Tools stolen in two separate theft in Falls
NIAGARA FALLS – Thousands of dollars worth of tools were reported stolen Wednesday in two unrelated thefts.A man said a garage door in the 400 block of 19th Street was pried open, breaking the lock,...
View ArticleSchool bus struck in rear near Lewiston Porter School campus
A school bus was struck in the rear by another vehicle at about 4:15 p.m. Thursday on Creek Road near the Lewiston Porter Central School campus.Authorities said no school children were in the bus, and...
View ArticleTeenaged girl rescued on cliff at Zoar Valley
Capt. Kevin Caffery and Deputy Art Litzinger of the Erie County Sheriff’s Air One helicoptor unit rescued a 16-year-old girl who reportedly suffered a compound fracture of her right ankle and minor...
View ArticleState Police seek public help in locating a robber
State police asked for the public’s help today in locating a white man about five feet, ten inches tall who robbed a Sunoco gas station at Transit Road and Main Street about 2 a.m. Saturday.Witnesses...
View ArticleTown of Collins woman jailed on traffic charges
A 34-year-old Town of Collins woman was jailed Thursday afternoon in the Erie County Holding Center after she was arrested in Springville for allegedly driving while under the influence of drugs. Amy...
View ArticleNorth Tonawanda man arrested on drug charges in Buffalo
A 27-year-old North Tonawanda man was arrested on drug related charges after Buffalo police found he allegedly had a large amount of marijuana, loose Loritab pills, a small bag of crack cocaine and a...
View ArticleSouth Dakota man arrested in Buffalo on child porn counts
A 26-year-old man from Rapid City, S.D., was arrested in Buffalo today on child pornography charges, according to U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. Jesse Adams faces a detention hearing at 10:30...
View ArticleJudge lets Hispanics United keep disputed properties
Buffalo’s largest Hispanic organization can keep two big vacant houses its former executive director tried to sell for a dollar last year, a judge ruled.Hispanics United of Buffalo sued in State...
View ArticleLowry pleads guilty in slaying of North Tonawanda woman
LOCKPORT – Brian C. Lowry pleaded guilty as charged Thursday in the murder of his girlfriend, Heather M. Rylowicz of North Tonawanda.He admitted slicing her throat with a knife and smashing her skull...
View ArticleMass. brothers stopped in Falls were tourists
Two young brothers, one of them a high school student, were the subject of an intense police stop and search in Niagara Falls this morning, but they apparently were nothing more than tourists from...
View ArticleFlight 3407 lawsuits set to resume
Four years have passed since the Flight 3407 crash and most of the families who lost loved ones have settled their lawsuits and, as much as possible, moved on with their lives.But for a dozen or more...
View ArticleWest Seneca motorist charged with DWI in Buffalo
A West Seneca man was charged with driving while intoxicated early Friday after he was pulled over in Buffalo, according to Erie County sheriff’s deputies.Deputy Simon Biegasiewicz and Detective Emily...
View ArticleGuilty plea in Urban Park Towers burglary
LOCKPORT – A Robinson Road man pleaded guilty Friday in Niagara County Court to third-degree burglary for breaking into an apartment in downtown Lockport’s Urban Park Towers apartment complex Feb....
View ArticleSpringville man charged with DWI after one-car accident
A 28-year-old Springville man was treated at Erie County Medical Center for head lacerations and ticketed for drunken driving after a one-car crash at about 10 p.m. Thursday on the shoulder of Boston...
View ArticleCheektowaga man charged with multiple sex counts
A 33-year-old Cheektowaga man is in custody for allegedly trying to have sex with a 13-year-old girl whose naked photos he was texting to another man through a phone app, Cheektowaga Police...
View ArticleNevada Street woman faces cruelty to animals charge
A 49-year-old Nevada Street woman was charged with aggravated cruelty to animals after Buffalo police responded to trouble in the first block of that street about 6 a.m. Friday and reportedly found...
View ArticleBuffalo woman faces possible prison term for third drunk driving arrest
A 32-year-old Eden Street woman pleaded not guilty before State Supreme Court Justice M. William Boller Friday to an indictment charging her with two counts of feloniously driving while intoxicated...
View ArticlePregnant woman charged with third-degree rape
A 32-year-old Center Lane woman who is allegedly about eight months pregnant was arrested late Thursday night on third-degree rape and aggravated harassment charges for allegedly being sexually...
View ArticleElmwood area restaurant burglarized
Mangoz Jamaican Restaurant on Forest Avenue had $4,000 worth of electronics stolen Friday, Buffalo Police stated.According to the report, a burglar threw a rock through a double-pane window on the...
View ArticleMan charged with criminal contempt for kicking dog
A Buffalo man who had expressed an interest in becoming a veterinarian as a youngster was arrested by police after a witness saw him kicking a pit bull puppy across the front lawn of a double on South...
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