Third man pleads guilty in shooting of Falls man
LOCKPORT – Jacob J. Taggart pleaded guilty Wednesday in connection with the April 25 shooting of an 18-year-old man on a Niagara Falls street corner.It was the third guilty plea in the shooting of...
View ArticleBuffalo police investigate double shooting
Buffalo police Wednesday night were investigating reports that two people were shot during a dispute at Military Road and Clay Street in the city’s Black Rock section.The shooting occurred about 8...
View ArticleAmherst detectives find suspected thief – in jail
Amherst police detectives found the suspect in the theft of more than $1,700 worth of vacuum cleaners and other goods from the Sheridan Avenue Walmart store and they didn’t have to look too hard, they...
View ArticleCoordinated drug bust nets 44 arrests in city
The Buffalo Police Department made 44 arrests this week in the first blitz of the year aimed at attacking the city’s drug dealers.In addition, police confiscated an assortment of drugs ranging from...
View ArticleA number of burglaries and robberies are being investigated in Niagara County
Police are investigating a number of unrelated burglaries and robberies in Niagara County – most of them in Niagara Falls, including an armed robbery Wednesday at a 7-Eleven.A 7-Eleven in the 1500...
View ArticleAuthorities investigate animal hoarding and child welfare case in Clarence
Animal control officers and Erie County sheriff’s deputies found dozens of emaciated animals and four children living amid animal waste and filth Wednesday, and charged two Clarence residents with at...
View ArticleTonawanda woman charged with bringing contraband into jail
A City of Tonawanda woman who was being processed for entry into the Niagara County Jail Tuesday afternoon was found in possession of more than 84 various prescription pills, sheriff’s officials...
View ArticleJury finds Amherst man guilty of sex trafficking girls
A suburban sex trafficking ring involving underaged girls led to the conviction today of an Amherst man accused of using threats, intimidation and violence to keep young women and girls working for...
View ArticleTwo suffer superficial gunshot wounds
Two people suffered superficial wounds when they were shot Wednesday night in the Black Rock section of Buffalo, police said.The incident took place at about 8 p.m. in the 200 block of Amherst Street,...
View ArticleWoman charged with driving while impaired by drugs in Sanborn
SANBORN – A woman driving recklessly on Saunders Settlement Road, almost striking a school bus and a guard rail, was stopped by Niagara County sheriff’s deputies just after 10 a.m. Tuesday and charged...
View ArticleCanadian man arrested after paddling across river with a shovel
A Canadian man was arrested by U.S. Border Patrol in Youngstown this morning, after he illegally entered the country by canoe.The man – whose name was not released – is accused of stealing a canoe...
View ArticleJudge rules in favor of environmental group in Tonawanda Coke case
The State Supreme Court has ruled that an environmental organization will not have to turn over confidential documents to Tonawanda Coke Corp.Judge Paula L. Feroleto granted a protective order for the...
View ArticleMan indicted on charges of torching three autos
LOCKPORT – A Lewiston man was arraigned in Niagara County Court Thursday on charges of setting three parked vehicles afire in North Tonawanda July 22.David E. Spencer, 26, of Model City Road, pleaded...
View ArticleFalls man surrenders, takes plea deal in gun case
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man, whose attorney thought he had left for Atlanta, turned himself in Wednesday, and Thursday he pleaded guilty before Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas to a reduced...
View ArticleNorth Tonawanda man off to prison for pharmacy burglaries
A North Tonawanda man was sentenced Thursday to nearly six years in prison following his conviction for burglarizing a pharmacy and selling stolen prescription drugs.Prosecutors said Timothy J....
View ArticleBuffalo man pleads guilty to federal heroin charges
A Buffalo man charged with selling heroin has pleaded guilty to federal drug conspiracy charges before U.S. District Magistrate Judge Leslie G. Foschio, U.S. Attorney William G. Hochul Jr. reported...
View ArticleElectronic license plate reader helps police nab car thief
Buffalo police arrested a man on stolen car and other charges thanks to an electronic license plate reader in a patrol car.Mohamud H. Mohamud, 20, no address listed, was arrested by Officers Eric J....
View ArticleNT woman was dead as long as 19 days before body found
LOCKPORT – Heather M. Rylowicz, the North Tonawanda woman found dead in her home Nov. 21, may have died as early as Nov. 2, prosecutors revealed Thursday as her boyfriend was arraigned on murder...
View ArticleOakfield man charged with drunk driving felonies
An Oakfield man faces several charges related to drunk driving after he was pulled over in a traffic stop at about 9 p.m. Friday in Akron, Erie County Sheriff’s officials said.The deputy who stopped...
View ArticleCar sliding off road on 400 leads to 3 arrests
A car with a two-month-old baby on board slid into the median of Route 400 in Elma Thursday night, leading to the arrest of the driver on a felony charge driving while drugged with a child in the...
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