Judge explains timing of ruling allowing Busti demolitions
The sight of excavators tearing down vacant houses near the Peace Bridge on a chilly Saturday morning in February recalled so many demolitions in Buffalo that had been given a green light late on a...
View ArticleLockport man pleads guilty to apartment burglary
LOCKPORT – Shawn P. Filipovich, 24, of Robinson Road, Lockport, admitted Thursday in Niagara County Court that he burglarized a woman’s apartment Dec. 12 on Dysinger Road in Lockport.Filipovich...
View ArticleTown of boston drunk driver arrested by state police
A 31-year-old Town of Boston man was arrested for driving while intoxicated when state troopers tracked him down Wednesday evening after receiving a complaint about his erratic driving on Boston State...
View ArticleCastile garage fire caused $100,000 damage
CASTILE – A faulty wood stove vent system in the garage at 19 Pickett Street here caused $100,000 damage to the garage and some exterior damage to the family house, according to Castile Asst. Fire...
View ArticleConfession aired in killing of 5-year-old girl in Falls
LOCKPORT – John R. Freeman Jr. grasped the situation he was in last summer after his accomplice told Niagara Falls police that Freeman had killed a 5-year-old Cheektowaga girl.“I’m going down, and it...
View ArticleMan accused of damaging church statues found not competent for trial
A Cheektowaga man charged with damaging three statues at St. Philip the Apostle Catholic Church in Cheektowaga has been found mentally incompetent to stand trial.Michael Taylor, 32, who was reading...
View ArticleDA pressing for maximum sentence for ex-con
Erie County District Attorney Frank A. Sedita III said Thursday that he plans to recommend the maximum prison term for Alfred Mack, the 58-year-old Buffalo ex-convict who was found guilty last week of...
View ArticleAttempted murder plea by african immigrant
A 33-year-old Eritrean immigrant pleaded guilty before State Supreme Court Justice Deborah A. Haendiges on Thursday to a charge of attempted murder for stabbing his estranged wife repeatedly Jan. 14...
View ArticleTraffic stop leads to drug charge
A 23-year-old Colvin Avenue man was charged with drug possession after a routine traffic stop at the intersection of Military Road and Ruhl Avenue at about 6 p.m. Wednesday.Aaron Gordon’s nervousness...
View ArticleMan, 18, indicted in Feb. 3 store robberies
An 18-year-old Buffalo man with no known permanent address was sent to jail after his arraignment Thursday before State Supreme Court Justice M. William Boller on an indictment charging him with...
View ArticleDrugs-for-cellphone swap attempt lands woman in hot water
An Esser Street woman was arrested early Friday after trying to trade a cellphone to her niece in exchange for some prescription pain pills from the girl’s mother, Buffalo police said. Theresa Bryant,...
View ArticleMan who violated probation facing “shock incarceration” program
LOCKPORT – A man who violated the terms of his probation sentence for choking the mother of one of his children was sent to prison Friday by Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas.Jeffrey J. Farrell...
View ArticleNewfane home raided as a meth lab by state police and niagara county sheriff
A Hazardous Materials Response Cleanup team was dispatched to clear volatile meth lab chemicals from a Franklin Street home in Newfane after it was raided by Niagara County Sheriff’s Drug Task Force...
View ArticleKayaker seized in bid to cross river to Canada
With fast-moving chunks of ice, frigid river temperatures and severe undertow, it’s hard to imagine why anyone would try crossing the Niagara River at this time of year.And in a kayak, no less.A man...
View ArticleBlasdell man accused of attacking security guard
A Blasdell man attacked a security guard attempting to eject him from the Town Ballroom, 681 Main St., about 10:40 p.m. Thursday, police said. John Rausch, 32, of South Park Avenue was charged with...
View ArticleIsabelle Street raid yields quantity of heroin and marijuana
A man faces felony drug and drug paraphernalia charges after a raid on his Isabelle Street home about 7:30 p.m. Thursday.Eugenio Piedraita, 35, is charged with felony criminal possession of a...
View ArticleEmergency demolition ordered for fire-damaged Gittere Street house
A fire that raged Friday night led to a demolition order for a vacant 2½-story frame house at 127 Gittere St., fire officials said.The fire, which remains under investigation, caused $35,000 damage to...
View ArticleEjected and dejected, Buffalo man is arrested after returning to pizzeria
A Colvin Avenue man was charged with criminal trespass, harassment and disorderly conduct after he returned to an all-night pizzeria in the 1300 block of Hertel Avenue after being ejected, police...
View ArticleHeavy-duty theft attempt results in arrest of six
Six suspects are accused of trying to steal a 1,500-pound block of industrial lead worth $3,000 from a trailer parked on Ensign Street near the Skyway late Thursday afternoon.Arrested by police aare...
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