Arrest made in gang assault
A 19-year-old Winspear Avenue man is being held on gang assault and other charges as the first of five suspects who allegedly bludgeoned another Winspear Avenue man during an early morning...
View ArticleMan, 49, seriously injured in bicycle-car accident
A bicyclist suffered serious injuries when struck by a car Tuesday evening at the intersection of West Ferry and Barton streets, Buffalo police reported.At 7:10 p.m., the bicyclist, a 49-year-old man,...
View Article6 N.Y. senators secretly taped in corruption probe
ALBANY – Court papers unsealed Wednesday in Brooklyn revealed the names of nine people including six state senators who were secretly recorded by a fellow senator last summer as part of a corruption...
View ArticleCadaver search on West Side ends abruptly
After a 20-minute search of backyards, officers of the FBI, State Police and their cadaver dogs left without commenting at about 2 p.m. Wednesday.Spokesmen for State Police said nothing was found...
View ArticleMan sought in South Buffalo bank holdup
A bank robber escaped Tuesday with an undisclosed amount of cash during a mid-afternoon hold-up in South Buffalo, city police reported.The robbery occurred just before 3 p.m. at the M&T Bank in...
View ArticleHorse dies, rider injured after collision with vehicle
A horse is dead and its rider was injured in an accident Monday night involving a vehicle on Route 430 in the Town of Chautauqua, according to state police.Trooper Aaron Destro responded to a call...
View ArticleAmherst electrician awarded $1.97 million for construction site injury
Thomas Maggio, 48, an Amherst electrician, was awarded $1.97 million by a State Supreme Court jury following a five-day workplace negligence trial before Justice Patrick M. NeMoyer, court officials...
View ArticlePolice seek cause of death of a man found near Seneca Street
The cause of death of a man whose body was found Wednesday night behind a building in the 2300 block of Seneca Street was being sought by Buffalo Police. Officers released no other information about...
View ArticleSophisticated marijuana-growing operation raided in Mayville
Southern Tier authorities thwarted a sophisticated marijuana-growing operation Wednesday after an early morning raid in the Village of Mayville resulted in two arrests and the recovery of $250,000...
View ArticleConcord man, stopped for speeding, faces DWI charge
A Town of Concord man was arrested early Thursday and charged with driving while intoxicated after deputies pulled him over for speeding on Transit Road in West Seneca.Christopher J. Masterson, 37,...
View ArticleFoul play ruled out in man’s death
Police have ruled out foul play in the death of a man whose body was found Wednesday night in the 2300 block of Seneca Street, according to Michael DeGeorge, Buffalo police spokesman. The man, whose...
View ArticleFalls man robbed at gunpoint
NIAGARA FALLS – A man who was outside cleaning his car in the 900 block of Ontario Street said he was thrown up against a wall and robbed at gunpoint at 1 a.m. Wednesday.The victim said two men, both...
View ArticleFire company treasurer accused of stealing $10,000
LOCKPORT – State Police arrested Donald St. Cyr Jr., 38, of Appleton, Thursday on a charge of third-degree grand larceny.St. Cyr is the former treasurer of the South Lockport Fire Department and is...
View ArticleWrong-way driver in crash killing 3 has died
Richard Hildebrand, the 88-year-old driver who police believe drove the wrong way on the Niagara Thruway and collided with another car, killing three men, has died.State Police officials, who had been...
View ArticleTwo women injured in Ellington car-truck accident.
ELLINGTON -- Two Kennedy, New York women were taken to WCA Hospital for treatment of injuries and one of them was ticketed for failing to reduce her speed after their car crashed into a truck backing...
View ArticleCharges dismissed against UB professor
Charges of disorderly conduct were dropped Thursday against an adjunct professor at the University at Buffalo.Amherst Town Justice Mark G. Farrell dismissed the charge against Laura Curry stemming...
View ArticleMan surrenders peacefully after standoff with police
A 30-year-old man Dorris Avenue man was charged with assault, harassment and menacing after a two-hour standoff with police Thursday morning.At about 9:30 a.m., 911 calls from the first block of the...
View ArticleNiagara County Board of Elections deputy commissioner pleads guilty to...
NORTH TONAWANDA – Board of Elections Deputy Commissioner Michael J. Carney, who was pulled over for drunken driving last month, pleaded guilty Thursday in North Tonawanda City Court to a reduced...
View ArticleMan sentenced to 25 years in prison for fatal stabbing
A Town of Tonawanda man who stabbed his girlfriend to death was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in prison.State Supreme Court Justice M. William Boller sentenced Edmund M. Serwinowski, 22, of Blackmore...
View ArticleScam artist with history of deception arrested again by Cheektowaga police
A scam artist with a history of deception has been arrested again by Cheektowaga police, who said this time he’s faking car problems to make some easy money.Brian Davis, 51, of Bailey Avenue, was...
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