Burglary suspect shot dead by homeowner
A middle-aged man described as an apparent burglary suspect was shot to death this afternoon by the homeowner, an off-duty Buffalo police officer, on Lisbon Avenue in the city’s University District,...
View ArticleGanson street business fire put out after two alarms called
Fire at the ADM Milling building at 250 Ganson Street was confined to a 10th floor hopper area, according to Buffalo Fire Department officials. The two alarm fire was reported at 3:56 p.m. and was...
View ArticleBills star Williams sues to get $785,000 engagement ring back
Buffalo Bills football star Mario Williams, who signed the biggest contract in team history last year, has filed a lawsuit against his former fiancée in Houston, seeking the return of a 10-carat...
View ArticleSecond home invaders pleads guilty
The second of two Buffalo suspects who terrorized a Lackawanna woman and her two young children during a McKinley Parkway home invasion two years ago pleaded guilty Monday to first-degree robbery and...
View ArticleOff-duty police officer kills burglar in own home
An off-duty Buffalo police officer returning to his Lisbon Avenue home Monday afternoon shot and killed a suspected burglar who apparently confronted the officer with a gun he had just stolen the...
View ArticleMan charged with leaving infant in hot locked car for hours
JAMESTOWN – A 23-year-old Town of Poland man was arrested Monday by State Trooper Joseph H. Krywalski for allegedly leaving his 8-month-old child in a hot, locked car for hours. Chad Swan, of Scott...
View ArticleTwo fires displace 23 people from East Side homes
The Red Cross was called to assist a total of 23 East Side residents routed from their homes by two fires within a couple hours at mid-morning today, Buffalo fire officials reported.Five adults and 13...
View ArticleDamage set at $400,000 in Ganson Street fire
The two-alarm fire in an industrial building on Ganson Street on Monday afternoon left an estimated $400,000 in damages, Buffalo fire officials said.Firefighters managed to confine the blaze to the...
View ArticleTwenty-one-year-old man convicted of weapons possession
A 21-year-old man has been convicted, as charged, of criminal weapons possession following a three-day trial before State Supreme Court Justice Christopher J. Burns, Erie County District Attorney...
View ArticleMurdered West Seneca woman’s son turns himself in
A man who was being sought in connection with his mother’s murder turned himself in to West Seneca police Tuesday afternoon and was jailed after being arraigned.Primitivo Cruz, 45, was ordered held...
View ArticleDog stabbed to death in East Side burglary
In what Buffalo police are calling a vicious crime, a burglar stabbed a homeowner’s dog to death while also stealing a huge amount of cash overnight Monday.The incident occurred some time between 6...
View ArticleBuffalo teen charged with Cheektowaga playground fire
A 13-year-old Buffalo boy has been charged with criminal mischief in connection with a fire that destroyed a popular jungle gym set at the town’s Kelly Park late Friday afternoon.Cheektowaga Police...
View ArticleMale nurse arrested on child porn charge
A male nurse who worked in the Pediatric Unit at Olean General Hospital has been arrested and charged with distribution and possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr....
View ArticleLockport man charged in rape of unconscious woman goes on trial
Opening statements and testimony began Tuesday in Niagara County Court in the trial of a man accused of raping a friend’s girlfriend as she lay sleeping, groggy and sick in a South Street home after a...
View ArticleIntruder shot by officer had long felony record
The burglar shot to death Monday afternoon by an off-duty Buffalo police officer in the officer’s University District home has been identified as 53-year-old Wayne Andre White, law enforcement sources...
View ArticleDepew man’s death while in custody is ruled a homicide
With the family of the late Richard A. Metcalf Jr. of Depew already preparing lawsuits against the Depew Police Department and the Erie County government over Metcalf’s death while he was in custody,...
View ArticleGang member pleads guilty to role in slaying of store employee
A member of the Bailey Boys street gang in Buffalo has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from the shooting death of a clerk in an East Side convenience store more than two years ago, U.S. Attorney...
View ArticleMan, 18, arrested in LaSalle Park rape
An 18-year-old Riverside Avenue man was arrested Monday evening on first-degree rape and other charges for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman as she tried to cross a pedestrian bridge in LaSalle...
View ArticleMan accused of menacing police officers with knife
A 20-year-old Hartwell Road man was charged with a felony count of menacing a police officer for allegedly flashing a knife at two officers who physically subdued him during an arrest at Theodore and...
View ArticleRegistered sex offender faces rape, other charges
A 44-year-old Batavia man who is a registered state sex offender because of an earlier incident was arrested and jailed on third-degree rape and other charges for allegedly getting an underage girl...
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