Kitchen fire in downtown apartment building leads to second alarm
Buffalo fire officials sounded a second alarm to bring extra manpower to the scene of a kitchen fire on the third floor of a downtown Niagara Street apartment building early Saturday...
View ArticleGrand Island woman charged with felony DWI following traffic stop
A Grand Island woman was charged with felony driving while intoxicated after being pulled over for driving infractions, Erie County sheriff’s officials said Saturday.Holly D. Richards, 65, of Laurie...
View ArticleHydroplaning vehicle triggers crash in Hanover
HANOVER – One person was taken to the hospital after a two-vehicle crash late Friday in Chautauqua County.The crash occurred about 7:30 p.m. Friday on Routes 5 and 20 in the Town of Hanover,...
View ArticleAbandoned, running car connected to shooting of Falls man
NIAGARA FALLS – Police are trying to determine if a car discovered abandoned but running early Saturday in the 3300 block of Ninth Street was connected to a shooting a couple hours earlier.Police were...
View ArticleDay in Family Court awaits juvenile accused of Gaskill attack
NIAGARA FALLS – A juvenile was taken into custody Friday morning after he attacked a student in Gaskill Preparatory School on Hyde Park Boulevard, police said.A 13-year-old boy said the suspect has...
View ArticleLove Canal lawsuit moved to federal court
The new Love Canal lawsuit, in which past and present residents of the area near the toxic dump seek millions of dollars in damages for alleged health problems, has been moved into U.S. District...
View ArticleFreed from prison after wrongful conviction, man now “just enjoying...
In the days after Nathaniel A. Johnson’s exoneration for an armed robbery he didn’t commit, he shopped for new clothes, slept in his own bed and, on a whim, took a walk outside. ¶ “Just enjoying...
View ArticleMan shot to death on William Street
A man was shot to death during a dispute with one or more suspects early this morning in the 300 block of William Street, Buffalo police reported.Homicide detectives continue to investigate the...
View ArticleTavern patron arrested for “trashing” a bar
A Southern Tier man was jailed Sunday after “trashing” a tavern when the bartender there cut him off from alcohol, state police said.Donald Paulson, 21, of Greenhurst, became unruly after a bartender...
View ArticleDriver arrested with high blood-alcohol level
A University Heights woman was arrested Sunday morning for drunk driving after police said she had a blood alcohol content of nearly three times the legal limit, Buffalo police said.Shaniece Garner,...
View ArticleShots fired on Walden Avenue
A man fled a corner store after a fight but then returned with a handgun and fired shots at the teenager he had been fighting, according to a Buffalo police report filed Sunday.No arrests were made...
View ArticleAt least one person ejected in rollover crash on Thruway
Two people were taken to Erie County Medical Center, one by Mercy Flight, following a one-car rollover crash that ejected at least one occupant early this morning on the New York State Thruway, state...
View ArticleMan charged with DWI after Amherst crash
A two-vehicle crash late Sunday afternoon in Amherst left one driver charged with driving while intoxicated, while four occupants in the other vehicle were taken to two area hospitals after that...
View ArticleBuffalo man charged with aggravated DWI in Cheektowaga
State Police at Clarence over the weekend charged a Buffalo man with aggravated driving while intoxicated, after accusing him of recording a blood-alcohol level of 0.18 percent, more than double the...
View ArticleExpressway speeding suspect had 25 license suspensions
A Buffalo man stopped after being accused of driving 85 mph on the Kensington Expressway over the weekend had 25 suspensions on his driver’s license, State Police at Boston reported today.A trooper...
View ArticleTwo arrested after shots fired into Jefferson Avenue home
Two witnesses who spotted a pair of males firing shots into a Broadway-Jefferson area home late Sunday afternoon helped Ferry-Fillmore District police nab two suspects.A woman who lives on Jefferson...
View ArticleMan who sold fake ornaments gets probation
A Rochester man was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to a year of probation for selling counterfeit Christmas ornaments at the Walden Galleria.Hakan Umsu, 32, pleaded guilty...
View ArticleHearing adjourned for man accused of killing mother
The preliminary hearing for the 45-year-old man accused of murdering his mother about 10 days ago in West Seneca was adjourned today until June 7, but it’s unclear whether that hearing will be...
View ArticleArrest made in plot to sell heroin at strip clubs
A man accused of running a heroin ring in two local striptease clubs was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to 100 months in federal prison.Jay Vellon of Buffalo, one of 27...
View ArticleWoman pleads guilty to manslaughter in fatal stabbing of her boyfriend
A 54-year-old Buffalo woman has pleaded guilty, as charged, to first-degree manslaughter in the fatal stabbing of her boyfriend last fall, Erie County District Attorney Frank A. Sedita III announced...
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