Sheriff’s deputies make DWI arrests
Erie County Sheriff’s deputies on patrol overnight Friday made at least three drunk driving arrests.Just before midnight in the Village of Springville, a deputy on Pearl Street at East Main Street was...
View ArticlePedestrian in serious condition after accident on Grand Island
A Grand Island man was is serious condition at Erie County Medical Center after he was struck by a car on Stony Point Road Friday night, according to the Erie County Sheriff’s Office.At about 8 p.m.,...
View ArticleAmVets drivers come to the rescue of ailing driver
Francisco “Cisco” Martinez and Ronald Metzger were driving on Broadway in Lancaster, headed to the AMVETS store in Lancaster, when their routine delivery trip turned into an extraordinary act of...
View ArticleFalls man facing bevy of charges following crash with stolen car
NIAGARA FALLS – An Eighth Street man was arrested Friday night after a 55 mph chase over city streets that ended in the crash of the stolen car into a parked van, police said. Dejuan R. Savage, 23,...
View ArticleFalls woman punched repeatedly in the face by purse-snatcher
NIAGARA FALLS – A man punched a woman repeatedly in the face about 2 a.m. Saturday before taking off with her handbag, police said.The victim, who had just left a bar, was walking to her 18th Street...
View ArticleBatavia teen killed in head-on crash in Stafford
STAFFORD – A Batavia teenager was killed about 6:22 p.m. Saturday when his Saturn sedan crashed head-on into another car on Route 33 near Route 237 in the Town of Stafford. state police at Batavia...
View Article“Old-fashioned police work” led to Falls man’s child...
LOCKPORT – It started as a case of harassing telephone calls to an 800 number in another state – not the type of thing that normally commands a high police priority.But unfortunately for Che A. Villar...
View ArticleLawyers fund reimburses defrauded clients
Former law clients of Kenneth F. Bernas of East Aurora, David R. Schnell of North Tonawanda and Alan E. Fielitz of Lackawanna have been paid $253,254 this year through the state’s Lawyers’ Fund for...
View ArticlePickup driver ‘critical’ after hitting tree
A 24-year-Rochester man was in critical condition after his pickup truck hit a tree in the Town of Boston early Sunday, Erie County sheriff’s deputies reported.Eric Suarez was northbound on Feddick...
View ArticleBuffalo man charged with threatening to kill wife
A 52-year-old Buffalo man stands accused of threatening to kill his wife if she didn’t come home from work, police said.Eugene Lawrence, of Peach Street, was charged with harassment, criminal...
View ArticleEast Side bar patron charged with possession of loaded handgun
A 35-year-old man was arrested early Sunday when security guards at a Jefferson Avenue bar found he was carrying a loaded gun, Buffalo police said.Anthony L. Douglas Jr., of East Amherst Street, was...
View ArticleTwo-hour standoff with suicidal man ends peacefully
A 22-year-old Cheektowaga man who threatened to kill himself early Sunday surrendered without incident after the town SWAT team and hostage negotiation unit arrived and spent almost two hours talking...
View ArticleHusband allegedly knocks out wife’s tooth during domestic incident
A domestic argument turned violent when a Buffalo man punched his wife in the mouth, knocking out at least one of her teeth, police said.Dwon D. Smith, of Roosevelt Avenue, was charged with harassment...
View ArticleBatavia teen dies in head-on crash
STAFFORD – A Batavia teenager was killed about 6:22 p.m. Saturday when his Saturn sedan crashed head-on into another car on Route 33 near Route 237 in the Town of Stafford, state police said.The victim...
View ArticleFalls man gets more than he bargained for during drug buy
NIAGARA FALLS – An 18-year-old city man told police he was robbed Saturday evening after being set up by his marijuana dealer.The Niagara Street resident told police he arranged to meet the dealer at a...
View ArticleMurder victim’s resident ransacked
TOWN OF LOCKPORT – Police on Saturday were called to the apartment of a man who was recently murdered in Buffalo, noting that it had been broken into and ransacked.Sometime during the past month,...
View ArticlePost-game saturation patrol nets several drivers, one for DWI
Buffalo Bills offensive players weren’t the only ones to have a bad day on Sunday. A Rochester man was swept up in a DWI saturation patrol to coincide with the game, state police said.Troopers based...
View ArticleLackawanna mayor sues Council over salary powers
The mayor of Lackawanna has made good on his threat to sue City Council members over their slashing of the public works commissioner’s salary.In a complaint filed last week in State Supreme Court,...
View ArticleEast Aurora suspect met Alabama girl through online gaming
An East Aurora man arrested last week on a warrant from the State of Alabama on a charge of electronic solicitation of a child had met the Birmingham-area girl through an online gaming service,...
View ArticleFederal judge rejects Kopp claim in Facebook case
A federal judge has ruled against an individual claiming to be convicted killer James C. Kopp and his request to intervene in the Facebook ownership case.U.S. Magistrate Judge Leslie G. Foschio said...
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