In year since teen’s death, fund for skate park grows
They’ve collected spare change from elementary students and sold $2 rubber wrist bands with the message “Ride Free.” They’ve held golf outings and pancake breakfasts and had T-shirts made in the same...
View ArticleEx-Buffalo teacher who raped boy pleads guilty to failing to register as sex...
Cara Dickey, the former South Buffalo Charter School teacher convicted of rape in 2009 for having sex with a 14-year-old male student, has pleaded guilty, as charged, to failing to register as a sex...
View ArticleBuffalo man sentenced to prison for burglary conviction
A 24-year-old Buffalo man with two prior felonies and seven other convictions was sentenced to five years in state prison by State Supreme Court Justice Deborah A. Haendiges for a second-degree...
View ArticleMan sentenced to 20 years for sex crime against infant
A 25-year-old man linked by DNA evidence to a sex act against a six-week old infant was sentenced Wednesday to 20 years in prison, the Erie County District Attorney’s Office announced.Jason Salois, no...
View ArticleAlbion girl found unharmed; man being interviewed by police
A 12-year-old Albion girl has been found unharmed, village police reported Thursday afternoon, and a man is being questioned about the circumstances surrounding her brief disappearance.Marina L....
View ArticleKenmore man arrested for Benzinger Street arson
A 43-year-old Kenmore man has been arrested in connection with an April 9 arson fire on Benzinger Street that threatened the lives a man and a woman and five children ages 5 to 18.Joseph C. Chowaniec,...
View ArticleImprovements to courthouse safety planned
LITTLE VALLEY – In an age where safety is a key concern, especially in public and governmental areas, many courthouses have had improvements made to protect judges, attorneys and jurors from potential...
View ArticleMan found dead in his vehicle, cause being sought
CAMBRIA – Niagara County sheriff’s deputies were called to investigate a suspicious vehicle Thursday morning and found a man deceased, slumped over the wheel in the driver’s seat, just after 8 a.m. on...
View ArticleStudents suffer burns in dorm fire on UB North Campus
Two students were taken to Erie County Medical Center for treatment of burns suffered in a dormitory room fire Thursday evening at the University at Buffalo’s North Campus in Amherst, University...
View ArticleW. Seneca teen airlifted to ECMC in Indian Falls gorge rescue
CORFU – A West Seneca teen was airlifted to Erie County Medical Center Thursday evening after he fell into the gorge at Indian Falls in the Town of Pembroke, the Genesee County Sheriff’s Office...
View ArticleResidents’ response to burglary lauded
Blasdell Police Lt. Joseph A. Gramaglia told the Village Board on Wednesday that the intervention of residents was pivotal in apprehending a suspect in a triple burglary last week.The break-ins, all...
View ArticleMan pleads not guilty to break-in, choking
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man was indicted on a number of charges Thursday in Niagara County Court, accused of breaking into a City of Lockport woman’s home and trying to choke her last month.Joel S....
View ArticleFalls man, 24, indicted in Lockport bank robbery
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man was indicted Thursday in Niagara County Court for his alleged role in a City of Lockport bank robbery in March.Joseph J. Trusello, 24, of Memorial Parkway, entered a...
View ArticlePasserby rescues woman from city fire
An unknown passer-by rescued a resident from a house fire at 707 South Division St. early this morning, fire officials said.When firefighters arrived shortly after receiving a 911 call at 7:03 a.m.,...
View ArticleChautauqua man killed in tractor accident
BUSTI – A 60-year-old West Ellicott man died late Thursday after being pinned underneath a farm tractor he was operating.James D. Hall was towing a brush hog with the tractor along the Orr Street...
View ArticleDepew man charged with DWI after Kenmore accident
A Depew man who injured another driver when he crashed into her car Thursday night on Elmwood Avenue at Kenmore Avenue has been charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated and common law DWI....
View ArticlePolice nab man on speeding mini-bike
A 47-year-old Barton Street man was charged with speeding erratically down Rhode Island Street on a mini-bike and then trying to run away from police who stopped him at the intersection with Fargo...
View ArticleFalls police arrest reputed coke peddler
NIAGARA FALLS – A 27-year-old Niagara Falls man was arrested Friday night, capping a months-long investigation into powder cocaine sales in the city. Niagara Falls police narcotics detectives stopped...
View ArticleLockport woman arraigned for allegedly hitting a woman with her SUV
LOCKPORT – A Washington Street woman on Friday pleaded not guilty to charges of first- and second-degree assault for allegedly hitting a woman with her SUV. Richelle “Ricki” B. Clark, 37, allegedly...
View ArticleWoman charged with drunken driving found with a toddler in car
WHEATFIELD – A Lewiston woman whose blood alcohol level was twice the legal limit when she was stopped faces felony charges after Niagara County sheriff’s deputies found her young son in the vehicle...
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