Town of Niagara woman pleads guilty to felony DWI charge
LOCKPORT – A Town of Niagara woman pleaded guilty to felony driving while intoxicated Thursday in Niagara County Court.Deana M. Mrzygut, 40, of Witmer Road, was scheduled for sentencing June 6 by...
View ArticleMan who molested 5 children gets 6 months in jail
LOCKPORT – Lewis E. Huff Jr., a Niagara Falls man who, according to his attorney, underwent a personality change after receiving a heart transplant, will serve six months in jail for molesting five...
View ArticleParaplegic victim can’t remember Falls shooting
LOCKPORT – Testifying from a wheelchair, John Petty of Niagara Falls told a Niagara County Court jury Thursday that he can’t remember the shooting that cost him the use of his legs.Petty, now 25, was...
View ArticleBuffalo man hits small dog with beer bottle, threatens woman
A 48-year-old Jersey Street man was arrested on aggravated animal cruelty and other charges after he allegedly threw a 40 ounce beer bottle that hit the Cock-A-Poo pet dog of the woman he was arguing...
View Article10th Street Gang member pleads guilty to federal charges
Another member of the 10th Street Gang pleaded guilty Thursday to a gun charge on the eve of his trial in federal court.Tony Peebles, 27, of Buffalo, pleaded guilty to charges under the Racketeering...
View ArticleWest Side man threatens his neighbor
A 31-year-old West Ferry Street man was arrested on harassment charges after allegedly threatening to punch a neighbor woman during an argument Wednesday evening. Tommie A. Clairborne was arrested...
View ArticleMan accused of hitting dog with beer bottle
A 48-year-old Jersey Street man was arrested on aggravated animal cruelty and other charges after he allegedly threw a 40 ounce beer bottle that hit the cockapoo pet dog of the woman he was arguing...
View ArticleHe’d be alive if he’d stayed in jail
If he had stayed in jail, he could still be alive.Even after Jeremy E. Thompson admitted his guilt last week to a brutal beating and robbery, he managed to persuade a judge to let him remain free on...
View ArticleWilliamsville jeweler accused of selling fake diamonds waives felony hearing
A Williamsville jeweler this morning at a brief village court hearing waived his right to a felony hearing. Now the case against him for allegedly selling fake gems is moving to a higher court with a...
View ArticleBuffalo man with $40,000 worth of pot pleads guilty
A Buffalo man arrested last May with 18 pounds of marijuana in his car pleaded guilty today to first-degree criminal possession of marijuana.Andrew Powell, 30, of Gilbert Street, faces up to 5½ years...
View ArticleBoot camp ordered for two teens who attacked Lockport High athletic director
LOCKPORT – Two teenagers who punched the Lockport High School athletic director and a monitor while being thrown out of the school gym during a Dec. 3 basketball scrimmage received identical sentences...
View ArticleRunaway sex offender admits to bail jumping charge
LOCKPORT – Paul S. Turley, who fled the area after jury selection in his sexual abuse trial last year, pleaded guilty to first-degree bail jumping today, but it won’t lengthen his 15-to-30-year...
View ArticleCheektowaga police searching for copper, steel thieves
Three burglars are being sought by Cheektowaga Police in connection with a recent overnight heist of nearly $40,000 worth of copper tubing and steel piping from a Standard Parkway business. Police...
View ArticleTown of Niagara man pleads guilty to three crimes
LOCKPORT – A Town of Niagara man who was accused of stealing an all-terrain vehicle from a home on Porter Road in that town Dec. 28 pleaded guilty to three counts Thursday in Niagara County...
View ArticleSex offender given two weeks to mull plea offer
LOCKPORT – Sean M. Vickers, a Geneva man already listed as a Level 3 sex offender, has been given two weeks to consider a slightly improved plea offer that would halt a trial in a triple-child...
View ArticleMother accused of poisoning milk exonerated of all charges
An Orchard Park mother who was charged last October with poisoning her baby’s milk has been exonerated of the charges, Erie County District Attorney Frank Sedita said Thursday.Kimberly A. Lawton, now...
View ArticleRobber who used fake gun gets maximum sentence
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man who tried to rob a convenience store while armed with a toy gun was sentenced Thursday to the maximum 1 1/3 to four years in state prison.Niagara County Judge Matthew J....
View ArticleNine arrested in Jamestown heroin and cocaine investigation
JAMESTOWN – Nine suspects were arrested during a joint raid by Jamestown police, state police and federal homeland security agents Wednesday on seven Jamestown-area homes following a months-long...
View ArticleSuspended cell-block worker arraigned on dog-fighting charges
Shannon Richardson, a suspended Buffalo police cellblock attendant, was arraigned Thursday in State Supreme Court on felony dog-fighting charges.The defendant, 34, stood silently as Supreme Court...
View ArticleA man tells police he was beaten and robbed of his debit cards
NIAGARA FALLS – A 43-year-old man said another man entered his house, punched him and took his debit cards at 11:15 p.m. Wednesday in the 400 block of 23rd Street.The victim told police the suspect...
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