Man charged with rape of Rochester teen in Lancaster
A Connecticut man has been accused of raping a 14-year-old Rochester girl last June in Lancaster.Brian P. Michinko, 26, of Danbury, Conn., remained in the Erie County Holding Center Wednesday night,...
View ArticleJamestown officer put on leave after his arrest
JAMESTOWN – A city police officer today was placed on administrative leave after he threatened to harm himself during an off-duty incident last week at his home in the Town of Ellicott, Police Chief...
View ArticleBrocton woman arrested on pot, unlicensed driving counts
PORTLAND – A Brocton was arrested by troopers from Fredonia on charges of aggravated unlicensed driving and marijuana possession after a traffic stop on state Route 20 about 10:40 p.m. Sunday.Jennifer...
View ArticlePerry woman charged with injuring three Buffalo officers
A Perry woman was arrested on assault and other charges Wednesday morning after she was accused of injuring three Buffalo police officers trying to restrain her while Bry-Lyn Hospital staffers were...
View ArticleNT man who put out girlfriend’s eye imprisoned
LOCKPORT – Donnell J. Kent, already serving state prison time for three Niagara Falls burglaries, picked up additional prison time Wednesday for blinding his girlfriend in the right eye by shooting...
View ArticleCheektowaga woman jailed for selling cocaine
LOCKPORT – A woman who sold cocaine Oct. 3 in North Tonawanda was sentenced to a year in Niagara County Jail Wednesday by County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas.Sharee R. Bailey, 20, of Vern Lane,...
View ArticleBuffalo man charged with dumping defaced handgun
A Buffalo man was charged with two counts of felony criminal possession of a weapon for allegedly dumping a defaced 9-millimeter handgun while officers chased him through yards on Wende Street,...
View Article2 robberies in Niagara Falls appear to be unrelated, police say
NIAGARA FALLS – Two robberies, one at gunpoint in broad daylight, were reported to city police Tuesday. The heists appear unrelated.A 25-year old man, a driver for H.W. Bryk and Sons Heating and Air...
View ArticleFBI agent accused of driving without pants granted conditional dismissal
An FBI special agent accused of driving on the State Thruway in Eden without wearing pants will see his charges dismissed if he steers clear of additional trouble for the next six months.John A....
View ArticleJudge sends ailing ex-convict back to jail
The twisted story of Frank J. Morrocco, an ex-convict from Amherst who suffers from leukemia, took another turn Wednesday afternoon when a federal judge sent him back to jail, at least until Feb....
View ArticleTeen charged with sexual misconduct over sex video
An 18-year-old Buffalo man was charged with sexual misconduct and other counts after he allegedly had sex with a 15-year-old girl Jan. 11 and posted video of the encounter on Facebook, Buffalo police...
View ArticleNiagara Falls shooting victim identified by police
NIAGARA FALLS – A Niagara Falls man shot in the chest while he was at a home on Elmwood Avenue Wednesday morning has been identified by police.Cornelius Brinson, 28, of 19th Street is now in stable...
View ArticleLockport man found with painkillers in traffic stop
LOCKPORT – A Lockport man pulled over in a traffic stop by city police on Wednesday also faces felony drug charges after police caught him trying to stash pill bottles under a car seat.Daniel L....
View ArticleMan charged in Lockport bar brawl
LOCKPORT – Though a reward had been offered, it was good old-fashioned police work that brought in a man wanted in a city bar fight.Cory W. Arnold, 33, of Orchard Street, was charged this week with...
View ArticleMan sent to prison for 2½ years in hotel heroin bust
A Buffalo man who was arrested in a cloud of heroin dust in a hotel room – with his three children – was sentenced Thursday to 2½ years in prison by a judge who scoffed at his parenting...
View ArticleCopper pipes stolen from vacant Niagara Falls house
NIAGARA FALLS – The owner of a house on C Street that has been vacant for more than two months reported a theft of more than $2,000 worth copper pipe and wiring.The owner told police Wednesday that he...
View ArticleFalls man charged with stealing auto parts
NIAGARA FALLS – A Niagara Falls man was charged Wednesday in the theft of an estimated $3,000 in metal parts from a Highland Avenue automotive garage.Romond M. Lamar, 29, of Cleveland Avenue, was...
View ArticleMiddleport man on parole faces indecency charge
LOCKPORT – A routine search by a state parole officer led to charges of indecency and endangering being filed against a Middleport man.David L. Vercruysse, 38, of Main Street, was charged Wednesday...
View ArticleTrial postponed in 5-year-old’s death
LOCKPORT – The time needed for a defense expert to conduct a psychiatric examination of murder defendant John R. Freeman Jr. will force a postponement of the Feb. 25 trial stemming from the death of...
View ArticleEast Aurora man sentenced for money laundering
An East Aurora man was sentenced Thursday to 2½ years in federal prison for money laundering.John Sorrentino, 46, used fraudulent loan applications to entice five banks in Western New York and Arizona...
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