Buffalo man pleads guilty to stealing from businesses
A Buffalo man admitted stealing bulk steel, building materials, concrete construction forms and snowblowers, among other items, from businesses in Buffalo, Alden and Lancaster, according to the Erie...
View ArticleBuffalo man pleads guilty to weapons charge
A 20-year-old Buffalo man caught with a 9 mm semi-automatic Luger pistol after a police chase has pleaded guilty, as charged, to second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, the Erie County District...
View ArticleJury convicts Buffalo man of robbery
An Erie County jury convicted a career criminal of robbery and weapons charges this week after a week-long trial.Jessie Medley, 50, of Walden Avenue, was found guilty of robbing a woman at knifepoint...
View ArticleFour indicted in murders of Chautauqua County couple
MAYVILLE – Charges of first-degree murder have been filed against two of the four men arrested in the deaths of Gordon and Joyce Skinner, whose bodies were found earlier this month in their burning...
View ArticleWoman charged with violating probation in DWI fatal is freed
LOCKPORT – A Tuscarora Indian Reservation woman was released from jail Friday, but still faces a probation violation on her plea to criminally negligent homicide and driving while intoxicated for...
View ArticleBrockport man injured in Orleans County farm accident
RIDGEWAY – A Brockport man was flown to Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester by Mercy Flight Friday afternoon after Town of Ridgeway firefighters extricated him from the cab of the 10-wheel hydraulic...
View ArticleSex offender charged with molesting boys in Batavia, Somerset
A Level 3 sex offender from the Finger Lakes is in jail in Genesee County, charged with molesting underage boys in that county from the late 1990s until the present.Sean M. Vickers, 44, of Geneva,...
View ArticleWoman injured in collision with truck in town of Lockport
A woman driver was seriously injured this afternoon in crash involving a tractor-trailer and a car at Leete Road and Sunset Drive in the Town of Lockport, the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office reported....
View ArticleFive-year sentence for man who beat up pro boxer
LOCKPORT – Attorneys in the case of Michael P. Vicki, the Town of Niagara man who used a metal object to beat up a pro boxer in a fight over a woman, continued to argue Friday over how badly junior...
View ArticleMotorcyclist hospitalized after crash on Hertel Avenue
A motorcyclist was badly injured following a crash on Hertel Avenue about 11 a.m. Friday.The 28-year-old man, who has not been identified, was traveling east on Hertel – possibly racing another...
View ArticleOccupy Buffalo sues city over raid
A predawn police raid that removed Occupy Buffalo from Niagara Square last year has led to a lawsuit accusing the city of using excessive force during the operation.The local Occupy organization...
View ArticleMan with lengthy criminal record convicted of street robbery
A man with a lengthy criminal record has been convicted of robbery after a weeklong trial in Erie County Court.Jessie Medley, 50, of Walden Avenue, was convicted of first-degree robbery and...
View ArticleRetired State Police major takes over ECMC security
Retired State Police Maj. Christopher L. Cummings has been named chief of security at Erie County Medical Center.Cummings, who supervised about 450 sworn personnel and civilian employees as head of...
View ArticleBalloons used in jailhouse smuggling attempt, deputies say
TOWN OF LOCKPORT – A Town of Niagara man is accused of trying to smuggle tobacco, marijuana and prescription pills into Niagara County Jail.Michael Vicki, 31, of Panama Street was charged Friday with...
View ArticleShots fired from handgun following fight may have been blanks
TOWN OF LOCKPORT – Gunshots rang out after a fight early Saturday outside the Denny’s restaurant on South Transit Road, Niagara County sheriff’s deputies said.Witnesses told deputies that two men...
View ArticleLockport woman injured in crash Friday listed in critical condition
TOWN OF LOCKPORT – A Lockport woman is in critical condition in Erie County Medical Center, where she is being treated for injuries suffered in a two-car crash Friday afternoon at Leete Road and...
View ArticleTwo wounded in six overnight shootings
Two people were wounded in a half-dozen separate gun-related crimes in Buffalo on Friday and early Saturday morning, according to police reports.The most serious incident is believed to have been an...
View ArticleBuffalo Police Housing Unit makes 9 arrests
Nine people were arrested recently by the Buffalo Police Department’s Housing Unit, authorities said.Three men were facing gun and other charges after a traffic stop at Sycamore and Herman streets...
View ArticleMotorcyclist without helmet seriously injured in East Amherst crash
A motorcyclist – traveling without a helmet and in the wrong lane – collided with a vehicle Saturday evening in East Amherst.Philip J. Gaulin, 46, suffered serious head injuries and was taken by...
View ArticleBicyclist lying in road struck by pick-up
A bicyclist, apparently lying in the road, was hit by a pick-up truck early today on the Seneca Reservation and was in serious condition, the Erie County Sheriff’s Office reported.Deputies said the...
View Article