$16,000 worth of jewelry stolen in Lockport
LOCKPORT – Three diamond rings, one of them valued at $9,000, were stolen from a house in the 4400 block of Lake Avenue on Monday, according to Niagara County sheriff’s deputies.The victim told...
View ArticleFredonia man pleads guilty to Buffalo home invasion
A Fredonia man has pleaded guilty to burglary and robbery charges for his role in a Buffalo home invasion in September, the Erie County District Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday.Quincy A. Smith,...
View ArticleFalls man admits crack possession, enters treatment
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man was assigned to the judicial diversion program of court-supervised drug treatment Wednesday by Niagara County Judge Matthew J. Murphy III after the defendant pleaded...
View ArticleMedication, cash and jewelry stolen in Falls
NIAGARA FALLS – More than $10,000 worth of medication, cash and jewelry were stolen from a house in the 200 block of 70th Street Monday.The 52-year-old victim told police Tuesday that she had left for...
View ArticleCopper stolen from a vacant house in Falls
NIAGARA FALLS – Approximately $2,000 worth of copper pipe was stolen from a basement in a vacant house in the 2200 block of Ontario Avenue.The property manager told police Tuesday that sometime in the...
View ArticleSouth Park shocked as football star is charged in cabbie’s killing
Maurice R. Howie was the star quarterback last fall for South Park High School.Now he is a murder suspect in the brutal killing last month of a popular cab driver. Police say he was one of two young...
View ArticleShooting death adds to Parkdale Avenue home’s history of trouble
Buffalo Police homicide detectives continue to investigate the fatal shooting of a 34-year-old Buffalo man late Tuesday evening outside a rental property on Parkdale Avenue that has long been the...
View ArticleWilson schools take extra precautions during a search
WILSON – The Wilson High School and Middle School and Thomas Marks Elementary School were put into lockout status to secure the perimeter and keep students in place as Niagara County sheriff’s...
View Article‘Sign guy’ skips court, may face jail
LOCKPORT – David J. Mongielo, the auto repair shop owner charged with violating the Town of Lockport sign ordinance, did not appear for a hearing Wednesday in Town Court .Justice Raymond E. Schilling...
View ArticleOrchard Park police step up presence at schools in response to threatening...
Police will step up their patrols around Orchard Park schools today in response to a threatening message found written on a bathroom stall in the Middle School at the end of classes Tuesday.School...
View ArticleAdditional charges lodged against operator of Elma pit bull care center
Erie County sheriff’s detectives have lodged a felony charge of unauthorized practice of a profession against the operator of an Elma pit bull care center, Sheriff Timothy B. Howard said...
View ArticleArea companies increasingly find themselves in court as criminal defendants
There was a time when your average white-collar criminal was the trusted investment adviser who scammed his clients, or the longtime bookkeeper who embezzled from her boss.These days, the realm of...
View ArticleHearing postponed in home invasion that killed couple
FREWSBURG – A pre-trial hearing for the four men charged in the death of Gordon and Joyce Skinner that had been scheduled for today was postponed until Friday and the venue has been changed, officials...
View ArticlePuppy believed beaten, thrown in a trash can
NIAGARA FALLS – An eight-week old tan and white puppy left to die in a trash can was found Wednesday morning. Officials today reported the puppy, who suffered a broken jaw, was likely beaten or...
View ArticlePolice search for bank robber
A search for a man believed to be in his 20s who robbed an M&T Bank branch in the 1800 block of Main Street about 4:15 p.m. Tuesday was continuing today, Buffalo police reported.Detectives said...
View ArticleWestons mills firefighter collapses at rescue scene, saved by state troopers
PORTVILLE – After ambulances and fire trucks left the scene of a three-car accident at State Route 417 and Promised Land Road here early Wednesday afternoon when two motorists were taken to Olean...
View ArticleSerial bank robber sentenced to 10 years in prison
A career criminal arrested after a spree of five bank robbery attempts was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison and ordered to pay $10,000 in restitution to the banks.“I’m very sorry for robbing...
View ArticleWales man arrested for suspected links to numerous larcenies
A 26-year-old Wales man is in custody at the Erie County Holding Center tonight following his arrest after a late morning search through woods ain the towns of Holland and Wales during which Erie...
View Article10th grader imprisoned for child molestation
LOCKPORT – A Wilson High School 10th grader was sentenced Thursday to two years in state prison and 10 years of post-release supervision for molesting a 5-year-old girl in Cambria.Niagara County Judge...
View ArticleThree men arrested after shots fired at house
Three men were arrested on felony weapons charges and other charges after one of them allegedly fired four shots from a .38-caliber handgun that later was seized from a luxury car that police...
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