Collins man arrested for choking girlfriend
A 19-year-old Collins man was arrested Tuesday afternoon by state troopers for allegedly choking his girlfriend in her Collins home during a morning confrontation. Davin Lay of State Route 438 was...
View ArticleLackawanna man charged with assault in fight that left man disabled
A 37-year-old Lackawanna man is in custody at the Erie County Holding Center after being arrested on a second-degree assault charge stemming from a fight last August that left a man with a brain...
View ArticleTwo ejected from Humboldt bar shoot security guard, two others
Two men escorted out of the New Humboldt Inn after an argument early Thursday morning later returned and shot the tavern’s security guard and two other individuals, according to the bar’s owner and...
View ArticleJamestown man charged with selling crack cocaine
JAMESTOWN – Police arrested a 50-year-old Winsor Street man after a months-long investigation into alleged sales of crack cocaine from his home, city police announced Thursday.On Tuesday afternoon,...
View ArticleBuffalo man charged with selling crack to undercover officers in Dunkirk
DUNKIRK – A Buffalo man wanted for allegedly selling crack cocaine to undercover officers with the Southern Tier Regional Task Force in Dunkirk was arrested by Buffalo police, authorities said...
View ArticleCheektowaga man arrested for brandishing gun at UB gym
A man accused of brandishing a handgun during a pick-up basketball game at the University at Buffalo South Campus has been arrested, the university said Thursday.Damon Erving, 23, of 72 Windwood Ave.,...
View ArticleBuffalo murder suspect arrested
City police have arrested a murder suspect in a previously unsolved homicide that occurred last May 19.Demario L. Smith, 25, was arrested Thursday morning by Homicide Detective Christopher Sterlace on...
View ArticleAmherst police investigating theft from Main Street store
Amherst police are seeking public help in their search for a man who stole more than $1,500 worth of cigarettes from a convenience store at Main Street and Union Road about 7:15 p.m. Feb. 2. The...
View ArticleSix arrested on gun charges
Six teenaged boys were arrested on felony charges of possessing a loaded handgun and other charges following a fight in the parking lot of the Canisius College Koessler Center about 9 p.m. Wednesday...
View ArticleMan accused of rape given deadline to plead guilty
LOCKPORT – Isaac L. McDonald, a Niagara Falls man accused of raping a 15-year-old girl last year, was told Thursday by Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas that he if he doesn’t make a plea deal...
View ArticleSex offender avoids prison for failure to register
LOCKPORT – A Level 1 sex offender who failed to inform police when he moved within Niagara Falls last year was granted a conditional discharge Thursday by Niagara County Judge Matthew J. Murphy...
View ArticleWelland woman arrested for punching school principal
Diana Seeley was charged with assault and two counts of breach of probation linked to a previous criminal case she had in the Peel Region, the Niagara Regional Police Service announced Thursday.
View ArticleSuspected burglar nabbed
A 56-year-old Hamburg Street man was arrested on assault and other charges after a Van Rensselaer Street man allegedly foiled his house-burglary effort about 2 a.m. Thursday, fighting with him until...
View ArticleMan charged with swerving car to hit woman
A 35-year-old Bush Street man was arrested on first-degree reckless endangerment and harassment charges after he allegedly swerved his car on Baxter Street near Roesch Avenue to try to strike a woman...
View ArticleOfficer praised for averting possible tragedy
Buffalo Police Officer Ronald Ammerman was credited by police officials Thursday with averting a potentially tragedy for a Poultney Avenue family.Ammerman arrested a 16-year-old boy Saturday afternoon...
View ArticleCity test affirmed in police captain’s reverse-bias case
The dismissal of a reverse-discrimination lawsuit brought by a Buffalo police captain against the City of Buffalo, the Buffalo Police Department and former Police Commissioner H. McCarthy Gipson was...
View ArticleAccused killer rejects plea, may argue self-defense
LOCKPORT – Darius M. Belton, a Niagara Falls man charged with shooting his uncle to death, rejected a plea offer Thursday in Niagara County Court.His attorney, Angelo Musitano, said the proposed...
View ArticleSleepy burglar wakes up to handcuffs
A suspected burglar was found passed out inside a home in the Town of Sardinia overnight Thursday, Erie County Sheriff’s deputies reported.A homeowner called deputies after returning home and seeing...
View ArticleTruck strikes man pushing pickup on Thruway
An Angola man survived being hit by a truck early Friday morning as he was trying to push his pickup truck to the shoulder of the Thruway in West Seneca, state police said.John E. Haak apparently had...
View ArticleTwo nabbed for stealing copper pipe in North Buffalo
Two North Buffalo men were arrested early Friday for allegedly stealing copper downspouts from a church, according to Northwest District police.Arthur Wagner, 46, and James Allard, 36, were charged...
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