Williamsville woman drives car into her living room
A 92-year-old Williamsville woman crashed her car through the garage wall and into the living room of her Coventry Road home at about 2 p.m. Friday, Amherst police said.Though furniture stopped the...
View ArticleRoss Avenue woman charged with child endangerment
A Ross Avenue woman was charged with child endangerment and her children were turned over to grandparents after Buffalo police found her and her three sick children living in an apartment with no food...
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 ArticleTwo arrested for September holdup at Wheatfield store
A North Tonawanda man was arrested Thursday along with a juvenile male in connection with the Sept. 3, 2012 armed robbery of a Wheatfield 7-Eleven store, Niagara County sheriff’s officials...
View ArticleAlbion man and woman jailed in vicious early-morning assault
ALBION – An Albion man and his female friend remained jailed Friday on charges in connection with a vicious attack on a 59-year-old West State Street man earlier in the day, Albion Police Chief Roland...
View ArticleSnowmobile theft investigated in Chautauqua County
MINA –The theft of a snowmobile with Ohio registration from behind the French Creek Tavern on French Creek Road in this township early Sunday afternoon remains under investigation by the Chautauqua...
View ArticleMan admits stealing $160,000 in father’s Social Security benefits
A Buffalo man who stole more than $160,100 worth of Social Security benefits by failing to notify the federal agency of his father’s death admitted to theft of public money and faces up to 10 years in...
View ArticleSex offender from Connecticut faces child porn charges
A Selkirk Street man identified by Buffalo police as a registered sex offender in Connecticut has been charged with possession of obscene sexual performances after he was reportedly caught with child...
View ArticleLockport man indicted on predatory sex charges
LOCKPORT – A Lockport man was arraigned in Niagara County Court Friday on child sexual abuse charges that could land him in prison for the rest of his life if he is convicted.Juan Rivera-Stupia III,...
View ArticleHispanics United wants back two houses sold by its director
Buffalo’s largest Hispanic organization has big plans for two big vacant houses it has owned for three years in a prominent Lower West Side location.“We’re ready to do the rehab from top to bottom,”...
View ArticleLancaster man sentenced to five years for soliciting child pornography
A Lancaster man was sentenced to five years in prison and five years of supervised release on his conviction on child pornography charges Friday.Joseph Marranca Jr., 68, was accused of posting an ad...
View ArticleVictim testifies at Garner trial
A prostitute testified Friday that she agreed to have sex with Antoine J. Garner for $20 and willingly – but nervously – accompanied him into an abandoned house on Jewett Avenue on June 26, 2011.The...
View ArticleVacant house heavily damaged in Niagara falls copper theft
NIAGARA FALLS – Copper thieves caused an estimated $3,600 damage to a vacant 20th Street home recently while stealing copper worth $500, police said.The thief or thieves broke through a boarded-up...
View ArticleDeputies kill pig badly injured in attack by pit bull
LEWISTON – Authorities had to humanely kill a pig about 4 p.m. Friday after its leg was almost chewed off by a loose pit bull, Niagara County sheriff’s deputies said.Deputies were summoned to the 2400...
View ArticlePickup in ditch lands Lockport man in hot water
PENDLETON – A Lockport man was arrested for driving while intoxicated after he was confronted on his telephone trying to make arrangements to be picked up from an crash scene Friday night, authorities...
View ArticleFalls man charged with aggravated DWI after crashing car into tree
NIAGARA FALLS – Police said a city man was “staggering” drunk after he drove his car into a tree in the 1800 block of Whitney Avenue early Saturday.Christopher S. Barber, 37, of Pierce Avenue, was...
View ArticleMan killed in Buffalo workplace accident identified
At the time, Hillyard was operating a forklift at Buffalo Sweeping Compounds, near Elk and Smith streets, authorities said. The company makes materials used in sweeping and polishing floors. The...
View ArticleDamage put at $200,000 in Akron house fire that killed three pets
A two-alarm fire that heavily damaged a home in Akron shortly before 1 p.m. Saturday also claimed the lives of two cats and a dog.The blaze caused nearly $200,000 damage to the 2½-story home at 52...
View ArticleFrom the blotter/Police calls and court cases, Jan. 23 to 29
William A. Robinson, 51, of Phelps Street, Lockport, admitted in Niagara County Court that he stole copper pipes from a house on Grand Street in Lockport and sold the metal to get money to buy...
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