Operation Strikeforce members arrest Buffalo man
A Buffalo man wanted on a felony parole violation in a weapons case, as well as aggravated unlicensed driving, was taken into custody Wednesday evening by state police assigned to patrol city...
View ArticleTonawanda man rejects plea offer in child sex case
LOCKPORT – David J. Grover, the Town of Tonawanda man accused of taking a 5-year-old girl from her North Tonawanda home July 28 and sexually abusing her, rejected a plea bargain Thursday in Niagara...
View ArticleFalls man denies charges in crack cocaine indictment
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man, charged Jan. 8 with possession of crack cocaine following a traffic stop in that city, pleaded not guilty to a six-count indictment Thursday in Niagara County...
View ArticleLockport man charged with three assaults on ex-girlfriend
LOCKPORT – Charles K. Schuman, 29, of Washington Street, Lockport, pleaded not guilty Thursday to a 15-count indictment charging him with violating restraining orders and assaulting his ex-girlfriend...
View ArticleNiagara Falls murder trial headed to jury
LOCKPORT – A Niagara County Court jury will decide Friday whether Matthew A. Davis is responsible for the death of a Niagara Falls man who died after being beaten in a robbery at his apartment last...
View ArticleWoman watching police investigate robbery charged with assault
Buffalo police officers working on a case involving the robbery of a pizza delivery man ended up solving an unrelated matter early Tuesday, when they found a woman standing outside a nearby house who...
View ArticlePolice probing events that left 2 dead after traffic stop
Investigators were trying to piece together how a routine traffic stop Thursday evening near Martin Luther King Park turned into a horrific tragedy that left a suspected drunk driver dead and a woman...
View ArticleBenefits hailed as feds confiscate a near-record $53.7 million
Pastor Antwan Diggs’ message was no different from that of the phalanx of law enforcement officials standing behind him, but his came with a not-so-subtle reminder about ill-gotten gains.“God takes...
View ArticleMan charged, three more sought, in Cattaraugus County home invasion
An arrest has been made in connection with a Nov. 23 home invasion in the Town of Conewango, state police reported.Anthony J. Eames, 26, with addresses in Elmira and Erin – both in Chemung County, was...
View Article2 injured as car hits Allegany church
Charges are pending after a car hit a church foundation in the Allegany County Town of Hume, according to state police. Alek L. Potter, 21, of Hume, was driving west on Route 19 at about 2:40 a.m....
View ArticleThree-time DWI offender arrested again
A Cheektowaga man with three drunken-driving convictions was arrested again early today in the Southtowns, Erie County sheriff’s deputies reported.Joshua P. Brown, 33, was pulled over for speeding on...
View ArticlePolice looking for man who tried to rob Falls pharmacy
NIAGARA FALLS – Police are looking for a man who tried to rob a pharmacy last month in the LaSalle area of Niagara Falls.The man entered Niagara Apothecary, 8745 Niagara Falls Blvd., about 1:10 p.m....
View ArticleMan convicted of murder committed during 2011 robbery
LOCKPORT – A Niagara County Court jury today convicted Matthew A. Davis of causing the death of Antoine M. Bradberry during a robbery in the victim’s apartment Aug. 22, 2011.The jury of nine men and...
View ArticleTwo teens indicted in break-ins at pair of businesses in Mayville
MAYVILLE – A Chautauqua County grand jury has indicted two boys, 16 and 17, in two Mayville burglaries, the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office has announced.The two Mayville suspects, who are being...
View ArticleFormer Chautauqua County hotel worker charged in theft of big-screen TVs
FRENCH CREEK – A Corry, Pa., man is being held in Chautauqua County Jail on felony grand larceny charges in the theft of four flat-screen television sets from Fairway Suites in September and October....
View ArticleElderly Jamestown woman dies after being struck by pickup
JAMESTOWN – An elderly Jamestown woman died after being struck by a pickup while crossing West Fourth Street about 10:44 a.m. Friday, Jamestown police said. Angeline Marucci, 85, died in WCA Hospital...
View ArticleMan, 62, hospitalized after being hit by car on Grand Island
A 62-year-old man was taken by Mercy Flight to rie County Medical center after being hit by a car on Stoney Point Road on Grand Island about 8:30 p.m. Friday.Erie County sheriff’s deputies were...
View ArticleNursing home resident accused of beating roommate
Chester Rusek believed his roommate in a Town of Tonawanda nursing home was stealing from him.So on a recent Monday morning, Rusek retaliated and repeatedly beat the 86-year-old roommate, Salvatore...
View ArticleMissing Lancaster woman found safe
A 57-year-old Lancaster woman missing more than a week has been found safe, Lancaster police reported today.Lynn Hewitt appeared to be in good health and has been taken to Erie County Medical Center...
View ArticleTwo suspected meth makers arrested after three hour standoff
A three-hour stand off at a motel in the Allegany County community of Scio ended Friday night with the arrests of a Friendship man and a Wellsville woman suspected of making methamphetamine in a...
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