Parolee admits violent break-in
A 30-year-old parolee has pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree burglary for breaking into a Black Rock apartment and stabbing a mother and her 16-year-old son on Dec. 8, the Erie County...
View ArticleTwo slightly hurt in school attack
A 15-year-old boy was arrested on second and third-degree assault charges in School 53 at 425 Hamburg Street today for allegedly knocking Assistant Principal Kimberly Janaski to the floor, causing her...
View ArticleShot fired at house in Falls
NIAGARA FALLS – A woman told police Tuesday she found a bullet had struck the house in the 2200 block of Welch Avenue and then landed inside.The woman told police she heard a gunshot at about 1:30...
View ArticleHelp sought in locating suspects in death of 96-year-old man
Buffalo homicide detectives have released updated photographs of two young men wanted for questioning in the homicide of home invasion victim 96-year-old Levi Clayton.Police are asking for the...
View ArticleClarence doctor faces additional charges of sexually abusing patients
ALBANY – A doctor from Clarence charged last year with sexually abusing a patient in his Depew office was arraigned Wednesday in Erie County Court in Buffalo on 17 additional counts after more...
View ArticleGowanda woman faces DWI, other charges, after traffic stop
Getting pulled over for speeding and driving on the shoulder of a road on the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation early today was only the beginning of trouble for a 21-year-old Gowanda woman, according to...
View ArticleBoy accused of assault on principal, other student
Police did not release the juvenile offender’s name but said the school nurse treated Janaski and the injured boy for minor injuries.
View ArticleSuspected Jamestown gunman arrested without incident
JAMESTOWN – A 34-year-old man suspected of firing a gun outside a city bar was taken into custody this morning without incident, police reported.Officers were dispatched to the Roadhouse Bar, on East...
View ArticleTire with rim stolen in Newfane
NEWFANE — A 20-inch tire and rim valued at $450 were reported stolen after being left outside of an apartment in the 3900 block of Lockport-Olcott Road, sometime between 12:30 and 4:30 p.m....
View ArticleMan caught smoking dope in jail
LOCKPORT – Authorities, led by the smell of marijuana smoke, made an arrest Wednesday night after finding an innmate in possession of the drug, who had allegedly been smoking in the Niagara County...
View ArticleJail guard leaves his car unguarded in Newfane
NEWFANE – A corrections officer from the Niagara County Jail is one of a number of residents whose unlocked vehicles are being targeted by thieves in the Ketchum Avenue area.The 61-year-old...
View ArticleCharges pending against four in Chautauqua County double homicide
MAYVILLE – In a case one veteran law enforcement officer described as one of the most disturbing he has ever seen, four men have been taken into custody in connection with the slayings of a Town of...
View ArticleState corrections officer arrested for official misconduct
MAYVILLE -- A 52-year-old state corrections officer who lives in Dunkirk was arrested today by State Police working with the Chautauqua County District Attorney’s office on an investigation....
View ArticleState Police Troop T targeting cell phone-using thruway drivers this coming...
Using a cell phone while driving on the Thruway could become very expensive this coming week.State Police Troop T is gearing up to have increased patrols starting Monday all along the state...
View ArticleMan who torched Falls house pleads guilty
LOCKPORT – A man who set fire to a condemned Niagara Falls house from which he had just been evicted pleaded guilty to two felonies Thursday in Niagara County Court.William M. Bradley, 31, of Buffalo...
View ArticleMen charged with electronics store break-in
LOCKPORT – Two Niagara Falls men have been indicted in the Feb. 17 burglary of an electronics store.Ramses Cruz-Cartagena, 22, of 17th Street, pleaded not guilty Thursday in Niagara County Court to...
View ArticleMan who climbed through 12-year-old’s window admits to rape
LOCKPORT – A man who climbed a ladder to enter a 12-year-old girl’s bedroom and have sex with her faces up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty Thursday to first-degree rape.Michael D. Johnson,...
View ArticleFalls man arrested in chase is indicted on gun charge
LOCKPORT – A man who allegedly was part of a Niagara Falls police car chase on New Year’s Day was arraigned Thursday in State Supreme Court on a charge of having a sawed-off shotgun.Jheryl B. Carter,...
View ArticleMan robbed a gunpoint in his Niagara Falls home
NIAGARA FALLS – A 42-year-old Niagara Avenue man told police a man wearing a black ski mask forced his way into his home at gunpoint, beat him and robbed him of cash at 10 p.m. Wednesday.The victim...
View ArticleCopper pipe and wiring stolen from a newly renovated Falls house
NIAGARA FALLS – A house undergoing renovation in the 1800 block of Linwood Avenue was burglarized and about $1,300 worth of recently installed copper wiring and pipes were stolen, according to Niagara...
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