Lockport man admits to stealing jewelry to buy drugs
LOCKPORT – A City of Lockport man pleaded guilty and was sentenced to diversion in the drug court program and two years interim probation Friday in State Supreme Court for his role in an East High...
View ArticleSardinia motorcyclist, hurt in crash, faces multiple charges
A 43-year-old Sardinia motorcyclist who was injured in a three-vehicle crash at about 5 p.m. Friday on Genesee Road in Sardinia faces charges of driving while intoxicated and aggravated unlicensed...
View ArticleUB student faces arson, drug charges in dorm fire
A University at Buffalo student faces arson and drug charges after police said he set himself on fire after dropping a butane torch while smoking marijuana from a bong in his North Campus dorm room...
View ArticleSUV ends up balancing on a guy wire after crash
The car crash was so strange, police didn’t believe it until they saw it.But there it was Friday morning, a sport utility vehicle that veered off a Lockport city road, headed for a shopping plaza –...
View ArticleMan, 21, stabbed twice in early-morning fracas on East Side
Buffalo police are looking for suspects in the stabbing of a man early Saturday.Police said Marcel Woods, 21, told them he was beaten and stabbed by several men in a parking lot near French and...
View ArticleStolen car, wallet recovered at scene of Falls shooting
NIAGARA FALLS – Police said a stolen car was left behind at the scene of a shooting late Friday in the 2400 block of Grand Avenue. Investigators believe no one was injured.Shortly after 11 a.m. police...
View ArticleGunshot tears through bed headboard of sleeping Falls couple
NIAGARA FALLS – A Seneca Avenue couple escaped injury early Friday when a gunshot fired through their bedroom window tore through the headboard of the bed where they slept and lodged in a wall.Police...
View ArticleLaSalle car “popper” makes $6,000 haul with garage door opener
NIAGARA FALLS - Police said a thief who broke into a LaSalle man’s work van overnight Friday activated a garage door opener to make off with $6,000 in property.Police said the door locks of the van,...
View ArticleResidents of Kenfield home robbed at gunpoint
Two people were robbed at gunpoint in their Kenfield home, Buffalo police said Saturday.The home invasion occurred about 11:45 p.m. Friday on Courtland Avenue, which runs off East Delavan Avenue.Two...
View ArticleNo date in sight for third Robie Drake murder trial
LOCKPORT – The prosecution is trying to get rid of the defense attorneys.The defense is trying to get rid of the judge.And Robie J. Drake remains in his cell in the Niagara County Jail, awaiting a...
View ArticleWilson high student gets scholarship in memory of domestic violence victim
LOCKPORT – Brianna O’Donnell, a Wilson High School senior, has been awarded a $250 scholarship by the Victim Assistance Unit of the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office, Sheriff James Voutour told The...
View ArticleParty lands ex-UB instructor in legal trouble
Christmas parties are notorious for bringing out embarrassing behavior from some people.But the office holiday party a group of dental school employees held at a Tonawanda tavern in 2010 had all the...
View ArticleCoke, alcohol land driver in jail
A 33-year-old Buffalo man was arrested Saturday night for possession of cocaine after Erie County sheriff’s deputies stopped his vehicle at 9 p.m. for erratic driving on Broadway near Rother...
View ArticleDriver charged with DWI after walking from crash
An Ellicottville man was arrested Saturday morning for driving while intoxicated after a one-car accident on Route 430 in the Town of Ellery, Chautauqua County sheriff’s deputies reported.Meryl A....
View ArticleJunior firefighter, 17, dies when car hits tree
A junior firefighter who was beloved by fellow volunteers at the Harris Hill Fire Company was killed Sunday morning in a one-vehicle crash in Clarence.Authorities said Alexander E. Hemline, 17, of...
View ArticleTwo suspects nabbed after gas-station robbery in Lockport
Three police agencies investigating a gas-station robbery in the Town of Lockport late Sunday teamed up to arrest two suspects who also were accused of having a small amount of crack cocaine on them,...
View ArticleMom arrested after toddler is found roaming street
A 21-year-old mother from Cattaraugus was arrested Sunday and accused of allowing her 2-year-old son to walk around by himself for more than 30 minutes on Main Street in the village, Cattaraugus...
View ArticleDriver charged with being three times over legal alcohol limit
State Police at Jamestown have arrested a Randolph man for aggravated driving while intoxicated after accusing him of having a blood-alchol level more than three times the legal limit.State police...
View ArticleSon sought in death of West Seneca woman
As West Seneca police investigated the suspicious death of Carol Quinn in her West Seneca apartment Saturday afternoon, one of her sons arrived for a visit, even though a court order of protection had...
View ArticleFire breaks out at West Street Elementary School in Sanborn
SANBORN – Students at West Street Elementary School are headed home early today after a fire broke out at the school this morning.Students were taken to Niagara-Wheatfield High School and were allowed...
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