Child endangerment charge for Sloan man who tattooed minors
A 20-year-old Sloan man has been charged with unlawfully tattooing at least four area teenagers, and Erie County sheriff’s investigators suspect that more children may have been victimized.Jacob T....
View ArticleSobriety checkpoint leads to multiple arrests
State police and Jamestown city police combined this weekend on a sobriety checkpoint and extra patrols in southern Chautauqua County, leading to a variety of arrests.The checkpoint on North Main...
View ArticleOakfield woman faces animal cruelty charge
A Genesee County woman was charged with animal cruelty Saturday after she allegedly tried to feed a neighbor’s dog with food tainted with pieces of metal.Genesee County sheriff’s deputies said Roxanne...
View ArticleDispute about ‘pigsty’ in Buffalo turns into a legal battle...
When neighbors took it upon themselves to clean Suzanne Taylor’s cluttered patio in Buffalo’s exclusive Waterfront Village, she accused them of trespassing and discrimination, and eventually sued them...
View ArticleCorfu woman killed in 3-vehicle crash in Orleans County
A 19-year-old Corfu woman was killed Sunday night in a complicated three-vehicle accident after the car she was riding in was involved in two collisions that apparently occurred just seconds apart,...
View ArticleRobbery suspect accused of striking cashier in Clarence
Erie County sheriff’s deputies apprehended a robbery suspect accused of striking a cashier and taking money out of a cash register at the Aldi’s store on Transit Road on Sunday afternoon.Deputy Scott...
View ArticleTown of Tonawanda police identify murder victim
Town of Tonawanda police Monday identified the woman stabbed to death over the weekend as 34-year-old Jennifer Sacaridis, who was assaulted in her Blackmore Street apartment early Sunday morning.Police...
View ArticleFalls man pistol-whipped in home invasion
NIAGARA FALLS – City and state police responded to a call of a home invasion in the 700 block of Division Avenue just before 10 p.m. Sunday and discovered blood splatters on the carpet in the living...
View ArticleWorker with bank deposit bag robbed in Lancaster
An employee of Quaker Steak & Lube in Lancaster was robbed Monday morning as she was carrying a bank deposit bag to her car, Lancaster Police Capt. William Karn said.The victim told investigators...
View ArticleEx-trooper pleads guilty to promoting prostitution
Titus Z. Taggart, an 18-year veteran of the state police who was fired last summer after an internal investigation into allegations he was involved with off-duty parties involving prostitutes, pleaded...
View ArticleTwo-vehicle crash on East Side sends four people to ECMC
Four people, two from each vehicle, were taken to Erie County Medical Center at noontime Monday, after a Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority para-transit van collided with a Lincoln Navigator in...
View ArticleWilson man charged with assaulting teen during neighborhood dispute
WILSON – A fight between two Dorwood Park neighbors over the weekend ended up with both arrested and both injured, according to Niagara County sheriff’s deputies.Robert L. Gualano, 47, of B Street, was...
View ArticleObservant neighbor helps Niagara County deputies catch a thief
WRIGHT’S CORNERS – A neighbor who saw something suspicious in the woods behind a store near her house alerted Niagara County sheriff’s deputies, which led to the arrest of a Lockport man over the...
View ArticleMan shot in neck on West Side porch
Buffalo police suspect that mistaken identity – involving two relatives – may have led to a man getting shot in the neck late Sunday on the West Side.The victim, whose name wasn’t released, told...
View ArticleUnruly woman briefly jailed after disturbance in Ellicottville
ELLICOTTVILLE – An Irving woman was briefly jailed Sunday when Cattaraugus County sheriff’s deputies charged her with unruly behavior after they were called to the Tamarak Club.Deputies arrived at the...
View ArticleBatavia man gets probation on meth charge
A Batavia man who acquired methamphetamines and shared them with others on numerous occasions between April and July 2010 has been sentenced to two years on probation by U.S. District Judge Charles J....
View ArticleBuffalo man pleads to cocaine trafficking, faces at least 10 years
A Buffalo man pleaded guilty Monday before U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny to conspiracy to possess cocaine with intent to distribute it and distributing it. Antonio Briggs, 40, faces a...
View ArticleJudge promises quick decision on Peace Bridge demolition case
The battle between preservationists and the Peace Bridge Authority over the proposed demolition of eight vacant houses on Busti Avenue was aired for two hours Monday in federal court. The judge...
View ArticleJury gets home invasion case tied to DNA
LOCKPORT – A Niagara County Court jury will deliberate today on whether to convict a Buffalo man tied to a 2011 Niagara Falls home invasion by DNA on a pair of handcuffs used on the alleged victim.“You...
View ArticleJamestown drug trafficker sentenced to 2 years
LITTLE VALLEY – A Jamestown man was ordered by Monday by Cattaraugus County Judge Larry M. Himelein to serve a state prison term of two years as a repeat felon and then face two years of post-release...
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