Victim of Sunday shooting identified as Buffalo man
The man fatally shot outside a William Street bar early Sunday was identified Monday as Dwon T. House, 36, of Buffalo.Detective Chief Dennis J. Richards of the Buffalo Police Department said House...
View ArticleNiagara Falls man arrested after brief foot chase
A 27-year-old Lasalle Avenue man wanted on assault, burglary and sex crime counts was arrested in an ally in the 1300 block of Lasalle about 8 p.m. tonight. Donald Leroy Smith, also known by a street...
View ArticleFamily pleads for help finding missing Kenmore girl
The family of a Kenmore teenager who has been missing for five weeks is asking for the public’s help Saturday to distribute fliers bearing the girl’s description across Western New York.Nina...
View ArticleU.S. sues Niagara County in corrections officer’s pregnancy bias case
WASHINGTON – The Justice Department sued Niagara County on Monday, alleging that its Sheriff’s Office discriminated against a pregnant corrections officer in 2007 by requiring her to take an unwanted...
View ArticleBuffalo man indicted in Chautauqua on drug trafficking charges
MAYVILLE – A Buffalo man already in jail here on unrelated charges has been indicted by a Chautauqua County grand jury for alleged drug trafficking in the Dunkirk area. Michael T. Gibson, 34, of...
View ArticleMan facing drug charges sent to ‘shock’ program
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man who had cocaine and Xanax in his car when police pulled it over Aug. 2 was recommended Monday for the state prison system’s boot camp-style “shock incarceration”...
View ArticleMan gets 2 years in jail for assaults on ex-girlfriend
LOCKPORT – Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas on Monday sentenced Charles K. Schuman to two years in the County Jail.Schuman, 29, of Washington Street, Lockport, had pleaded guilty to...
View ArticleGarner sentenced to 18 years amid specter of Wienckowski case
Before Antoine J. Garner was sentenced to 18 years in prison Tuesday for three separate violent crimes, his attorney told the court that the sentencing would close the book in his client’s case.But...
View ArticleBuffalo man stabbed and robbed on Berkshire Avenue
A Buffalo man was stabbed three times, punched in the face and body and robbed of his wallet containing $400 cash during a daytime assault late Monday afternoon on Berkshire Avenue.The victim was...
View ArticleWould-be robbery foiled by thrown radio
A Porter Avenue man foiled a gunpoint robbery in Prospect Park late Monday night by reaching into his book bag, pulling out a large radio and throwing it at his assailant’s head, Central District...
View ArticleGetaway car driver pleads guilty in Lockport bank robbery
LOCKPORT – The man who drove the getaway car in the March 8 robbery of the M&T Bank in Lockport pleaded guilty Tuesday in Niagara County Court.James M. Williams, 31, of Tudor Lane, Lockport,...
View ArticlePublic help sought in arson investigation at a Jamestown medical office
JAMESTOWN -- The arsonist or arsonists who set fire to an Ivy Street medical office early Monday was likely injured and either has received or is in need of medical treatment, Jamestown Police...
View ArticleBurning tires cause cloud of smoke at Niagara Falls scrap yard
Niagara Falls fire fighters were dealing with a smoky tire fire late this afternoon in the Sevenson scrap yard in the 5100 block of Lockport Road, officials said. The fire was reported at 5:20 p.m....
View ArticleIRS agents search Tandoori's restaurant, owners' home
Federal agents searched Tandoori's restaurant in Amherst and a private home in Clarence Tuesday as part of a new criminal investigation into the business.An Internal Revenue Service spokesman...
View ArticleFalls junkyard fire blocks Amtrak service
NIAGARA FALLS – Fire in an auto salvage yard Tuesday forced the Niagara Falls Fire Department to temporarily block nearby railroad tracks, delaying an Amtrak train.No one was reported hurt in the...
View ArticleHoskins seeks $2 billion in lawsuit over her horses
Three years after the SPCA raided her Morgan horse farm for alleged animal cruelty – and nearly a year into her ongoing criminal trial in the matter – Beth Lynne Hoskins has filed a civil lawsuit...
View ArticleBid to lower DWI threshold stirs debate
A federal safety board stirred up debate Tuesday when it recommended that states cut the threshold for drunken driving almost in half – from a blood alcohol content of 0.08 percent to 0.05...
View ArticleBuffalo police arrest 3 in gunpoint robbery
The arrests of three Buffalo men on felony robbery charges in a gunpoint stickup at Howard Street and Fillmore Avenue a week ago were reported Tuesday.Devan Palmar, 20, of Mary B. Talbert Boulevard;...
View ArticleWoman accused of shoplifting at Tops
A 36-year-old Hawley Street woman was arrested on a petit larceny charge for allegedly shoplifting at the Tops Market at 345 Amherst St. at about 2:30 p.m. Tuesday.Linda L. Calderon was charged after...
View ArticleDamage to vehicle leads to man’s arrest
A 27-year-old Tonawanda Street man was arrested Monday morning on a criminal mischief charge linked to his alleged damage to a Riverside Avenue man’s vehicle April 6. Steven Rowe was accused of...
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