Cash and family photos stolen in Royalton burglary
ROYALTON – An 86-year-old woman told Niagara County sheriff’s deputies Monday that someone forced open a locked kitchen window to gain entry to her home in the 9000 block of Telegraph Road, and stole...
View ArticleTwo drivers treated for minor injures and one charged
HANOVER – An 18-year-old South Dayton man was charged by Chautauqua County sheriff’s deputies with failing to yield the right of way and having an uninspected vehicle and both he and a 58-year-old...
View ArticleFalls police investigating six unrelated armed robberies
NIAGARA FALLS – A rash of armed robberies has hit the city over the past two months, with one gas station being held up three times.Police are investigating at least six reports of robberies,...
View ArticleDavis sentencing in Falls killing delayed; judge mulls new trial
LOCKPORT – The mother of Antoine M. Bradberry, who died in his Niagara Falls apartment during a 2011 robbery, took Monday’s postponement of the convicted killer’s sentencing in stride.“It’s all in...
View ArticleMan in raft with bicycle charged in Canada after crossing Lower Niagara River
LEWISTON – U.S. Border Patrol agents got an unusual phone call Monday morning: a report of a man paddling across the Lower Niagara River toward Canada in an inflatable raft with a bicycle on...
View ArticleRookie Buffalo officers chase and catch armed man
Two rookie police officers helped catch a much-arrested Stevens Avenue man who drew a stolen Glock 9 mm handgun loaded with 17 rounds on them early Sunday, their superior officer said Monday.Lt....
View ArticleHuntress case falls apart as judge cites prosecution interference
William Huntress’ combative approach to fighting federal environmental officials is paying dividends – an end to the criminal charges against the Amherst developer.The government’s prosecution of...
View ArticlePedestrian killed on hilly road in Gerry
GERRY – An 84-year-old Gerry woman was fatally injured when she was struck by a Jeep just as it came over the crest of a hill on Harris Hill Road about 8:20 a.m. Monday, Jamestown-based State Police...
View ArticleAES plant worker hurt by falling pipe
BARKER – An employee of AES Somerset plant was taken to Mount St. Mary’s Hospital in Lewiston after he suffered minor injuries in an accident on Monday morning.Douglas M. Ripson, 54, of Youngstown...
View Article29-year-old fatally shot in car in 100 block of Ruhland Avenue
A 29-year-old Buffalo man was shot to death while sitting in a car in the 100 block of Ruhland Avenue about 5:30 p.m. Monday, and Buffalo police homicide detectives are investigating. The victim,...
View ArticleMattox to be arraigned today on a murder indictment
Antoine Mattox, 32, of Andover Avenue, who was indicted Monday on a second-degree murder charge in the beating death of his wife, is scheduled to be arraigned this morning before Erie County Judge...
View ArticleFire causes $200,000 damage to Chautauqua Institution home
A fire late Monday night extensively damaged a three-story home on the Chautauqua Institution grounds, but volunteer firefighters from four companies managed to save the home and prevent the blaze...
View ArticleKiller in drug deal gone bad gets 25 years to life
A drug deal turned robbery gone bad cost Stephen C. Sanders his life.It also cost Darryl D. Jones Jr. his freedom, because in the eyes of a judge, there was more than one life lost that day.State...
View ArticleJudge recommends that Ceglia’s Facebook suit be dismissed
After three years of bizarre twists and turns, Paul Ceglia’s lawsuit against Facebook has run into a new and perhaps fatal obstacle – a federal judge’s recommendation that it be dismissed.U.S....
View ArticleThree men are charged in Lockport assault
LOCKPORT – Three Lockport men, two of whom are brothers, were charged for their roles in a the gang assault of a woman just after 4 a.m. Sunday on Willow Street.Brothers Sheldon W. Allen III, 20, and...
View ArticleMan on a bicycle is a suspect in three robberies
NIAGARA FALLS – Victims in three separate robberies told police that a man on a bicycle stole their cell phones Monday night.A 15-year-old boy said that just before 7 p.m. in the 1500 block of Pine...
View ArticleHigh court hesitant to hear ban on gay marriage in first such case
WASHINGTON – Like many a nervous suitor thinking about popping the question, several Supreme Court justices Tuesday pondered making gay marriage the law of the land and said, each in his or her own...
View ArticleNiagara Falls business owner shot by two posing as deliverymen
NIAGARA FALLS – The owner and president of Integrated Controls told police he opened the door to the office of his Hyde Park Boulevard business to someone claiming to be a pizza deliveryman Tuesday...
View ArticleBatavia firefighters get probation for working as bookies
Two Batavia firefighters knew the odds were stacked against them when Genesee County Sheriff’s Sgt. Steve Mullen began investigating allegations that they had illegal second jobs as bookies.Mullen...
View ArticleSex offender awaiting sentencing is charged again
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls sex offender, awaiting sentencing on three felonies, was arraigned Monday in Niagara County Court on a new indictment accusing him of a series of sex acts with an underage...
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