Final 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 ArticleGrand jury probe focuses on unsolved hit-and-run death in Evans
Erie County prosecutors have begun presenting evidence to a grand jury in connection with a controversial and mysterious hit-and-run death in the Town of Evans.The district attorney’s office is...
View ArticleGraffiti Task Force in Niagara Falls targets skateboarders
NIAGARA FALLS – Just a few years ago, the Graffiti Task Force was created in Niagara Falls and the city’s police force worked hard to both identify and clean up the graffiti left by street gangs.The...
View ArticleLockport motorcyclist injured in Pendleton collision
PENDLETON – A Lockport motorcyclist was seriously injured after being struck by a vehicle turning into a driveway on Fisk Road about 5:25 p.m. Friday, Niagara County sheriff’s deputies said. Richard...
View ArticleThree hospitalized after bar fight in Lockport
LOCKPORT – Three people were injured early today in a bar fight at Lock 34 on Main Street, city police reported.Police said those who were injured during the 2 a.m. fight suffered cuts or stab...
View ArticleVehicle fleeing police smashes into East Side home
The driver of a vehicle has been arrested after speeding away from police early Saturday morning and then crashing into a house on the East Side, seriously injuring his passenger.Buffalo police report...
View ArticleTractor-trailer tips on Thruway near Batavia
A tractor-trailer carrying a crane overturned on the Thruway near Batavia this afternoon, blocking the left lane.The truck was traveling eastbound between the exits for Batavia and LeRoy when the...
View ArticleMan suffers hypothermia after being rescued from Union Ship Canal
A 69-year-old Lackawanna man was being treated for hypothermia in Erie County Medical Center after being rescued from the Union Ship Canal on Saturday afternoon.Buffalo Police said the man was tossed...
View ArticleLancaster bus workers charge harassment
The complaints paint Robert W. Mowry as a bully, sexual harasser and a boss who intimidates, torments and humiliates female employees.The women behind the complaints claim Mowry, transportation...
View ArticleOrchard Park mother exonerated of poisoning infant son, but life is still in...
One year ago, Kimberly Lawton’s world began to crumble.First the Orchard Park mother of three was accused of poisoning her infant son during a contentious custody battle. She was arrested and sent to...
View ArticleMotorcycle crash in Royalton sends two to ECMC with head injuries
ROYALTON – Two people suffered head injuries in a motorcycle crash shortly before 3:30 p.m. on Saturday on Hartland Road, between State Street and Slayton Settlement Road.The Niagara County Sheriff’s...
View ArticleCourt of Appeals upholds $8.8 million award for lost arm
The state’s highest court has upheld an $8.8 million damage award for a Cambria woman who lost her right arm in a farm accident almost a decade ago.Jessica Bowers, now 25, was injured Oct. 2, 2004,...
View ArticleLyndonville man charged with aggravated DWI after crashing into hydrant
YATES – A Lyndonville man was charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated after a crash about 6:30 p.m. Friday on Platten Road, Orleans County sheriff’s officials said.Antonio F. Lopez, 23, was...
View ArticleThree Albion sisters injured in Town of Ridgeway crash
RIDGEWAY – Three Albion sisters en route home from an overnight church activity were hospitalized early Saturday after their car crashed into a field off Knowlesville Road in the Town of Ridgeway,...
View ArticleGasport man charged with smuggling at Niagara County Jail
TOWN OF LOCKPORT – A Gasport man has been charged with trying to smuggle commonly abused narcotic pain relief patches into the Niagara County Jail.Justin A. Wittcop, 32, of Haseley Road, was arrested...
View ArticleBurglar damages camper trailer
HARTLAND – A burglar caused an estimated $1,000 damage to a camper trailer being stored on a Johnson Creek Road property sometime since last fall, police said Sunday.The owner of the camper told...
View ArticleFalls man charged with stealing $90 worth of nails
NIAGARA FALLS – A city man has been charged with stealing $90 worth of nails from the Home Depot store on Builder’s Way.Roy Morgan, 54, of 21st Street, was arrested just after 11 a.m. Sunday after...
View ArticleCopper plumbing stolen from home
NIAGARA FALLS – About $100 worth of copper plumbing was stolen from an 18th Street home over the weekend, while the incoming resident was out of the building.Police said that someone removed the wood...
View ArticleNorth Tonawanda man arrested for DWI on Grand Island
A North Tonawanda man who Erie County Sheriff’s Deputies said was asleep behind the wheel of his car at a Grand Island intersection was charged with DWI.Deputy Robert Galbraith was patrolling Webb...
View ArticleFrewsburg woman charged after crash
FREWSBURG – A Frewsburg woman who police said was driving with a blood alcohol level three times the legal limit when she fled from a car crash has been charged with aggravated driving while...
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