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Buffalo man pleads guilty in second attack on neighbor

A Buffalo man who damaged another man’s eye four years ago during an attack in a supermarket has admitted beating him with a club last summer after threatening to damage his other eye.Reginald Pierce,...

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10th Street Gang member pleads guilty in West Side slaying

During the bloody summer of 2009, Miguel Moscoso went looking for Christian Portes.They were rival West Side gang members and once Moscoso found Portes, who was only 14, he shot and killed...

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Police find no indications of foul play in death of Barry Snyder Jr.

Investigators from the Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Office looked into the death of Seneca Nation businessman Barry E. Snyder Jr. but have found “no indications of foul play,” Sheriff Timothy E....

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South Buffalo man admits to Wheatfield store burglary

LOCKPORT – A South Buffalo man who is already in state prison for a streak of convenience store burglaries in Erie County “slipped over the border and did one in Niagara County,” Niagara County Judge...

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Lockport man arraigned on double assault indictment

LOCKPORT – A Lockport man, charged with hitting a man with a baseball bat Feb. 7 and with stabbing a man Feb. 23, pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Wednesday in Niagara County Court.Jason T....

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Drug dealer who assaulted customer pleads guilty

LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man, who stabbed and punched his purported customer during a Nov. 9 cocaine sale on 86th Street in the Falls, pleaded guilty to two felonies Wednesday.Joel S. Zsebehazy, 29,...

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Falls man imprisoned for heroin possession

LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man who was arrested in a June 19 drug raid on his apartment was sent to state prison Wednesday by State Supreme Court Justice Richard C. Kloch Sr.Jose D. Garcia, 54, of...

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Sloan man pleads guilty to breaking into neighbor’s business

A Sloan man has admitted breaking into a neighbor’s garage last May and stabbing a man who tried to stop him from stealing tools the neighbor used in his tile business.Patrick Gajkowski, 36, of...

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Woman admits embezzlement from Lockport business

LOCKPORT – A North Tonawanda woman, who paid full restitution for money she stole from a former employer when she pleaded guilty Nov. 13, was granted a conditional discharge Wednesday by Niagara...

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Hit man’s cold feet lead to arrest in murder-for-hire

The would-be hit man got cold feet.He was onboard when a 29-year-old Depew woman, whose car he sometimes repaired, offered him a different type of job – $1,000 to kill her meddling mother-in-law, whom...

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Most serious charge dropped against community activist with gun in Buffalo...

Dwayne A. Ferguson, the community activist arrested last month after he was found carrying a loaded handgun at an East Side school where he works with an after-school program, has won dismissal of the...

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Federal judge dismisses ex-coach’s suit against UB, NCAA

Former University at Buffalo basketball coach Tim Cohane has lost another round in his 10-year legal battle with UB and the National Collegiate Athletic Association.A federal judge has dismissed...

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Urban Street man pleads guilty to holding up, shooting at La Nova employees

A Buffalo man Thursday admitted robbing two La Nova Pizzeria employees at gunpoint last fall as they left the West Side restaurant with more than $5,700 to make a bank deposit.He also admitted...

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Two-story house fire in Town of Ellery

MAYVILLE – An electrical circuit problem led to a fire that began in the kitchen of a two-story vacation home at 3950 J T Avenue in the Greenhurst Village subdivision of the Town of Ellery about 7:45...

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Jamestown drug store robbery under investigation

JAMESTOWN – City police asked anyone with information about someone wearing an unusual sweatshirt with the words “Tailgate Guy” on its front ito contact them in a continuing investigation of the armed...

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4 Lockport men arraigned on felony drug charges

LOCKPORT – Four Lockport men pleaded not guilty Thursday in Niagara County Court to indictments charging them with multiple drug sales.Two of the defendants live in the same apartment building on...

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Falls man pleads guilty to harassing estranged wife

LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man who was indicted in connection with two domestic incidents involving his estranged wife was allowed to plead guilty to a single misdemeanor Thursday before Niagara...

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Much arrested Buffalo man jailed for paving scam

Ronald E. Jablonski Jr., 53, a much-arrested Buffalo man was ordered Thursday by Cheektowaga Town Justice Paul S. Piotrowski to spend up to the next six months in jail for bilking an elderly...

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State police DWI arrest in Lewiston

LEWISTON – A 58-year-old Niagara Falls man was stopped by state police for allegedly erratic driving Tuesday afternoon along Route 31 and ultimately arrested on drunken driving and traffic infraction...

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Falls teen is prison-bound after second felony plea

LOCKPORT – A 17-year-old from Niagara Falls will be going to state prison after his second felony conviction, Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas said Thursday.Mason B. Denison of Linwood Avenue...

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