Shots fired into home lead to charges for Cheektowaga man
A Cheektowaga man faces attempted burglary and other charges after police said he fired a rifle into a first-floor flat last week.Darold Page, 22, of Claudette Court, was arrested following an...
View ArticleBreckenridge street woman shot during early morning incident
A Breckenridge Street woman was shot when she opened her door to check on the sound of a gunshot about 2 a.m. Monday, according to Northwest district police officers.The woman, who is 53, was taken to...
View ArticlePennsylvania parole fugitive held
A man wanted in connection with an armed robbery in Pennsylvania is being held in the Cattaraugus County Jail following his arrest last week.BryanSuleski, 29, was held under orders from County Judge...
View ArticleSedita blasts appeals by violent felons after guilty pleas
Erie County District Attorney Frank A. Sedita III is criticizing what he called the “costly and frivolous” appellate court work done for four admitted criminals, each of whom had waived appeals...
View ArticleJamestown suspect’s death is subject of probe by county, state
Investigators are looking into whether a jolt from an electrical stun gun while he was in police custody or the ingestion of illegal drugs was the key factor in the death of Charles A. “Ditty” Baker...
View ArticleMan arrested on charge of impersonating an officer
A 34-year-old Porter Avenue man was arrested early Valentine’s Day for allegedly stalking motorists around the Erie County Medical Center on Grider Street and pretending he was a member of the...
View ArticleMan faces trespassing count for visiting casino despite ban
A 67-year-old man was charged with third-degree criminal trespass for allegedly entering the Buffalo Creek Casino at 1 Fulton St. early Monday.According to a Buffalo police arrest report, Alvin...
View ArticleWoman accused of bilking renters out of $3,200
A Buffalo woman is charged with grand larceny and criminal mischief, accused of bilking renters of a Monroe Street property out of $3,200 and damaging a car.Theresa A. Williams, 38, was arrested in...
View ArticleStore owner charged in tobacco sale to minor
A Kensington Avenue man was arrested about 1:50 a.m. Monday for allegedly selling a pack of cigarettes in his store at 970 Kensington to an undercover 15-year-old girl working with law...
View ArticleTonawanda police warn about Craig’s List iPhone robbery ruse
City of Tonawanda police issued a warning to residents about a robbery Sunday evening involving an iPhone 5 listed for sale on Craig’s List.The victim was answering an ad on the internet site for an...
View ArticleDriver clocked on I-86 going 105 mph
RANDOLPH – A Jamestown man was arrested on a slew of charges after troopers pulled him over on Interstate-86 Monday night after clocking him at 105 mph, officials said.Shortly after 9 p.m., Trooper...
View ArticleCrash forces rush-hour lane closures on Camp Road
A two-vehicle accident Tuesday morning prompted Hamburg police to close two lanes on Camp Road for about half an hour during the height of the morning rush hour.Town police closed the southbound lanes...
View ArticleWoman sentenced for attempted murder, burglary
Sheila Kowal, 35, was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in prison for breaking into a Lackawanna apartment and repeatedly stabbing a man.A jury in November convicted her of attempted murder, assault and...
View ArticleMan admits sex act against infant
A 25-year-old man linked by DNA evidence to a sex act against a six-week old infant has pleaded guilty to first-degree criminal sexual act, the Erie County District Attorney’s Office announced...
View ArticleGrocery store purse thief pleads guilty
A 50-year-old woman admitted last week that she stole purses from five shoppers at the Wegmans on Amherst Street.Charlene McBride, whose last known address is in Buffalo, pleaded guilty to four counts...
View ArticleMan admits committing five robberies in Buffalo
A Buffalo man faces 50 years in prison after pleading guilty last week to robbery charges in connection with five armed robberies last year in Buffalo.Antonio Bedgood, 36, of Crossman Street, admitted...
View ArticleTonawanda man faces 10 years for possessing child porn
A Town of Tonawanda man pleaded guilty Tuesday before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to possession of child pornography.Rosan J. Mack, 38, was accused of making a videotape of a 13-year-old...
View ArticleThree sentenced in Cattaraugus County burglaries
A 19-year-old man from Friendship in Cattaraugus County was sentenced Tuesday to six months in jail for a burglary in Portville, and two other men were placed on probation in separate burglary...
View ArticleSerial graffiti vandal admits to felonies
A serial graffiti vandal who admitted defacing public property told a judge Tuesday that his markings spread “no specific message” but expressed “a rebellion” against authority.But the 25-year-old who...
View ArticleMan, 18, charged in Tonawanda Street holdup
A Holmes Street man was being held Tuesday on second-degree robbery charges for his alleged involvement in the stickup of a Niagara Falls man in the 1100 block of Tonawanda Street at about 1 a.m.The...
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