Man arrested after jettisoning switchblade, police say
An Auburn Avenue man was arrested early Friday for having a switchblade, police said. Edgards DeJesus-Rodriguez, 23, faces weapons and criminal mischief charges. Officers responding to a call for...
View ArticleFailure to use signal on turn leads police to DWI suspect
A Clinton Street man was arrested on drunken driving charges after being stopped for failing to signal a turn from Clinton Street onto Olson Street about 3 a.m. Friday, police said. Anthony J. Ferris,...
View ArticleFalls man denies selling crack in Lockport
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man pleaded not guilty Friday in Niagara County Court to charges that he sold crack cocaine twice to a police informant in the City of Lockport.Deandre M. Mathews, 22, of...
View ArticleRetrial set for Falls burglary suspect
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man accused of a burglary, who aborted his trial last month by checking into a hospital’s mental health unit, has been found mentally competent to go through a second trial,...
View ArticleSex offender avoids jail for moving without notice
LOCKPORT – Five years’ probation was the sentence from Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas Friday for a Level 1 sex offender who moved from Niagara Falls to Buffalo without reporting the change...
View ArticleDouble felon assigned to drug-treatment program
LOCKPORT – Malique L. Rogers of Niagara Falls pleaded guilty to two felonies Friday and was assigned to the judicial diversion program of court-supervised drug treatment by Niagara County Judge Sara...
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 ArticleTwo escape fire that heavily damages Newfane home
NEWFANE – Fire caused heavy damage to a house at 2380 Lockport-Olcott Road Friday evening, Niagara County sheriff’s deputies wsaid. Residents Jay M. and Stacie L. Hughes, who were in the house when...
View ArticleNeighbor’s tip leads police to two suspected copper thieves
NIAGARA FALLS – An alert neighbor who spotted two intruders in a Seventh Street home Saturday morning is credited with tipping off police, who foiled the theft of copper plumbing.Charged with...
View ArticleFour arrested in Wheatfield home during probe of underage drinking
WHEATFIELD – Niagara County sheriff’s deputies on Friday morning arrested four people at a Cayuga Drive Extension home that was the scene of underage drinking.Deputies, who also said they found...
View ArticleDisqualified Olympian sues maker of supplement over failed drug test
LOCKPORT – A lawsuit filed here last week pits a Hungarian discus thrower, who was barred from last summer’s Olympic Games in London because of a failed drug test, against a Canadian company that he...
View ArticleSinclairville man who drove vehicle into ditch charged with endangerment
SINCLAIRVILLE – A Sinclairville man charged with endangering the welfare of a child is accused of driving a vehicle containing two children into a ditch in the Town of Charlotte shortly before 6 p.m....
View ArticleReveler at loud party attracts the attention of police
Charles Fuller, 22, of Merrimac Street, refused a police order to leave a loud party early Saturday on Englewood Avenue and attracted officers’ attention with “unreasonable noises,” according to...
View ArticleBuffalo woman arrested in Chippewa disturbance
An East Morris Avenue woman faces a second-degree assault charge after slapping one police officer’s hand and kicking another officer in the right shin during an arrest Saturday morning, authorities...
View ArticleMan wearing body armor faces drug count
A man wearing body armor tossed a semiautomatic handgun next to a house as he was chased down Woltz Avenue by Buffalo police officers Friday evening.Antwan Castleberry, no age or address available,...
View ArticleBuffalo man robbed of cash and MP3 player
A 42-year-old Buffalo man said he was robbed of cash and MP3 player while walking along Scott Street, police said Saturday.An older-model red Pontiac Grand Am or Grand Prix first drove past the...
View ArticleMan shot on Rodney Avenue dies
A 22-year-old man who was shot outside on Rodney Avenue, near Fillmore Avenue, about 7:20 p.m. Saturday died today, Buffalo police said.The victim, whose name was not released, was taken to Erie...
View ArticleDisqualified Olympian sues maker of supplement over failed drug test
LOCKPORT – A lawsuit filed here last week pits a Hungarian discus thrower, who was barred from last summer’s Olympic Games in London because of a failed drug test, against a Canadian company that he...
View ArticleDry, windy conditions spur four rural fires
SHERIDAN – Four fires in wooded, rural areas kept firefighters in northern Chautauqua County busy this morning. The largest of the fires was in the town of Sheridan on Route 39. The call went out at...
View ArticleFredonia woman charged with DWI in Pomfret
A Fredonia woman was charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated and other traffic violations early Sunday morning in Pomfret, according to the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office. Cortney L....
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