A battle for the streets
Tariq “Reek” Brown from the Bailey Boys gang thought he spotted rival gangsters at a picnic in Martin Luther King Park last May. Holding his pistol-grip assault rifle, police say, he sprayed bullets...
View ArticleMotorcyclist remains in critical condition
A motorcyclist riding without a helmet and in the wrong lane, remained in critical condition Sunday in Erie County Medical Center after a crash Saturday.Philip J. Gaulin, 46, of Amherst, suffered...
View ArticleMan rescued from Whirlpool Gorge
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. – Emergency teams called in a helicopter to bring an unidentified man up from the Whirlpool Gorge about 4:45 p.m. Sunday after he suffered a leg injury, Niagara Parks Police...
View ArticleRape of teenage girl reported to police
A 15-year-old girl on her way to school last week was grabbed, pulled into a vehicle, punched into unconsciousness and raped, she and her mother told Buffalo police.The girl was on her way to catch...
View ArticleAssault with vehicle leaves one teen hospitalized
A 17-year-old Town of Tonawanda girl remained hospitalized Monday, following a weekend incident that left an 18-year-old Kenmore woman charged with assault, accused of running the other teen over...
View ArticleLackawanna man charged with DWI after drifting between lanes
State Police at Boston have arrested a Lackawanna man for driving while intoxicated after he allegedly drifted back and forth between traffic lanes on Abbott Road in Orchard Park.Trooper James Lacki...
View ArticleThree Buffalonians arrested in Syracuse drone protest
Three Buffalonians were among 31 arrested Sunday at Hancock Field Air National Guard Base near Syracuse protesting the use of drones in Afghanistan, Pakistan and other countries.Ruessell Brown, Bonnie...
View ArticleTeen pleads guilty in puppy-burning case
A 19-year-old Buffalo man accused of dousing a Jack Russell terrier puppy with lighter fluid and setting him on fire in October pleaded guilty Monday to felony aggravated cruelty to animals.But Adell...
View ArticleThree drug suspects arrested on Grand Island
Three Grand Island men have been arrested on drug charges by Erie County sheriff’s deputies, two of them during a routine traffic stop on Bedell road and the third as he was spotted trying to hide...
View ArticleLockport woman hurt in Friday crash dies
The 19-year-old Lockport woman who was critically injured in a crash with a pickup truck in the Town of Lockport early Friday afternoon died at the Erie County Medical Center this morning, officials...
View ArticleAnother thief joins the million-dollar club
An Arcade woman joined an exclusive group of white-collar criminals Monday: the million-dollar-plus category for theft.Debra A. Davis, 44, of Java Lake Road, tearfully admitted stealing $1.3 million...
View ArticleBank robbed on Buffalo’s West Side
Buffalo police are seeking a suspect, possibly in his teens, who robbed the First Niagara Bank branch in the 500 block of Elmwood Avenue near West Utica Street just before 12:30 p.m.He ran out with an...
View ArticleBuffalo man charged in tax return fraud
A federal grand jury has indicted a Buffalo man on 66 counts stemming from a fraudulent tax return scheme, U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced Monday.Prosecutors said that Clifton Jackson,...
View ArticleUnattended cooking blamed for Falls fire
NIAGARA FALLS – Investigators said a kitchen fire caused $30,000 in damages to two-story home on LaSalle Avenue early Wednesday morning.City fire crews responded at 4:26 a.m. to 1137 LaSalle Avenue...
View ArticleTeen arrested after bank robbery on Broadway
A juvenile offender lost the $2,000 he robbed Tuesday afternoon from the Key Bank branch at 1017 Broadway as police took him into custody moments after the 2:50 P.M. heist. The name of the suspect,...
View ArticleWoman hurt in motorcycle accident
A 32-year-old Dunkirk woman was taken to Brooks Memorial Hospital for treatment of injuries suffered when she lost control of her motorcycle on a patch of loose gravel on Newell Road in the Chautauqua...
View ArticleNew cars for Buffalo police fleet to be addressed
Complaints that Buffalo police cars are showing their age and that sometimes not enough are ready to go at shift changes because of repairs will be addressed in city budget discussions.And there is...
View ArticleBuffalo police warning about dangerous water bottle bombs
For the second time recently, Buffalo police and Canisius College public security officers issued warnings Wednesday about dangerous water bottle bombs left on city streets near the college’s Main...
View ArticleCharacter reference becomes an issue for Walker
City Councilman Charles A. Walker of Niagara Falls never thought twice about writing a letter of support for Wally Reynolds.Or about putting his letter on behalf of Reynolds, a family friend awaiting...
View ArticleCattaraugus sheriff urges public’s help in solving woman’s death
LITTLE VALLEY – After more than five years and more than 400 leads, investigators in the Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Office are still looking for answers in the death of Salamanca resident Traci...
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