ECC basketball player arrested for breaking opponent’s jaw
An 18-year-old guard on the Erie County Community College’s womens basketball team was belatedly arrested on a second-degree assault charge for allegedly breaking the jaw of a woman on the Jamestown...
View ArticleCattaraugus indian reservation street fight.
State police and Erie County sheriff’s deputies broke up a street fight between two relatives on the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation early Tuesday afternoon. When troopers arrived at 14167 State Route...
View ArticleState inspectors for years never cited Tonawanda Coke’s toxic valve
State inspectors visited Tonawanda Coke at least once a year and, until recently, never cited the company for a small bleeder valve that spewed coke-oven gas with toxic benzene.That same valve is at...
View ArticleConfessed killer, wife had history of violence, police say
Nedra Thomas-Mattox, 38, was the victim of “a history of domestic violence” with her husband and confessed killer, Antoine D. Mattox, according to Police Commissioner Daniel Derenda.The commissioner...
View ArticleFalls man charged in crack case; Rochester man pleads
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man was arraigned Wednesday in Niagara County Court on charges of possessing crack cocaine and hydrocodone when he was arrested in that city Sept. 6.Timotheus Robinson, 27,...
View ArticleDressed up as a police officer for “protection”
A 27-year-old Armin Place man dressed in a makeshift Buffalo police uniform was arrested by two real Buffalo Police Officers when they pulled his pickup truck over at Cazenovia Street and North Legion...
View ArticleLockport judge sets trial in animal cruelty case
LOCKPORT – City Judge William J. Watson has scheduled a trial for July 8 in the Barbara Hale Gonzalez animal cruelty case, but it’s uncertain what the subject matter will be.That’s because Watson said...
View ArticleWoman surrenders in Lockport dog theft
LOCKPORT – A Wrights Corners woman surrendered to Lockport police Wednesday and was charged with stealing a dog valued at $1,080 from a pet store Feb. 14.Karen A. Kostyo, 36, of Lockport-Olcott Road,...
View ArticleN. Tonawanda man gets 10 years for massive child porn collection
Child pornography cases have become all too routine, but David Axberg is different from almost anyone else before him in Western New York.Axberg’s distinction is the pure volume of his sordid...
View ArticlePerson of interest sought in Buffalo homicide
A 17-year-old Buffalo boy is being sought by Buffalo police as a “person of interest” in the stabbing death of Roberto Leon in the 400 block of Tonawanda Street about 11 p.m. Feb. 23. Detectives said...
View ArticleMarijuana arrest at Maple and Virginia
A 20-year-old Buffalo man was arrested for allegedly having 17 bags of marijuana and a Lortab out of its container when police approached him as he was leaving a store at Maple and Virginia streets...
View ArticleBrothers arrested for burglary attempt on Seneca Street
Two Seneca Street brothers are being held for allegedly attempting to break into the Seneca Babcock Community Center at 1168 Seneca Street about 12:30 a.m. Sunday. Ramon Salas Jr., 24, and Samuel D....
View ArticleCounty GOP endorses Tripi for Family Court
Erie County Republicans have endorsed Deanne Tripi for Family Court judge.Chairman Nicholas A. Langworthy said Tripi is a veteran of private, family law practice who also served as treasurer for...
View ArticleJudge recuses herself in Crangle domestic case
A judge in Erie County’s Integrated Domestic Violence Court has recused herself from presiding over a case involving a Town of Tonawanda councilman.Daniel J. Crangle was to have appeared Wednesday...
View ArticleBuffalo man gets 90 days for stalking woman
A Buffalo man has been sentenced to 90 days in jail for repeatedly stalking a Cheektowaga woman over the last several months, according to Cheektowaga police.Robert S. Banks, 48, of Fisher Street,...
View ArticleCoke sludge from leak not removed for a year, supervisor says
David Dahl still remembers the fire in the summer of 2008, the one that caused coal-tar sludge to seep from an old storage tank at Tonawanda Coke.The fire was bad enough, the company supervisor told a...
View ArticleGrand Island couple arrested for drug possession, growing marijuana
A Grand Island couple was arrested Wednesday for allegedly possessing cocaine and growing marijuana in their Huth Road home, Erie County Sheriff’s Office officials said.Christopher Weigand, 38, and...
View ArticleDrunk motorcyclist gets 4 to 12 years for killing two
One by one, eyes moist with tears and voices choked with grief, family members of Sheila Pelton and Jocelyn B. Elberson stepped to the lectern in a hushed courtroom and addressed by name the drunk...
View ArticleJudge upholds Niagara SPCA’s $1,000 membership charge
LOCKPORT – A judge ruled today that the SPCA of Niagara was within its rights to raise the fee for a voting membership from $25 to $1,000, and also upheld the results of last year’s election for the...
View ArticleBoston couple charged in string of bar burglaries
A Boston couple has been arrested in connection with a string of at least six burglaries of bars and restaurants in the Southtowns, investigators from several law enforcement agencies announced...
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