Williamsville man indicted for defrauding local companies
A Williamsville man faces up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine if he’s convicted on a six-count indictment alleging he ran a loan scheme where at least one victim lost more than $300,000, U.S....
View ArticleMan pleads not guilty to indictment over beating
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls father of five was arraigned Friday in Niagara County Court on charges that he beat a man with an expandable police baton after a disagreement between his daughter and the...
View ArticleConvicted robber admits to Falls shooting
LOCKPORT – Michael D. Agee, who is awaiting sentencing March 14 for two armed robberies, pleaded guilty Friday to shooting a man who was sitting in a parked car July 14 on Eighth Street in Niagara...
View ArticleMan indicted on charges of pot growing, gun possession
LOCKPORT – A Cambria man, arrested after a Sept. 7 raid on his home, pleaded not guilty Friday in Niagara County Court to charges that he was growing marijuana and had an illegal handgun.Kevin L....
View ArticleGunman placed on probation, at least for now
LOCKPORT – A man who took part in a June 22 shootout in Niagara Falls was placed on six months’ interim probation Friday, to give Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas more time to decide what to...
View ArticleThird suspect arrested in December armed robbery
A 19-year-old Seventh Street man was taken into custody as the third of the three suspects wanted in the armed robbery of a William Street store in December, Buffalo Police Chief of Detectives Dennis...
View ArticleOrchard Park man charged with attacking hospital security guards
A 36-year-old Orchard Park man was arrested on assault and harassment charges for allegedly attacking two security officers at the Gates Vascular Institute on High Street about 9:15 p.m. Thursday....
View ArticleMan charged with robbing victim twice on Thursday night
A 22-year-old Shirley Avenue man is being held on multiple counts of first-degree robbery for allegedly robbing the same man a gunpoint Thursday night. Javon Hayes was taken into custody shortly after...
View ArticleMattress fire rekindles in Depew duplex
A mattress fire rekindled inside a Depew duplex this morning, resulting in an estimated $90,000 damage, according to village police.The fire was reported at about 7:20 a.m. at 93 Patsy Lane. Emergency...
View ArticleWoman charged with ordering son to punch fellow student
A 28-year-old West Utica Street woman was arrested on child endangerment charges for allegedly getting on her son’s Buffalo public school bus about 1 p.m. Tuesday and ordering him to punch another...
View ArticleMan found hiding in garbage tote faces stolen car charges
A 21-year-old Genesee Street man found by police hiding in a city garbage tote behind a Grider Street home about 8:30 a.m. Friday is being held on stolen car and other charges. Jaquan Owens was...
View ArticleMan pleads guilty to trying to rob UB students
A 23-year-old Buffalo man has admitted to twice trying to rob college students in November on a street near the University at Buffalo’s South Campus, just two weeks after he had been released from...
View ArticleConvenience store robber to serve up to 15 years
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man who robbed as many as six convenience stores in western Niagara County last fall led a parade of robbers and other thieves past the Niagara County Court bench...
View ArticleDriver lands on LaSalle Expressway after high-speed crash
A young driver described by police as highly-intoxicated drove his car up and over a 10-foot embankment before landing his vehicle on the LaSalle Expressway in Niagara Falls early Saturday. Tyler J....
View ArticleElectronics and designer watches stolen in a Falls burglary
NIAGARA FALLS – Nearly $1,000 worth of designer watches were stolen from a home in the 2200 block of Weston Avenue on Thursday.The victim told police that overnight Wednesday, someone smashed a...
View ArticleAlden man behind bars after high-speed chase
An Alden man faces dozens of traffic violations after leading Depew and Lancaster police officers on a high-speed chase early Saturday.Derrick P. Campbell, 22, was arrested after a chase through...
View ArticleMan Tasered for DNA sample refuses to give another
LOCKPORT – Ryan S. Smith, the Niagara Falls man whose convictions for two robberies and a shooting were overturned because police Tasered him to obtain a DNA sample, has again refused to consent to a...
View ArticleFrom the blotter / Police calls and court cases, Feb. 19 to 26
A Niagara Avenue man who was shot in the head in what investigators had called a drug-related shooting in December, was arrested Tuesday on felony drug possession charges.Michael A. Lorraine, 25, was...
View ArticleInvestigators use receipt to track down Randolph man accused of dumping
ELLINGTON – Detective work led to the arrest of a Randolph man accused of illegal dumping, state police said.Corry Green, 25, was paid $50 to take garbage to a landfill but instead dumped it on the...
View ArticleIdentity of man killed by CSX train in Dunkirk still being withheld
DUNKIRK – Dunkirk police said Sunday they are not releasing the name of a man killed on CSX Railroad tracks early Saturday morning, pending notification of relatives.A police spokesman said they were...
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