Sex offender pleads guilty to two felonies
LOCKPORT – A Level 2 sex offender pleaded guilty in Niagara County Court Tuesday to failing to register a change of address and possession of powdered cocaine.Jason M. Klinger, 37, of Hewitt Parkway,...
View ArticleWoman retracts sexual assault claim at Buff State
The woman who said she was sexually assaulted last weekend in a residence hall at Buffalo State College has admitted that the crime did not occur, campus police said.Police notified the college of the...
View ArticleWest Seneca man who grew pot succeeds in diversion
LOCKPORT – A former North Tonawanda man who grew marijuana in his apartment there was pronounced a success in the judicial diversion program of court-supervised drug treatment Tuesday.Robert C....
View ArticleGrand Island man avoids jail in DWI case
LOCKPORT – A Grand Island man will not go to jail for his guilty plea in a driving while intoxicated incident that occurred in North Tonawanda.Niagara County Judge Matthew J. Murphy III on Tuesday...
View ArticleFalls man, Lockport woman arraigned in drug cases
LOCKPORT - Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas arraigned a Niagara Falls man and a Lockport woman on separate drug-dealing indictments Tuesday.Herbert J. Luckman, 66, of 24th Street in the Falls,...
View ArticleLockport man sentenced to jail weekends in DWI case
LOCKPORT – David L. Fuller, 41, of Harvest Ridge Way, Lockport, avoided a trip to state prison Tuesday, when he was sentenced for his second driving while intoxicated felony in the past five...
View ArticleLockport man sent to state prison in tattoo parlor burglary
LOCKPORT – A Lockport burglar was ordered to state prison Tuesday by Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas.Shawn K. Pittler, 24, of Chestnut Street, was sentenced to three to six years behind bars...
View ArticleGerry woman charged after accident that injured two
GERRY – A 37-year-old Gerry woman was arrested by Chautauqua County sheriff’s deputies after the allegedly struck another vehicle when she failed to stop at the stop sign at Gerry-Ellington Road at...
View ArticlePolice seek public’s help in locating missing elderly woman
Buffalo police Tuesday renewed their request for the public’s help in locating Calvin Graham, an 84-year-old woman who suffers from medical conditions and was last seen about 7 p.m. Sunday in the 1700...
View ArticleCheektowaga man held, two sought in Buffalo burglary
An 18-year-old Cheektowaga man was arrested hours after a Wyoming Avenue concrete contractor business was ransacked during an early-morning burglary Monday. Buffalo and Cheektowaga police are looking...
View ArticleDrunken motorist admits to hitting pedestrians, driving into canal
LOCKPORT – A man whose car crashed into the Erie Canal in North Tonawanda on June 20, striking two pedestrians and two dogs on the way, is headed for state prison.Anthony D. Regalla, 48, of River...
View ArticleDrug-trafficking suspect on wanted list nabbed in traffic stop
An alleged drug trafficker who was on Cattaraugus County’s list of “ten most wanted criminals” pleaded not guilty Tuesday in County Court to two counts of third-degree criminal sale of a controlled...
View ArticlePaid sex scam costs local man hundreds
A telephone call to an adult chat line ended up costing a local man hundreds of dollars and a lot of worry, according to Buffalo police.The man, whose name was withheld by police, told authorities he...
View ArticleBody found, believed to be missing woman
The body of an elderly woman found this morning in a field beside CSX railroad tracks on the East Side is believed to be the remains of the missing 84-year-old woman last seen on Sunday, according to...
View ArticleTonawanda Coke trial begins in federal court
Prosecutors say their case against Tonawanda Coke is about profits versus safety, and greed versus health.Defense lawyers say, no, it’s really about stacking the deck against a company that always...
View ArticleBennett high student arrested for assaulting a security officer
A 15-year-old Bennett High School student has been arrested on third-degree assault and harassment charges for injuring a school security officer who was trying to break up a fight between the suspect...
View ArticleGlenwood avenue house burglar caught in act
A 43-year-old Butler Avenue man was being held Wednesday on second-degree burglary, criminal mischief and petit larceny charges after he was arrested in a Glenwood Avenue house he was allegedly...
View ArticleTraffic stop in Lockport finds a man carrying marijuana
LOCKPORT – A Middleport man faced a number of charges after police uncovered drugs during a traffic stop Monday.Christopher L. Monaco, 20, of Carmen Road, was charged with obstructed view, aggravated...
View ArticleBurglar hits Niagara Falls soup kitchen
NIAGARA FALLS – A social worker at the Heart and Soul soup kitchen said her laptop was stolen from a locked office on Tuesday.She said someone gained access to the office sometime between 8 and 11:45...
View ArticleJudge’s brother pleads guilty to pot felony
LOCKPORT – David B. Cohen, the brother of Livingston County Judge Dennis S. Cohen, pleaded guilty Wednesday to growing marijuana in a rented house on Tonawanda Creek Road in Pendleton.David Cohen, 50,...
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