Two Lockport teens stopped for reckless driving and underage drinking
LOCKPORT – Police said they stopped a car after they saw the driver taking off at a high rate of speed and driving recklessly just after 5:30 a.m. Thursday on Cave and Walnut streets. Officers charged...
View ArticleTwo Binghamton men arrested after street traffic incident
Two Binghamton men were arrested on marijuana-related charges after police stopped their westbound car on Massachusetts Avenue after it failed to stop at a stop sign at Niagara Street about 11:55 p.m....
View ArticleFlorida woman accused of ripping off parents in Falls
LOCKPORT – A Fort Myers, Fla., woman was arraigned in Niagara County Court Thursday on charges of stealing $131,708 from her parents in Niagara Falls between April 2007 and December 2011.Jennifer L....
View ArticleBuffalo man arrested for having drugs with no prescription bottle
A 30-year-old Olympic Avenue man was arrested by Buffalo police for allegedly having 30 hydrocodone pills in a pocket in his trousers. None of the pills was in a prescription bottle. Tyshawn Young was...
View ArticleMckinley High student arrested for threatening principal
A 16-year-old McKinley High School student was arrested for allegedly threatening Principal Crystal Barton and a teacher after his behavior was questioned in a school hallway shortly after 3:30 P.M....
View ArticleSuspicious-looking bike rider found to have stun gun
A police officer’s suspicions about the manner of a biker riding along Orleans Street near Lisbon Avenue about 4 p.m. Wednesday led to the arrest of Jamal Johnson, 18, of Minnesota Avenue. After...
View ArticleThree arrested after Chadduck Avenue incident
A Rochester woman, a man who lives in Holland, N.Y., and a Buffalo man were arrested on marijuana charges after a routine traffic stop in the second block of Chadduck Avenue about 5:09 p.m. Wednesday,...
View ArticleCharges filed in Newfane 'milk smashing' case
Got caught?Niagara County sheriff’s deputies have made the region’s first arrest in a “milk smashing” case, charging a high school senior in a prank at a Tops Markets in Newfane after he was...
View ArticleSmall valve at center of conflict on bad air
Among the tangle of pipes and valves at Tonawanda Coke’s sprawling 188-acre facility, the small, narrow “bleeder” valve poking out from the coke oven gas line might seem innocuous at first glance.But...
View ArticleAlleged shooter of 2-year-old loses his lawyer
LOCKPORT – Willie R. Scott Jr., accused of shooting a 2-year-old Niagara Falls girl in the face while he was trying to shoot a man who was with her, needs a new attorney.Niagara County Judge Matthew...
View ArticleFahey among seven nominees for State Court of Appeals
Judge Eugene M. Fahey of the Appellate Division of State Supreme Court is one of seven individuals to be nominated for the State Court of Appeals following the death in November of Associate Judge...
View ArticleMan held on felony drug charges after raid
A 31-year-old Rhode Island Street man was arrested early Thursday afternoon in a court-authoritzed raid on his home after a months-long investigation by the narcotics units of the Erie County...
View ArticleMan, 23, charged in Nov. 17 assault at gas station
The arrest of a 23-year-old Herman Street man for an allegedly vicious attack Nov. 17 on another patron of a gas station at Ontario and Skillen streets was announced by Buffalo police officials...
View ArticleHartland woman gets probation for role in burglaries
LOCKPORT – A woman who took part in two November 2011 burglaries was placed on five years’ probation Thursday by Niagara County Judge Matthew J. Murphy III.Amanda J. Swan, 26, of Drum Road, Hartland,...
View ArticleFalls man gets 2 years in prison for drug-dealing
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man explained his continued involvement in drug dealing Thursday before Niagara County Judge Matthew J. Murphy III sent him to state prison.“Why are you still committing...
View ArticleAuthorities search for body in Niagara Gorge
Niagara Falls State Parks Police are investigating a report of a possible body in the gorge below the American Falls. The first reports of the possible victim came in about 4 p.m. and helicopters were...
View ArticleMan robs Lockport M&T Bank branch
LOCKPORT – A man wearing gloves, aviator sunglasses and a white piece of tape on his nose robbed the M&T Bank branch at Pine and Walnut streets of an undetermined amount of cash Friday...
View ArticleSex offender pleads guilty in three cases, faces more charges
LOCKPORT – A Level 1 sex offender pleaded guilty Friday to two felonies and admitted violating the terms of his probation on a third.Derrick J. Houser, 26, formerly of Niagara Falls, could be sent to...
View ArticleRandolph man charged with sodomy
John O. Hitchock, of New Street, Randolph, is being held in the Chautauqua County Jail after being arrested in his home. His arrest came after a joint probe by the sheriff’s offices in Cattaraugus and...
View ArticleWoman stabbed with scissors as she tried to break up fight
A 50-year-old Earl Place woman remained hospitalized at Erie County Medical Center Friday night with stab wounds suffered when a 16-year-old boy stabbed her with a pair of scissors as she tried to...
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