Two copper thefts in Falls
NIAGARA FALLS – Two unrelated copper thefts were reported Monday, and in one the burglar was caught in the act.In the 500 block of 24th Street, the property owner told police he arrived at the house...
View ArticleJury convicts Buffalo man on weapons charge
An Erie County Court jury convicted a Buffalo man of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, the Erie County District Attorney’s Office said Tuesday.Norris Beasley Jr., 54, of Parkridge Road,...
View ArticleMan arraigned on armed robbery, store theft charges
LOCKPORT – James A. Connell, 36, of Bellreng Drive in the Town of Niagara, was arraigned in Niagara County Court Tuesday on an indictment charging him with robbing a 7-Eleven store on Hyde Park...
View ArticleSex offender jailed for failing to register
LOCKPORT – A Level 3 sex offender was sentenced Tuesday to a year in Niagara County Jail for failing to send in his annual address verification form to Albany last year.“I’m inclined to believe this...
View ArticleProbation violator jailed in stolen car case
LOCKPORT – A resident of the Tuscarora Indian Reservation was ordered Tuesday to serve a year in Niagara County Jail for violating the terms of his probation for knowingly buying a stolen car in March...
View ArticleAmherst social worker charged with defrauding insurer
A social worker from Amherst has been charged with health care fraud.A federal grand jury returned a five-count indictment charging Nina Jafari, 62, with the crime. The charge carries a maximum...
View ArticleTrio caught with cocaine by Lockport police
LOCKPORT – Three people were charged with drug possession following a routine traffic stop at 5 p.m. Monday on State Road.Justin J. Snead, 21, of Lincoln Place, Lockport ,was charged with failure to...
View ArticleBuffalo man among four charged in Jamestown drug raid
JAMESTOWN – A Buffalo man and three others were arrested Tuesday during a raid by city police on an East Second Street flat where officers said crack cocaine was being sold.During the late morning...
View ArticleBuffalo man charged with raping teen
A Buffalo man was charged with first-degree rape and other sex counts, and is accused of raping a teenage girl in his apartment late last September, Buffalo police reported Tuesday.William Payne, 47,...
View ArticleJudge dismisses lawsuit over Democratic chairman election
A judge Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by Frank C. Max Jr. and two other Democratic leaders against the Erie County Democratic elections commissioner and other party officials. The judge ruled they...
View ArticleAmherst motorist who fled deputies charged with DWI
An Amherst motorist who refused to pull over in Clarence eventually was stopped and charged with driving while intoxicated, Erie County sheriff’s deputies reported this morning.Deputies Simon...
View ArticleMother charged with buying beer for underage drinking party
A Sloan mother faces a misdemeanor charge of unlawfully dealing with a child for allegedly providing beer for her 17-year-old son’s party over the weekend, Cheektowaga Police announced...
View ArticleTwo injured in rush-hour crash on Scajaquada
Two people were injured in a three-car accident during rush hour this morning on the Scajaquada Expressway near Grant Street, according to Northwest District police.The accident occurred at about 7:45...
View ArticleWoman sent to prison for stealing $44,000 from grandfather
A 26-year-old Sloan woman was sentenced Wednesday to two to four years in prison for stealing more than $44,125 from her grandfather’s bank account by forging checks to herself.Jennifer Furan, of...
View ArticleBlasdell Police solve three-year-old burglary with help of DNA
A three-year-old burglary looked to be unsolvable in Blasdell, until police got a hit on a DNA sample taken at the scene.The burglar took $10 in change and a bottle of whisky from a Blasdell bar, and...
View ArticleMan sent to prison for Black Rock robbery
Andrew T. Spears, who was convicted of first-degree robbery in a Black Rock home invasion case, was sentenced Wednesday to 12 years in prison.State Supreme Court Justice Christopher J. Burns cited the...
View ArticleLongtime newspaper carrier killed in a car crash
TOWN OF NIAGARA – Judith B. Sparks, a longtime carrier for the Niagara Gazette died following an automobile crash on Porter Road late Tuesday. The cause of crash appears to be health related.Sparks,...
View ArticleAttempt to thaw water lines turns destructive in Lockport
LOCKPORT – Frigid temperatures contributed to a fire that destroyed an old, stone-framed house on North Transit Street.The homeowner told officials the blaze started about 7:45 p.m. Tuesday, after he...
View ArticleMan absconds during sex crime trial
LOCKPORT – Paul S. Turley, on trial in Niagara County Court on charges of molesting two small girls repeatedly during the late 1990s, went missing during Wednesday’s lunch break.Turley, 47, who gave...
View ArticleCuba man charged with drug possession
ALLEGANY– A Cuba man was charged by state troopers with possession of marijuana and hydrocodone pills following a routine traffic stop on state Route 417.Jeffrey Carleton, 29, was given an appearance...
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