Two injured in accident on Route 5 in Sheridan
SHERIDAN – A man and his passenger were injured in a singe-vehicle crash Thursday morning when the man lost control of his vehicle and struck a tree, according to the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s...
View ArticleSilver Creek man becomes first arrest under new gun laws
ALBANY – A Chautauqua County man has been become the first person arrested under New York’s new gun control law, arrested and charged with selling newly banned assault-style weapons to an undercover...
View ArticleJury convicts man of killing Buffalo bus driver on his front porch
An Erie County jury Thursday found a Buffalo man guilty of killing a Metro bus driver who was on his front porch before sunrise waiting for a cab ride to work.Jurors deliberated about three hours...
View ArticlePassenger in hit-and-run case ordered back to jail
When John “Jack” Pieri was first convicted of criminal solicitation in 2010 for encouraging his girlfriend to leave the scene of a serious hit-and-run accident near Daemen College, he was sentenced to...
View ArticleDWI-related injuries charged in Falls-area cases
LOCKPORT – A man who allegedly injured three Niagara Falls police officers after a drunken driving arrest and another man who was allegedly intoxicated before injuring two people in a collision were...
View ArticleJudge orders stabber to admit to his family that he was at fault
LOCKPORT – Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas on Thursday ordered a Wheatfield man to admit to his family that he was at fault in a stabbing before sending him to prison for six years.Farkas was...
View ArticleSuspected drunk driver crashes into two cars in Tonawanda
A suspected drunk driver crashed into two cars on Niagara Falls Boulevard late Thursday, then fled before being caught by Town of Tonawanda police, authorities said.One person was seriously injured in...
View ArticleWest Seneca woman arrested on charges of dealing pills
A West Seneca woman awaiting sentencing on federal drug charges was arrested Thursday night at her home on a charge of criminal possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell, following a...
View ArticleMom who drove under the influence avoids jail
LOCKPORT – A North Tonawanda mother of four, who said in court she has lost legal custody of her four children since her arrest, was sentenced to three years’ probation Friday for driving with them...
View ArticleFalls man with domestic violence history imprisoned
LOCKPORT – Terrill D. Pettway, who has been arrested on domestic violence charges involving the same woman eight times since 2007, was sentenced to 16 months to four years in state prison Friday by...
View ArticleNorth Tonawanda woman admits to burglary, purse theft
LOCKPORT – A North Tonawanda woman, who said she burglarized a home on her street to get property to sell in order to buy drugs, pleaded guilty Friday to that and to the theft of a Niagara Falls...
View ArticleTwo women plead guilty in forged check scam
LOCKPORT – A Johnson City woman pleaded guilty Friday in State Supreme Court to playing a role in a forged check and credit card caper that may have resulted in the theft of more than $60,000.Krystal...
View ArticleFormer heroin addict succeeds in diversion program
LOCKPORT – A North Tonawanda man who pleaded guilty in 2011 to felony possession of heroin was allowed to reduce his plea to a misdemeanor Friday after he succeeded in the judicial diversion program...
View ArticleElderly Ohio man charged in Chautauqua County accident
MINA – A 75-year-old Ohio man was charged with causing a two-car crash Friday afternoon on route 426 that sent two people in another vehicle to the hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening...
View ArticleTonawanda man sentenced to 10 years for distributing child porn
A 40-year-old Tonawanda man was ordered by U.S. District Court Judge Richard J. Arcara Friday to serve a 10-year prison term and then be on supervised release for another 20 years on his conviction...
View ArticleRochester man charged in Albion crack cocaine probe
ALBION – A 25-year-old Rochester man is being held in the Orleans County Jail following his arrest as the first suspect nabbed after a month-long investigation of a Village of Albion crack cocaine...
View ArticleChild molester who fled trial jailed in Lockport
LOCKPORT – Paul S. Turley, who was convicted of molesting two girls after skipping out on his trial, was brought back to Niagara County Court on Friday.Turley, 47, of Lincoln Avenue, Dunkirk, was...
View ArticleMan charged with stealing copper wire worth $2,000
A 34-year-old East Delavan Avenue man was arrested early Friday for allegedly stealing about $2,000 worth of copper wiring from a product testing firm in the first block of Warwick Avenue, a street...
View ArticleBurglar charged with stealing sneakers from Berkshire Avenue home
A 21-year-old Buffalo man was arrested at a Berkshire Avenue house late Thursday night and charged with burglary and other counts. Korey Barney, no home address listed, was arrested after allegedly...
View ArticleThree Buffalo men held on robbery, kidnapping charges
Three Buffalo men are being held on first-degree robbery,kidnapping and other charges for allegedly stealing a Peace Street man’s diamond earrings, his expensive cell phone and $170 in cash and...
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