Four-time drunken driver sentenced to state prison
LOCKPORT – John P. Hill, who has been convicted of drunken driving four times, was sentenced to 1 1/3 to four years in state prison Thursday by State Supreme Court Justice Richard C. Kloch Sr.“You’ve...
View ArticleLockport man pleads guilty to 2011 cocaine possession count
LOCKPORT – A man pleaded guilty in State Supreme Court Thursday to having had cocaine with the intention of selling it three years ago in Niagara Falls.Maurice Mackey, 32, of Chapel Street, Lockport,...
View ArticleWoman charged in North Tonawanda beating, robbery
LOCKPORT – A woman who allegedly robbed another woman after hitting her with a brick and kicking her was arraigned Thursday in State Supreme Court.Katherine M. Cook, 40, of Oliver Street, North...
View ArticleMom accused of forcing daughter into fistfight
NIAGARA FALLS – A Niagara Falls mother has been arrested for allegedly forcing her teenage daughter to fistfight with another girl in the street, police reported Thursday.The incident was recorded on...
View ArticleLawsuit over Lockport fire chief exam could be moot
LOCKPORT – State Supreme Court Justice Richard C. Kloch Sr. said Thursday he wants to know why the Lockport Civil Service Commission changed the rules on who is eligible to be promoted to fire...
View ArticleSlain Vietnam vet also robbed
A 70-year-old Vietnam veteran fatally shot in his East Side home two weeks ago was the victim of an apparent robbery, Buffalo police said Thursday.Robert C. Bennett Sr. was found dead in his house on...
View ArticleMan whose fall onto Bills fan at the Ralph was widely publicized is granted...
Robert Hopkins, the Buffalo Bills fan who last fall tried to slide down a railing at Ralph Wilson Stadium, only to fall on and severely injure another fan, has been granted a jury trial before Orchard...
View ArticleFeds shut down three Chinese websites linked to dangerous drugs
Following the death last year of a man and woman in Hamburg, federal authorities are taking action against Chinese websites that sell illegal and potentially dangerous drugs and chemicals.U.S....
View ArticleFinal suspect in Southtowns burglary ring gets 3½ years
The last suspect in a five-member burglary ring that was responsible for a series of daytime break-ins last year in the Southtowns was sentenced Friday to 3½ years in prison.State Supreme Court...
View ArticleFalls man pleads guilty to having a half-ounce of cocaine
LOCKPORT – Tony L. Moore, who had about a half-ounce of cocaine when his car was stopped May 2 by Niagara Falls police, pleaded guilty Friday in Niagara County Court.Moore, 32, of Niagara Avenue in...
View ArticleFarkas dismisses woman’s charges after diversion success
LOCKPORT – A woman who entered the judicial diversion program of court-supervised drug treatment 15 months ago was declared Friday to have completed the program, and the felony drug case against her...
View ArticleTwo years in jail is sentence for two-time burglar
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man who pleaded guilty to two burglaries was sentenced Friday to two years in Niagara County Jail for violating the terms of his probation.Joseph A. Bishara, 24, of John...
View ArticlePorter man’s robbery sentence doesn’t extend his prison time
LOCKPORT – Jason J. Kester, the Porter man sentenced March 31 to 13 years in prison for invading a West Seneca woman’s home last year, won’t have to serve any additional time for violating probation...
View ArticleTwo men arrested after fight in car parked in Little Valley
LITTLE VALLEY – Cattaraugus County sheriff’s deputies arrested two men after a fight broke out shortly before 6 p.m Tuesday in a car parked in Little Valley, with two children in the back seat. Zeno...
View ArticleFour arrested in drug raids on two Jamestown addresses
JAMESTOWN – Four people were arrested early Friday during joint raids by Jamestown and state police in a crackdown on trafficking in heroin and crack cocaine.Jamestown Police Capt. Robert Samuelson...
View ArticleOne suspect in cellphone store break-in arrested, two others sought
A Dorris Avenue man was arrested early Friday and police are on the hunt for two others who broke into the Platinum Wireless cellphone store at 2211 Niagara St. about 2 a.m. Friday. Marcus T. Davis,...
View ArticleGasport man arrested for felony DWI in Leandra’s Law case
ROYALTON – A Gasport man was charged with felony driving while intoxicated in a Leandra’s Law case after sideswiping a parked car with his SUV on Dale Road shortly before 10 p.m. Thursday, state...
View ArticleAuthorities seize methamphetamine during Peace Bridge arrest
An Urbana, Ill., man was arrested at the Peace Bridge early Friday is accused of trying to sneak 33.8 grams of methamphetamine into the United States after traveling to Canada.Richard Mason, 53, was...
View ArticleCheektowaga man arrested after argument with Buffalo woman
A Cheektowaga man arrested about 10:30 a.m. Friday is accused of hurling rocks at the home of a Hastings Avenue woman during an argument. Daniel J. Blackwell, 25, of George Urban Boulevard, was...
View ArticleMan who racks up nearly $300 bar tab at Allentown bar comes up empty
A Merrimac Street man patronizing an Allentown bar was arrested early Friday after he failed to pay a nearly $300 bar tab, police said.Edward P. Coleman, 40, who was charged with theft of services,...
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