Arrest made on charges of harassment, obstruction
A 24-year-old Langmeyer Avenue man was arrested on charges of harassment and obstruction Sunday evening after he reportedly became verbally abusive to neighbors in a property dispute and then refused...
View ArticleWoman takes plea deal in $534,000 IRS scheme
A Buffalo woman admitted Monday to taking part in a scheme that cheated the Internal Revenue Service out of $534,000.Destinee McBride, 22, one of five people charged in the case, pleaded guilty to...
View ArticleDeputies make two DWI arrests
The Erie County Sheriff’s deputies reported two DWI arrests late Tuesday and early Wednesday.Daniel Roberts, 32, of Elma was charged with felony DWI according to deputies responding to a complaint...
View ArticleLawnmower driver accused of DWI in Genesee County
A 26-year-old man on a lawnmower was arrested late Tuesday in the Town of Oakfield and charged with DWI, reported the Genesee County Sheriff’s Office.Scott McKenzie of South Main Street was stopped at...
View ArticleLancaster man gets probation in crash that killed Depew High senior
A Lancaster man who said he was asleep at the wheel when his sport utility vehicle struck and killed a Depew teenager last summer at a bus stop was sentenced today to probation for one year.Today’s...
View ArticleTwo plead guilty to grand larceny charges in extortion scheme
An extortion scheme that preyed on men seeking dates through an adult chat line unraveled when one of the men alerted police that the two people who orchestrated the crime kept demanding more money,...
View ArticlePublic help sought in search for Buffalo bank robber
Buffalo police today called for public help in locating a “person of interest” they want to talk to concerning the robbery of the M&T Bank branch May 6 in the 400 block of William Street.The...
View ArticleFalls roofer admits defrauding now-destitute elderly man out of $600,000
LOCKPORT – A high-rolling roofer pleaded guilty Wednesday to defrauding a retired Lewiston businessman out of more than $600,000 over a six-year period and squandering it at Seneca Niagara...
View ArticleSUV crashes into Orchard Park spa; 2 in vehicle hurt
A 41-year-old woman crashed her sport utility vehicle into “Spa At Falling Waters,” an Orchard Park business, and seriously injured an employee Thursday morning, authorities said.The worker, Lisa...
View ArticleDehumidifier blamed for Cheektowaga house fire
A faulty dehumidifier was blamed for a house fire this morning in Cheektowaga.The fire at 10 Collette Ave. was reported at 9:47 a.m. According to Todd Roland, chief of the South Line Fire Co., a...
View ArticleJamestown prisoner’s death ruled accidental; drugs blamed
A man who died after Jamestown police used a stun gun to subdue him died as a result of acute intoxication from drugs, the Chautauqua County District Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday.Charles A....
View ArticlePolice seek Tonawanda Street bank robber
A white male wearing a dark short sleeved shirt and a dark hat is being sought by Buffalo police for a holdup at the M&T Bank branch in the 700 block of Tonawanda Street about 11:30 a.m. today....
View ArticlePublic help sought in probe of Orchard Park home burglary
Orchard Park police are seeking public help in their continuing investigation of the theft of $9,000 worth of jewelry during a residential burglary at 3894 Baker road sometime Wednesday morning....
View ArticleDunkirk drug court honors five graduates, others
DUNKIRK – The Dunkirk City Treatment Court celebrated National Drug Court Month at a graduation this week in City Hall.The ceremony honored the five graduates who completed their rigorous recovery...
View Article2-year-old dies in backyard pool
A two-year-old boy who wandered away from his Crane Place home drowned about 1 p.m. Thursday in a nearby backyard pool on Cowper Avenue in the Town of Tonawnanda.Police withheld the name of the boy,...
View ArticleJudge frustrated by further delay in case of strangled 5-year-old
LOCKPORT – Niagara County Judge Matthew J. Murphy III, frustrated by the failure of an expert to deliver a report that could be used in defense of a murder suspect, began setting deadlines...
View ArticleHigh-speed chase ends in crash, arrest of driver
A man in his early 30s was arrested by Buffalo Police Strike Force officers when a high-speed chase ended with his crashing his pickup truck into a utility pole at Main and Utica streets after grazing...
View ArticleFalls businessman accused of trying to murder rival in March shooting
NIAGARA FALLS – When the president of a Niagara Falls engine parts manufacturer opened his office door at about 1:30 a.m. March 26, he encountered two men who said they were delivering a pizza.But...
View ArticleDNA blitz to continue Saturday at Erie Community College City Campus
The effort to collect an estimated 1,100 DNA samples from criminal offenders living in Erie County will resume at Erie Community College City Campus on Saturday, county officials said Thursday.No...
View ArticleMan who allegedly dropped bag of heroin is arrested
A 28-year-old West Avenue man was arrested in the 400 block of 14th Street at about 10:15 p.m. Wednesday after he saw police watching him and allegedly dropped a bag of heroin to the ground. Angel...
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