Two sought in robbery of Liberty Cab driver
Two men in their 20s were being sought Thursday by Buffalo police for the armed robbery of a Liberty Cab driver in the 200 block of Perry Street about 9 p.m. Saturday. The suspects, described as both...
View ArticleFour deputies injured in two separate holding center attacks
Four Erie County sheriff’s deputies have been injured by inmates during separate attacks at the Erie County Holding Center over the past two days.The more recent attack happened at about 10:30 a.m....
View ArticleBurglary suspects face new gun charges
Two brothers accused of running a suburban burglary ring are now facing federal gun charges.Kevin and Jeffrey Zimmerman of Cheektowaga were charged Friday with felony possession of firearms, according...
View ArticleFalls shooter, later wounded by gunfire, pleads guilty
LOCKPORT – Billy L. Benton Jr., who shot a Niagara Falls man only to be shot himself three days later, pleaded guilty Friday in Niagara County Court.Benton, 25, of Niagara Avenue in the Falls,...
View ArticleBrothers indicted in thefts from vacant Falls house
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man was arraigned in Niagara County Court Friday on charges of burglarizing a vacant house in that city Nov. 28.Malique L. Rogers, 37, of Cudaback Avenue, pleaded not guilty...
View ArticleMan decides not to risk judicial diversion program
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man pleaded guilty Friday to selling cocaine, but took his lawyer’s advice not to request admission to the judicial diversion program of court-supervised drug...
View ArticleFalls man pleads guilty to having cocaine at home
LOCKPORT – Eddie L. Smith Jr., who had 1.17 grams of cocaine with him when police raided his home May 17, pleaded guilty to a felony Friday in Niagara County Court.County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas...
View ArticleLockport man arraigned on drug-dealing indictment
LOCKPORT – Devon C. Klein, 22, of East Avenue, Lockport, pleaded not guilty Friday in Niagara County Court to a four-count indictment accusing him of selling cocaine April 4 and hydrocodone May...
View ArticleMan with knife charged with drunken driving, resisting arrest
A 56-year-old Sandrock Road man was charged with drunken driving, resisting arrest and obstructing officers for allegedly refusing to comply with police officers called to an injury accident scene...
View ArticleMan arraigned in attempted murder of Lockport girl, 7
LOCKPORT – A Lockport man who allegedly tried to kill his girlfriend’s seven-year-old daughter on New Year’s Eve was arraigned on a seven-count indictment Friday in Niagara County Court.David L....
View ArticleFirefighters battle fires on Cazenovia Street
Two Buffalo firefighters were injured early Saturday morning in a blaze that caused $170,000 in damages to three South Buffalo homes and forced seven adults to seek emergency help from the Red...
View ArticleBusti Avenue demolitions start after court ruling
Demolition of eight vacant houses on Busti Avenue began Saturday, following a federal court decision favoring the Buffalo and Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority. Two houses were down as of 10:30...
View ArticleShoplifter accused of stealing scents worth lots of dollars
WHEATFIELD – A Niagara Falls man was arrested at gunpoint Friday, shortly after shoplifting more than $1,300 worth of perfume and cologne from the Sears store in the former Summit Park Mall.Hassan K....
View ArticleBlood drops may hold key to identity of Falls burglar
NIAGARA FALLS – Niagara Falls police were testing blood drops from the scene of a burglary Friday evening in an attempt to identify the perpetrator.According to reports. a 21st Street home was entered...
View ArticleRadio stolen from vehicle of Gasport volunteer on a rescue call
GASPORT – A Gasport Chemical Hose Fire Department volunteer is out a company-issued radio, which was stolen from his pickup earlier this month, Niagara County sheriff’s deputies said Friday. The...
View ArticleShoe prints may lead police to burglar of Centre Avenue home
NIAGARA FALLS – Police are banking on some forensics detective work to solve the Friday night burglary of a Centre Avenue home.Someone forced the front door of the home open between 7 and 10 p.m. and...
View ArticleThree injured in Westfield crash blamed on sleeping driver
WESTFIELD – Three people were taken to the hospital on Saturday, after their vehicle crashed on Route 5 in the Town of Westfield.Cynthia Marx, 57, of Rochester, was driving on Route 5 at about 3 p.m....
View ArticleMan who fled his sex-abuse trial, wife to be returned from Arizona
LOCKPORT – The Dunkirk man who fled his sex-abuse trial last month will be brought back from Arizona to face punishment, but now his wife is in trouble with the law, too.The U.S. Marshals Service...
View ArticlePerson of interest in Buffalo State sex assault targeted
A female told police she was sexually assaulted in a Buffalo State College residence hall early Saturday morning.University police informed the campus of the incident on its website Saturday, but...
View ArticleLaw enforcement officials question guilt of confessor in ’04 double...
On an unusually warm November night in 2004, Josue Ortiz sat in an interrogation room at Buffalo Police Headquarters and confessed to killing two brothers inside their West Side apartment.Ortiz,...
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