Crangle given conditional discharge in domestic incident
NEWS STAFF REPORTERDaniel Crangle, a member of the Town of Tonawanda Board, has been sentenced to a one-year conditional discharge after pleading guilty to a harassment charge in a domestic violence...
View ArticleUnion leader gets probation
A former official with a local transportation union was sentenced Thursday by Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny to three years of probation for embezzling $39,000 in union funds.Joseph...
View ArticleOver $7,000 worth of electronics stolen in Falls burglary
NIAGARA FALLS –Television sets, a DVD player, computer, printer and telephone were stolen in an overnight burglary in the 2900 block of Ninth Street, police reported Wednesday.The 71-year-old victim...
View ArticleWednesday night’s shooting victim identified by Buffalo police
The victim of the fatal shooting Wednesday night in the 1000 block of East Ferry Street was identified Thursday by Buffalo police as Hakeem Benjamin, 26. Homicide detectives and uniformed officers...
View ArticleAutistic man remains in critical condition at ECMC
Marc Weinfeld, the autistic man who was a well-known figure in downtown Buffalo, where he sold his plastic-threaded boondoggles every workday morning, remained in critical condition and on life...
View ArticleJudge allows Maid of Mist project to continue; bidding issue unsettled
NIAGARA FALLS – A judge has allowed the Maid of the Mist Corp. to resume work on its new boat docking and service facility in the Niagara River Gorge, but the question of whether the company will get...
View ArticleCarpenter paralyzed in job-site accident gets $18.5 million settlement
A Town of Tonawanda man paralyzed in a construction-site accident will receive $18.5 million to settle his State Supreme Court lawsuit. The settlement was approved this week.Anthony M. Grasso, 38,...
View ArticleFalls bust nets over 100 prescription drugs packaged for sale, loaded gun
NIAGARA FALLS – A long-term investigation into prescription narcotics being sold on Niagara Avenue led to the arrest of a suspected dealer.Niagara Falls Police narcotics detectives, the city’s...
View ArticleSecond suspect arrested in attack on elderly Buffalo man
A 19-year-old Buffalo man was arrested Thursday as the second of the three suspects linked to the Nov. 24 attack on Levi Clayton, the 96-year-old Buffalo church deacon who died Wednesday in Buffalo...
View ArticleAttorney for alleged accomplice rethinking strategy in murder case
LOCKPORT – The attorney for the Buffalo teen accused of helping dump the body of a slain 5-year-old girl in a garbage tote said Thursday that he is rethinking a motion to have his client’s case tried...
View ArticleJudge refuses to throw out charge in murder case
LOCKPORT – Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas on Friday denied a defense request to dismiss a weapons possession charge against Darius M. Belton, whose murder trial in connection with the...
View ArticleIdentity thief pleads guilty to DWI, false impersonation.
An Amherst man who tried to make police believe he was his brother during a drunk driving arrest pleaded guilty Thursday to driving while intoxicated, first-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a...
View ArticleLancaster police warn of “spoofing” phone scam
Lancaster police detectives are warning people about a recent attempted “spoofing” scam.Spoofing refers to placing a phone call from one number while a different number shows up on the recipient’s...
View ArticleDeath of elderly burglary victim ruled a homicide
The death earlier this week of 96-year-old Levi Clayton has been ruled a homicide. The East Side resident never fully recovered from injuries suffered last November, when burglars broke into his home...
View ArticleLockport men deny drug-dealing charges
LOCKPORT – Two Lockport men pleaded not guilty two four-count drug-dealing indictments Friday in Niagara County Court.Brandon McKinney, 31, of Spalding Street, and Dominique L. Middleton, 21, of...
View ArticleHit-and-run DWI suspect fails to appear in court
LOCKPORT – A man who allegedly was driving drunk when his car broke a pedestrian’s leg on the night before Thanksgiving failed to appear in Niagara County Court for his arraignment on a six-count...
View ArticleTwo arrested, toddler removed in Jamestown drug raid
JAMESTOWN – A 27-year-old man and a 20-year-old woman were arrested on cocaine charges and members of the Jamestown Police SWAT Team rescued a 2-year-old child who was being taken care of in a Sampson...
View ArticleMan charged with Falls crime spree takes plea deal
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man pleaded guilty to two felonies Friday, settling a case in which he was accused of eight different crimes in September and October.Ahmed H. McCray, 35, of Niagara Avenue,...
View ArticleAmherst Street man arrested for stickup
A 22-year-old Amherst Street man was taken into custody late Thursday in connection with a daytime stickup last month in the city’s Black Rock section.Kendrick Pritchett was charged with first-degree...
View ArticleCheektowaga man charged with Riverside robbery
A 23-year-old Cheektowaga man was arrested late Thursday night for a daytime robbery outside a store in Buffalo’s Riverside District. Emmanuel R. Adside was taken into custody at his Hoerner Street...
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