Falls men face drug and weapon charges
NIAGARA FALLS – City narcotics detectives uncovered drugs and loaded guns Wednesday night at a residence on 12th Street, police said.Rashan M. Vincent, 32, of 12th Street, was charged just after 9...
View ArticleSurveillance camera helps solve Falls store theft
NIAGARA FALLS – A Dollar Tree store manager was able to identify a suspect accused of stealing another shopper’s backpack by using a store security video.As a result, police said, Kari L. Weston, 42,...
View ArticleSeparate trial sought for suspect in Falls body dumping
LOCKPORT – The attorney for Tyler S. Best, the Buffalo man accused of helping dispose of the corpse of a 5-year-old girl in a Niagara Falls garbage tote, said Wednesday he will seek to have Best tried...
View ArticleSpringville man arrested twice in same day for DWI
A 52-year-old Springville man had a bad day Sunday – being arrested twice for driving while intoxicated.State police charged Earl D. Williams with DWI after saying he was intoxicated and had an open...
View ArticleAmherst house fire confined to exterior wall
Volunteer firefighters from Eggertsville and Snyder managed to confine a house fire to an exterior wall early this morning on Woodcrest Drive, Amherst fire officials reported.The blaze, which was...
View ArticleKen-Ton students released after lockout mode
Security was heightened at four Ken-Ton District schools Monday, after a report to police about a man seen with a handgun at a nearby gas station who was overheard saying, “It’s time to lock and...
View ArticleIRS ordered to refund $1.2 million to Ciminelli
A federal judge has ordered the Internal Revenue Service to refund nearly $1.2 million plus interest to LP Ciminelli, a local construction company.The judgment stems from a dispute over income taxes...
View ArticleThree men arraigned on home-invasion charges
Three men accused of binding a homeowner and his wife with duct tape and brandishing a revolver during a Buffalo home invasion in December were arraigned today on first-degree robbery and burglary...
View ArticleHamburg standoff extends past 15 hours
A 42-year-old man who had barricaded himself in his home with access to a shotgun ended a more than 15-hour standoff by leaving his Town of Hamburg home without further incident at mid-afternoon...
View ArticleDispute over mashed potatoes turns dangerous
NIAGARA FALLS – A disagreement over mashed potatoes turned dangerous over the weekend when a victim said tempers escalated and a woman came at her with box cutters. Shaquina S. Hill, 23, of Fourth...
View ArticleTeen shooting in Newfane under investigation
NEWFANE – Niagara County sheriff’s deputies tonight are investigating the shooting of a 14-year-old boy this afternoon on Hess Road.The teen may have been shot in the head, although sheriff’s...
View ArticleOrchard Park man accused of peeking into windows in Southern Tier
PERSIA – An Orchard Park man was arrested by state troopers on trespassing charges Sunday after a homeowner contacted authorities about a man looking into windows, knocking on doors and trying to get...
View ArticleFormer pharmacy worker accused of stealing, selling painkillers
A Lockport woman was charged Monday with stealing prescription drugs from a pharmacy where she worked.Lydia M. Klein, 43, will face a charge in U.S. District Court of possession with intent to...
View ArticleBuffalo police probe shooting in Black Rock
Buffalo police say a man was shot in the hand and leg about 6 p.m. Monday on Tonawanda Street in the city’s Black Rock section.Police spokesman Michael J. DeGeorge told The Buffalo News that the...
View ArticleBuffalo man accused of beating 3-year-old
A Buffalo man is accused of severely beating a friend’s 3-year-old son and pulling out some of the boy’s hair, Buffalo police said Monday.Anthony Ortiz, 22, was arrested late last week after an...
View ArticleBuffalo man digs into more trouble after shovel beating arrest
A Buffalo man charged with beating another man with a shovel last week ended up in more trouble after police said he tried to flush crack cocaine down a toilet in the Erie County Holding...
View ArticleState worker pleads guilty to child sex
A state traffic engineer from Clarence, once lauded as a community pillar, pleaded guilty Monday to several felony sex crimes against an underage girl that will lead to a 23-year prison sentence.Craig...
View ArticleErratic driver in Clarence charged with pot, painkillers in vehicle
A Getzville man driving erratically along Transit Road in Clarence Monday was charged with having marijuana and prescription drugs in his vehicle, state police said.Trooper Christopher Rodler stopped...
View Article2 inmates accused of drug possession in Wyoming County jails
A former Attica Correctional Facility inmate being held at the Shawangunk Correctional Facility in Wallkill, and a former inmate at the Wyoming Correctional Facility now being house at the Orleans...
View ArticleDoubts cast on circumstances of North Tonawanda slaying
NORTH TONAWANDA – Was Ralph D. Stone Jr. an abusive boyfriend who died at the hands of a girlfriend because he was attacking her?That’s doubtful, according to a former girlfriend and some of Stone’s...
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