Taglianetti on way to face charges in Clymer murder
Chautauqua County sheriff’s deputies on Tuesday drove the Virginia man suspected of killing Clymer School Superintendent Keith L. Reed Jr. from Virginia to Mayville where he will face charges in the...
View ArticleMedina man killed while walking in Route 31 roadway
SHELBY – A 47-year-old Medina man was killed after apparently being struck by four vehicles before dawn Tuesday while walking in the road on a dimly lighted section of Route 31, Orleans County...
View ArticleGenesee County teen charged in two summer burglaries
Genesee County sheriff’s investigators have arrested an 18-year-old Oakfield man on two felony burglary charges, after accusing him of stealing three ATVs in a pair of incidents in the Town of Oakfield...
View ArticleConcord man arrested for Springville pharmacy robbery
A Concord man was arrested last week for allegedly robbing a Springville pharmacy in the summer, the Erie County Sheriff’s Office reported Tuesday.John C. Pasinski III, 30, was charged with...
View ArticleWanamaker ‘fall from grace’ means 3 years of probation
Five years ago, he sat atop Buffalo’s economic-develop- ment world, a City Hall leader with a reputation for getting things done in a community known for gridlock and obstructionism.Then came Timothy...
View ArticleAlbion police trying to locate missing man
Albion police are seeking the public’s help in finding a 29-year-old man who suffers from mental-health issues and is wanted in connection with assault and other charges, police said Tuesday...
View ArticleMan found guilty of Amherst bank robbery
A bank robbery suspect arrested by Amherst police a year ago after a seven-mile chase that ended in a three-car crash on Buffalo’s East Side was convicted Tuesday of second-degree robbery, grand...
View ArticlePrison for pill dealer who failed in treatment
LOCKPORT – Romel L. Brundidge, an admitted drug dealer who washed out of the judicial diversion program of court-supervised drug treatment, was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in state prison Tuesday by...
View ArticleVehicles damaged in rash of vandalism in the Falls
NIAGARA FALLS – Several vehicles were damaged in unrelated incidents over the weekend and on Monday, including a vehicle owned by a hotel security guard, city police reported.The security guard at the...
View ArticleNigerian charged at Peace Bridge with using fake passport
A Nigerian citizen was arrested over the weekend by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents as he tried to enter the U.S. at the Peace Bridge.Emmanuel Osagie, 41, was traveling on a commercial bus...
View ArticleMan shot in head at Falls intersection
Niagara Falls police detectives continue to investigate the shooting this afternoon of a 25-year-old man as he was in his parked vehicle at Highland and Calumet avenues.The victim told police two men...
View ArticleFraud suspect admits offer of influence to Hochuls
In the days leading up to the November election, James Lagona offered to lend his influence as a religious leader to the campaign of Rep. Kathleen C. Hochul.In return, Lagona wanted Hochul’s husband,...
View ArticleMan acquitted in home invasion despite DNA sample
LOCKPORT – Finding the alleged victim more suspicious than the defendant, a Niagara County Court jury acquitted a Buffalo man Tuesday on all charges in connection with a May 16, 2011, home invasion in...
View ArticleAmherst police crack burglary cases during domestic call
Three Amherst apartment dwellers are being held on $10,000 bail each after a domestic call led to their arrest on felony charges linked to several recent house burglaries, police reported Tuesday.While...
View ArticleUnited Cerebral Palsy Association of Niagara County hit with $11.1 million...
A jury Tuesday awarded $11.1 million to a 59-year-old blind and developmentally disabled man who has lived for 26 years in a Niagara Falls group home run by the United Cerebral Palsy Association of...
View Article2 shot inside convenient store on Broadway
A man and woman were shot just outside a convenient store tonight on the East Side.The shooting occurred about 6:45 p.m. in front of the Broadway Convenience Deli at Broadway and Mohr Street.Both...
View ArticleThree injured in two-car crash in Hamburg
Three people were taken to hospitals for treatment of minor injuries tonight after a two-car crash on Route 20, just east of Camp Road, in Hamburg.The crash, which occurred about 6 p.m., remains under...
View ArticleLockport teen charged with attacking school resource officer
SANBORN – A Niagara Academy student was charged Tuesday morning with disorderly conduct.The student was accused of swearing at staff and fighting with Niagara County sheriff’s deputies and a school...
View ArticleDriver shears utility pole, cutting Orchard Park power
NYSEG crews worked for several hours restore power in the South Abbott and Armor Duells roads area of Orchard Park on Tuesday after a Hamburg woman driving north on South Abbott crossed the road at the...
View ArticleOne officer suspended, one demoted over alleged dog theft
A Ferry-Fillmore District police officer has been suspended and the chief of the district demoted in an investigation over allegations that the officer stole a dog from a Herman Street residence...
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