Buffalo man charged with stealing puppies
A Buffalo man was charged with burglary and menacing after he stole a Wohlers Avenue man’s eight puppies last fall and threatened the with a gun when confronted about the theft, Buffalo police...
View ArticleReservation street fire causes $100,000 damage to two homes
Two Buffalo firefighters had to be taken to a hospital for evaluation for minor injuries they suffered Thursday afternoon fighting a fire that caused $100,000 damage to two homes on Reservation Street...
View ArticleBoot camp recommended for Falls man with illegal gun
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man was recommended Thursday for the state prison system’s boot camp-like “shock incarceration” program as a penalty for possession of an illegal handgun and some...
View ArticleSex offender to be imprisoned after committing new crime
LOCKPORT – A North Tonawanda sex offender admitted in Niagara County Court Thursday that he violated his probation last month by having sexual contact with a 17-year-old boy.At sentencing March 21,...
View ArticleProbation violator sent to Niagara County Jail
LOCKPORT – Probation on a 2007 drug possession charge was going well for Nicholas J. Koch of Lockport – until he lost his job last year.Koch, 25, of Passaic Avenue, Lockport, started drinking and...
View ArticleCopper thief pleads guilty, headed for drug treatment
LOCKPORT – William A. Robinson, 51, of Phelps Street, Lockport, admitted in Niagara County Court Thursday that he stole copper pipes from a house on Grand Street in Lockport and sold the metal to get...
View ArticleWoman sentenced for burlarizing dead neighbor’s house
LOCKPORT – Kristen L. Wallace, who was caught in a deceased neighbor’s house Nov. 30 stealing crackers and a bottle of laundry detergent, was admitted to the judicial diversion program of...
View ArticleWoman motorist dies in crash on Humboldt Parkway
A woman motorist was killed Thursday evening after she apparently lost control of her vehicle in the 600 block of Humboldt Parkway.Buffalo police late Thursday were continuing to investigate the cause...
View ArticleConservatives back Surrogate Judge Howe
Erie County Surrogate Judge Barbara Howe appears headed for re-election this fall with both major parties and the Conservatives all lending support for a second term.Conservative Chairman Ralph C....
View ArticleMolestation defendant still missing as alleged victim testifies
LOCKPORT – As the search continued for runaway sex-crime defendant Paul S. Turley, one of his alleged victims offered graphic testimony Thursday about Turley repeatedly molesting her when she was...
View ArticleCase of runaway sex suspect headed for jury
LOCKPORT – A Niagara County Court jury will deliberate Monday on the fate of runaway sex crime defendant Paul S. Turley.Testimony wrapped up Friday afternoon in the case of Turley, 47, of Lincoln...
View ArticleWoman raped after being slipped drug in her drink
Buffalo Sex Offense Squad detectives are trying to track down a man who raped a woman after slipping a disorienting drug into her drink at a Main Street bar early Friday morning.The woman was later...
View ArticleGuns found in car after city traffic stop
A Buffalo man and three teenaged boys were arrested by Buffalo police on weapons, marijuana and obstructing charges after three loaded handguns and a sawed-off shotgun were found in their car after a...
View ArticlePolice follow tracks in snow to arrest robbery suspect
ALBION – An Albion man has been charged with holding up a convenience store Wednesday evening after police followed his footprints through the snow and found him hiding in a closet.Police have charged...
View ArticleWilson man sent to prison for baseball bat assault
LOCKPORT – Keith E. Blose was sentenced to two to four years in state prison by Niagara County Judge Matthew J. Murphy III Friday for breaking a woman’s jaw with a baseball bat.Blose, 28, had pleaded...
View ArticleMan imprisoned for Lockport gas station robbery
LOCKPORT – One of the defendants in the Sept. 15 robbery of the Gulf gas station at Walnut and Washburn streets in Lockport was sent to state prison Friday by State Supreme Court Justice Richard C....
View ArticleAlleged shooter of 2-year-old girl arraigned
LOCKPORT – The man who allegedly shot a 2-year-old Niagara Falls girl in the face Nov. 27 was arraigned Friday in Niagara County Court.Judge Matthew J. Murphy III set bail at $200,000 for Willie R....
View ArticleNT man pleads guilty to cocaine possession
LOCKPORT – Jeffrey M. Tretter, 20, of Eddy Drive, North Tonawanda, pleaded guilty Friday in Niagara County Court to fourth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. He had about...
View ArticleOne sentenced, one pleads guilty in Niagara DWIs
LOCKPORT – A Cambria drunken driver was sentenced Friday by Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas to months of weekends in jail, five years’ probation and fines and fees totaling $5,520.Donald J....
View ArticleWoman avoids jail in dumping of overdose victim
LOCKPORT – A woman who helped dispose of the body of a man who died of a drug overdose in a North Tonawanda apartment was placed on six months of interim probation Friday by Niagara County Judge Sara...
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