Hunt continues for body of man who jumped from Isle bridge
Thruway State Police said Sunday said they are continuing their search for a man believed to have jumped off the South Grand Island Bridge Friday morning.Witnesses reported seeing the man jump from...
View ArticleWalmart shoppers were evacuated Sunday morning after a fire broke out in an overhead heating unit at the Transit Road superstore in Clarence, reported Amherst Fire Control.Firefighters from the Harris...
View ArticleAn Angelica man was charged with felony DWI after a traffic stop late Thursday on I-86, NY State Police in Amity reported.Scott L. Loper, 48, was also charged with marijuana possession and several...
View ArticleDriver charged with aggravated DWI after arrest on Grand Island
Erie County sheriff’s deputies charged a 28-year-old man with aggravated driving while intoxicated early Monday morning, saying he had a blood-alcohol level more than twice the legal limit.Deputy...
View ArticleTwo arrested in Jamestown group attack and stabbing
Jamestown police have made two arrests in a group assault late Sunday night that left one man stabbed in the knee and struck with a bottle.Police officers responding at about 11 p.m. to an assault...
View ArticleFalls man reports $3,800 damage to vehicle
NIAGARA FALLS – Heavy damage was reported in a vandalism in a parking lot at Packard Court, police reported.The victim said sometime between 10 p.m. Saturday and 7:30 p.m. Sunday someone entered his...
View ArticleThree charged with drunken driving after Polar Bear Swim
Niagara County sheriff’s deputies reported three drunken driving arrests Sunday night following the annual Polar Bear Swim.Filicia A.M. Rutherford, 36, of Hartland Road, Gasport was stopped by...
View ArticleCoin-operated dryer damaged in Lockport
LOCKPORT – The owner of a coin-operated laundry at 6559 Lincoln Place said Monday that someone cut off and stole the top of the dryer overnight in order to steal the coin collector.The victim told...
View ArticleOrleans County man charged in woman’s death
A 61-year-old Waterport man was arrested Monday on second-degree murder charges in the death of a woman whose body was found on a road not far from the house they shared, the Orleans County Sheriff’s...
View ArticleMachias sex abuser sentenced to 7-year prison term
LITTLE VALLEY – Cattaraugus County Judge Ronald D. Ploetz on Monday ordered Damon S. Preusch, 56, of Machias, to serve a seven-year prison term and five years of post-release supervision on his...
View ArticleTen potential defendants added to Love Canal suit
The huge and complex state court lawsuit over toxic waste in the Love Canal neighborhood looks like it may get even bigger and more complex.In Niagara County Court, lawyers for people who say they...
View ArticleNiagara street woman tries to steal stuff from store
A 52-year-old Niagara Street woman was charged with petit larceny for trying to steal $216.86 worth of merchandise from the Home Depot store at 2100 Elmwood Avenue about 1:10 p.m. Monday. Dennial (D....
View ArticleFalse name given during routine traffic stop
A 22-year-old Winchester Avenue woman was charged with false personation after allegedly giving a false name to police officers making a routine traffic stop of drivers in the 900 block of Military...
View ArticleThree alarm house fire on Clinton Street in West Seneca
The total damage to a house at 4300 Clinton Street in West Seneca remains uncalculated but police and fire officials said the fire that began about 6:30 p.m. Monday began with grease in the basement....
View ArticleDepew man accused in Internet model scam
A 20-year-old Depew man faces arraignment before Depew Village Justice Timothy J. Dwan on Wednesday for an alleged Internet scam involving a fake New York City modeling agency and revealing...
View ArticleBatavia man charged with DWI under Leandra’s Law
A 57-year-old Batavia man was charged with driving while intoxicated under Leandra’s Law, after Niagara County Sheriff’s deputies accused him of driving drunk with two 13-year-old passengers.Deputies...
View ArticleNearly 50 cats seized from North Tonawanda home
NORTH TONAWANDA – An abandoned house at 155 Roncroff Drive has been boarded up and deemed uninhabitable after 50 cats were taken from the house over two days.One cat was found dead after he tangled...
View ArticleBookkeeper admits larceny from Blasdell pharmacy
A Lackawanna woman today admitted stealing more than $58,000 from Forster’s Pharmacy in Blasdell.Shirley R. Mecozzi, 66, worked as a bookkeeper at the business and unlawfully wrote checks to take the...
View ArticleThree men arrested at Amherst student housing complex
Three men were arrested at an off-campus student housing complex near the University at Buffalo’s North Campus following a dispute involving narcotics, Amherst police said Tuesday.Authorities received...
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