Genesee County man dies in burning home
A 47-year-old Town of Alexander man died after being pulled unconscious from his burning home late Sunday night, Genesee County sheriff’s officials reported.Scott A. Cramer, the only occupant at 11000...
View ArticleTeen pleads guilty to manslaughter in grisly killing
A teenager has pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter in the stabbing death of 16-year-old Darren Brown, whose burned body was left in a wooded area behind a popular custard stand on Colvin...
View ArticleState police charge Jamestown man with aggravated DWI
A Jamestown man has been charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated after being accused of having a blood-alcohol level of 0.19 percent, more than twice the legal limit, State Police at...
View ArticleUnconscious man one of two people arrested for DWI
Erie County sheriff’s deputies arrested two people for driving while intoxicated over the weekend, including a Brant man found unconscious behind the wheel of his vehicle.Responding to an accident...
View ArticleAlleged drug trafficker from Puerto Rico arrested
DUNKIRK – An alleged fugitive drug trafficker from San Juan, Puerto Rico was arrested here Sunday evening after police found him acting suspiciously and trying to cover his face from plain view at 5th...
View ArticleBuffalo police question dead woman’s husband
The husband of an Andover Avenue woman who was found dead in her home about 3:25 p.m. today was being questioned late tonight by Buffalo homicide detectives.Detective Chief Dennis J. Richards said...
View ArticleJury convicts man, 50, of sex crimes against child
A Buffalo man found guilty of committing sex crimes against a girl over a four-year period, starting when she was 12 years old, told her she would be abandoned or forced to leave Buffalo if she...
View ArticleDriving drunk at 100 mph
An 18-year-old Kenmore woman has been arrested after allegedly driving along Elmwood Avenue in Buffalo at about 100 MPH with no headlights on, swerving at high speeds around one car and driving along...
View ArticleCuomo considered unlikely to fill vacant judicial seat
Though several local jurists are expressing interest in being appointed to a vacancy resulting from the January resignation of State Supreme Court Justice Janice A. Rosa, recent history indicates they...
View ArticleThree arrests reported in Impact Zone fights
LOCKPORT – Two fights broke out in Lockport’s anti-crime Impact Zone, city police said.Michael A. Russell, 21, of Washburn Street, was charged with third-degree assault and endangering the welfare of...
View ArticleWoman accused of cutting man’s ear with broken plate
A 27-year-old Wakefield Avenue woman was arrested after she allegedly slashed a man’s ear with a broken ceramic plate during an argument in his Kehr St. flat. Chakara R. Norman was arrested by Police...
View ArticleFree cab rides offered for tipsy St. Patrick’s Day weekend revelers
Tipsy bar patrons during this St. Patrick’s Day weekend will have an option of a free cab ride home from participating establishments, thanks to an initiative announced Monday by the Erie County...
View Article4 face charges in attack on woman in her home
Two men and two women are being held on first-degree burglary, second-degree assault and other charges for allegedly assaulting a 20-year-old Harmonia Street woman in her flat and cutting her hand...
View ArticleFeds, local police raid suspected drug houses
Federal and Buffalo police this morning carried out a dozen raids on suspected drug houses in a crime- and violence-prone area of the East Side, authorities said.The streets where the raids occurred...
View ArticleSeven people routed by Hudson Street fire
Three adults and four children were forced out of their lower West Side home by a Monday evening fire that caused an estimated $65,000 damage, Buffalo fire officials reported.Firefighters responded to...
View ArticleCeglia alleges conflict of interest by prosecutor in Facebook case
The Allegany County man who claims to own half of Facebook is asking the courts to drop the criminal charges against him because of a conflict of interest by the New York City prosecutor handling the...
View ArticleFire heavily damages Town of Niagara apartment complex
Ten adults and two children who were displaced by a fast-moving fire that damaged the two-story, eight-unit Royal Apartments at 8521 Porter Road in the Town of Niagara Tuesday are being assisted by...
View ArticleAlleged getaway driver arrested in Lockport bank heist
LOCKPORT – Lockport police have arrested a man they believe drove alleged bank robber Joseph S. Trusello back to Niagara Falls after robbing an M&T Bank branch Friday.James M. Williams, 30, of...
View ArticleThree illegal aliens stopped at bridges from canada
Three illegal aliens have been arrested by the Border Patrol in two separate incidents at international bridges between Canada and the United States.Two citizens of Guatemala were captured about 10...
View ArticleMan held in sex harassment
A 26-year-old Lackawanna man has been arrested on charges of forcible touching and harassment for allegedly fondling and kissing a woman Saturday afternoon in a Niagara Street deli near Austin Street....
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