond fatality in Clarence Center fire
A fire Sunday night in Clarence Center has claimed a second life.Denise Hackrott, 51, of Clarence Center died Monday at Erie County Medical Center from injuries sustained during the fire at 5961...
View ArticleTow truck driver charged in Youngstown road rage incident
YOUNGSTOWN – A 40-year-old Youngstown man said he was tailgated by a tow truck driver who followed him into a parking lot and then threatened him with a rusty hook and chain from his truck just after...
View ArticleMan armed with BB gun arrested in Black Rock-Riverside
Police arrested a suspected robber armed with a BB gun late Monday in Black Rock-Riverside after a man driving by witnessed the mugging and came to the aid of the victim, according to Buffalo police.A...
View ArticleLewiston man avoids jail in child porn case
LOCKPORT – A Lewiston man who downloaded thousands of pornographic photos of children onto his computer in 2011 and 2012 was placed on 10 years’ probation Tuesday.State Supreme Court Justice Richard...
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