Former Wyoming County SPCA official spared jail in criminal case
ATTICA – The former president of the Wyoming County SPCA was granted a conditional discharge Thursday on a tampering charge and ordered to perform 75 hours of community service.Janet Foisett also is...
View ArticleHearings shed light on major crime case
In a downtown Buffalo courtroom, with a phalanx of U.S. marshals standing watch, the chilling details of one of the biggest organized-crime cases in decades are starting to unfold.Five murders,...
View Article2 of 3 achieve success in program of court-supervised drug treatment
LOCKPORT – Two defendants successfully completed a court-supervised drug-treatment program Thursday, while a third was ejected from the program and is headed to prison.The judicial diversion program,...
View ArticleTown of Cuba police break up marijuana-grow operation
Town of Cuba police, along with about eight other law enforcement agencies, made two felony arrests following a raid that netted $74,000 worth of marijuana, an assault rifle, 50-round magazines and...
View ArticleNiagara man pleads guilty to federal drug charge
The last of four defendants in a methamphetamine manufacturing case pleaded guilty Friday before U.S. District Judge Richard J, Arcara.Keith Crossley, 39, of the Town of Niagara, admitted making...
View ArticleWarning issued in wake of Chautauqua County break-ins
MAYVILLE –The Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office Friday issued a warning in the wake of a recent rash of daytime burglaries, especially in the north end of the county.Authorities are urging residents...
View ArticleFourth defendant pleads guilty in Lockport gas station robbery
LOCKPORT – Ashley E. Bivins of Niagara Falls pleaded guilty Friday in connection with the Sept. 15 holdup of the Gulf gas station at Walnut and Washburn streets, Lockport.Bivins, 22, of 21st Street,...
View ArticleDrugstore robber to plead guilty; details to be worked out
LOCKPORT – A man who robbed a Sanborn drugstore Sept. 28 intends to plead guilty, his attorney said in Niagara County Court Friday, but it’s still uncertain what the charge will be. Judge Matthew J....
View ArticleFormer pharmacy worker says she was blackmailed into stealing drugs
LOCKPORT – A former employee of the Rite Aid pharmacy on Lincoln Avenue in Lockport, who stole cash and drugs from the store last year, said at her sentencing Friday that she did it because she was...
View ArticleTown of Tonawanda drunken driver to serve weekends in jail
LOCKPORT – A Town of Tonawanda man, whose auto rear-ended another on the bridge from Tonawanda Island in North Tonawanda after the July 4 fireworks, was sentenced Friday to four months of weekends in...
View ArticleOrleans county residents accused of operating indoor growing operation
CLARENDON – Three people were arrested Friday and charged with operating an indoor marijuana-growing operation in their Brown School House Road home, state police said.David T. Costrino, 51, his wife,...
View ArticleConvicted Falls robber mulls plea deal in shooting case
LOCKPORT – Michael D. Agee, already facing as long as 35 years in prison for two armed robberies, was offered a plea-bargain Friday for shooting a man in a parked car last summer.Niagara County Judge...
View ArticleWarsaw man charged with growing marijuana in village home
WARSAW – A Brooklyn Street man was arrested on criminal charges for growing marijuana in his village home after firefighters were called to a fire at his house early Friday afternoon, authorities...
View ArticleSpringville prescription drug theft leads to arrest of two
Two people are being held on burglary, drug and traffic charges after being pulled over in Springville Thursday, Erie County sheriff’s deputies said.Ryan Dumstra, 21, of East Concord, is charged with...
View ArticleMan allegedly fired into neighbor’s house
A North Tonawanda man was arrested Friday after he fired a handgun through his kitchen window into a neighbor’s house, police said.Michael Stafford, 64 of Fairmont Street, told authorities he did not...
View ArticleJamestown girl killed in sledding accident
JAMESTOWN – A 5-year-old girl was fatally injured when her sled was struck by a car on Foote Avenue south of Arterial Street about 6 p.m. Friday, police said. The victim who was not identified, was...
View ArticleFire in LaSalle neighborhood blamed on teen playing with matches
A teenager lighting matches in a bedroom ignited a house on fire in the city’s LaSalle neighborhood, police and fire officials said Saturday.The fire started at around 6 p.m. Friday in a second-floor...
View ArticleSearch for illegal immigrant leads to weapons charges for two
Authorities arrested two men on weapons charges during a search of a West Side residence.Buffalo police were assisting U.S. marshals Friday afternoon in the search for an illegal immigrant in an...
View ArticleMoney, guns missing in Zoo theft
Officials at The Buffalo Zoo have reported that several hundred dollars in cash and other items have gone missing.Donna Fernandes, president of The Buffalo Zoo, filed a report with police on Friday...
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