East Aurora man charged with child porn
An East Aurora man was arrested Wednesday following a child pornography investigation by authorities from Alabama.Spencer Todd George, 46, of South Grove St., East Aurora was being investigated by the...
View ArticleYoungstown doctor denies drug allegations
A Niagara County emergency room doctor who was arrested on a federal misdemeanor cocaine charge denies the allegations and denies using drugs, his attorney said on Wednesday.Dr. Daniel Gillick, 62, of...
View ArticleNorth Tonawanda man avoids jail in felony DWI case
LOCKPORT – A man who, according to his attorney, went out and got drunk after being told he might have pancreatic cancer, was placed on five years’ probation Wednesday and ordered to serve 30 days in...
View ArticleDriver in fatal Niagara County crash mulls plea offer
LOCKPORT – The driver whose speeding car smashed into a tree on the Tuscarora Indian Reservation on Aug. 19, inflicting fatal injuries on a passenger, was given a plea offer Wednesday and was told to...
View ArticleDrug dealer, missing six years, is sent to jail
LOCKPORT – Johnny W. Collins, a Niagara Falls cocaine dealer who absconded in 2006 while on interim probation instead of showing up for final sentencing, was ordered to Niagara County Jail for a year...
View ArticleFalls robbery suspect will take plea deal
LOCKPORT – Paul J. Schubert, the suspect in a series of armed robberies this fall in the Niagara Falls area, will enter a guilty plea next week, it was announced Wednesday in Niagara County...
View ArticleMan to serve one year in Falls knifing
LOCKPORT – Lawrence G. Congi, who washed out of court-supervised mental health treatment because of his cocaine addiction, was sentenced to a year in jail Wednesday for knifing a man a year ago in a...
View ArticleFalls burglar draws a year behind bars
LOCKPORT – Asad R. Hixon, 21, of Dudley Avenue, Niagara Falls, was sentenced Wednesday to a year in Niagara County Jail for his role in a burglary two years ago.Hixon had pleaded guilty before County...
View ArticleLittle Valley man charged with DWI
FRANKLINVILLE – A Little Valley man was charged by state police with driving drunk after he was stopped for a traffic infraction on state Route 242 about 2:05 a.m. Tuesday.Levi J. Brown, 35, registered...
View ArticleAlden men charged with trying to steal railroad material
Two Alden men were charged over the weekend with trying to steal scrap railroad crossing lights valued at $500.Mark A. Blair, 51, and Jeffrey A. Lipinski, 47, were arrested by state police on Norfolk...
View ArticleWarrant busts net 16 suspects, including one wanted for cocaine trafficking
Thirteen men and three women – including a Florida man wanted in that state on cocaine trafficking charges and an Akron couple charged with child neglect – are being held at the Erie County Holding...
View ArticleBoy struck by vehicle in West Seneca has died
Devin Miller, the 11-year-old Cheektowaga boy struck by a vehicle on Orchard Park Road near Innes Road Sunday afternoon, died of severe head injuries at Women & Children’s Hospital, West Seneca...
View ArticleClerk charged with stealing lottery tickets
WHEATFIELD – A North Tonawanda man employed as a convenience store clerk was charged after a store manager said she saw him on store security taking lottery tickets from a display case.Zachary A....
View ArticleThree charged after North Buffalo drug raid
Three men were charged this week with running an illegal drug operation out of a Parker Avenue home in North Buffalo, city Chief of Detectives Dennis J. Richards announced Wednesday evening.Thomas C....
View ArticleBuffalo man charged with assaulting, robbing cab driver
A 19-year-old Buffalo man and three juveniles were charged earlier this week with mugging, pistol-whipping and robbing a Buffalo cab driver of $190 and his personal papers, including a Hungarian...
View ArticleFalls officer faces assault charge in Darien concert incident
A charge against a veteran Niagara Falls police officer accused of attacking a woman at a Darien Lake concert last summer has been upgraded from harassment to assault.Kelly Alcorn, 47, of Grand Island,...
View ArticleResidents flee house fire on Plymouth
Residents of a West Side carriage house were driven from their home by fire early this morning, but no injuries were reported, fire officials said,The fire started at about 2 45 a.m. in a rear...
View ArticleMan gets maximum term for home invasion, murder
Dressed in a suit and tie, Edward McCloud stood in a courtroom today looking like a successful businessman, Erie County Judge Sheila A. DiTullio said.But McCloud’s trade for more than two decades has...
View ArticleAmherst man gets 6 months for fatally shooting best friend
An Amherst man was sentenced Thursday to six months in jail for fatally shooting a lifelong friend in September 2011 when the friend tried to stop him from driving after several hours of drinking.“I...
View ArticleFeds confiscate near-record $53.7 million from criminals
Pastor Antwan Diggs’ message was no different than that of the phalanx of law enforcement officials standing behind him but his came with a not-so-subtle reminder about ill-gotten gains.“God takes...
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