Buffalo man imprisoned in designer jean theft from Saks
LOCKPORT – A 57-year-old Buffalo man with a long criminal record was sentenced Friday to one to three years in state prison for taking part in the Aug. 13 theft of more than $1,000 worth of expensive...
View ArticleLockport man pleads guilty to sharing child porn
LOCKPORT – A City of Lockport man pleaded guilty Friday in Niagara County Court to sharing pornographic videos of children online with people who turned out to be FBI agents.Floyd R. Huntington, 31,...
View ArticleFire causes $10,000 in damages to vacant Old First Ward factory
A Friday afternoon fire caused $10,000 damage at a vacant four-story factory building at 59 Chicago St. in the Old First Ward.Fire crews were called out at 2:32 p.m. The cause remains under...
View ArticleAmherst man gets probation for filing false federal tax claims
Marc Walker, a 53-year-old Amherst man was spared a prison term Friday for filing false federal income tax claims but Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny ordered him to make restitution to...
View ArticleFormer head of Newfane food pantry charged with stealing funds
LOCKPORT – The former director of the Migrant Ministry Food Pantry of Newfane’s First Baptist Church was arrested by the Criminal Investigations Bureau of the Niagara County Sheriff’s office Friday...
View ArticleOntario man arrested for trying to sneak meth across Rainbow Bridge
NIAGARA FALLS – A 21-year-old Ontario man was arrested Thursday for allegedly trying to sneak more than five pounds of methamphetamine into Canada over the Rainbow Bridge, U.S. Customs and Border...
View ArticleMan shot on Jefferson near East Utica
A man was shot at about 7 p.m. Friday on Jefferson Avenue near East Utica Street, Buffalo police reported.The man, whose name has not been released, was taken to Erie County Medical Center for...
View ArticleDelano missing from Cheektowaga town bench
Dennis A. Delano hasn’t been on the job as Cheektowaga town justice since Feb. 25 for unknown reasons, and town officials are trying to find out how long he will be out so they can determine if...
View ArticleMongielo gets ‘last chance’ for an appeal
LOCKPORT – David J. Mongielo, the auto repair shop owner who faces a 10-day jail term for violating the Town of Lockport’s law against flashing signs, will be allowed to present his appeal despite...
View ArticleContractor accused of planting camera in woman’s shower
A contractor hid a camera inside a customer’s bathroom to record video of her while she showered, Amherst police said Saturday.Kevin R. Eckert, 60, was arrested Saturday at his home on Tonawanda Creek...
View ArticleWounded store employee in good condition
A store employee shot Friday night on Jefferson Avenue was listed in good condition Saturday at Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo police reported. The shooting occurred at about 7 p.m. in the 1300...
View ArticleNiagara County fires back on Mount View lawsuit
LOCKPORT – Niagara County Attorney Claude A. Joerg moved last week to dismiss a lawsuit that attempted to invalidate the county’s sale of its former nursing home, which closed at the end of...
View ArticleFalls car break-in suspect also faces drug charges
NIAGARA FALLS – A Willow Avenue man faces several charges after breaking into a car early Friday in the Tops Market parking lot on Portage Road, police said. Kenneth Howell, 27, was charged with petit...
View ArticleWoman, 21, punched repeatedly in altercation at Falls bar
NIAGARA FALLS – A 21-year-old woman was injured early Saturday after being attacked at a Highland Avenue nightspot, police said.The victim told police she was in Elk’s Sunset Lodge about 2:30 a.m....
View ArticleChief Deputy Beatty earns top honor from state sheriffs for career achievement
LOCKPORT – Niagara County Sheriff’s Chief Administrative Deputy Thomas C. Beatty is known for working behind the scenes to get things done. But he recently found himself in the spotlight as he...
View ArticleAmherst police question person of interest in threats to schoolchildren
A person of interest has been identified in three recent incidents of a suspicious man approaching girls walking home from school, Amherst police said Saturday.Police said that charges were not lodged...
View Article2014 Niagara Falls police budget includes funds for SWAT vehicle
NIAGARA FALLS – The Niagara Falls Police Department’s 19-member Emergency Response Team, also known as ERT or SWAT, are the city’s elite – a highly trained unit called upon regularly to handle...
View ArticleThree injured in Orchard Park house fire
Three people were injured in a house fire this morning in Orchard Park, police reported.The fire at 5242 Big Tree Road, near Abbott Road, was reported shortly before 5 a.m. A neighbor told police...
View ArticleChild dies in Fillmore Avenue fire
A child died in a pre-dawn fire at a house on Fillmore Avenue in Buffalo.The fire at 1400 Fillmore, at Woeppel Street, was reported at 6:56 a.m., according to Buffalo fire dispatch. Firefighters were...
View ArticleEx-Animal Planet host sentenced for lizard sale
The former host of Animal Planet’s “Wild Recon” show has been sentenced to two years’ probation and 200 hours of community service in Los Angeles federal court after admitting to trying to sell two...
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