Gunshot victim in critical condition
A Buffalo man remained in critical condition Sunday night after being shot multiple times on the 200 block of Roslyn Street early Saturday morning.According to a police report, an unknown man fired...
View ArticleGrider Street man reports theft of doors, furnace, paint
Whoever broke into a Grider Street home was either very strong -- or came with a truck.The victim of the burglary told police that three doors, tiles, paint and a furnace were stolen from a house he...
View ArticleShooting victim found dead in East Side alleyway
A man apparently shot in front of a store in the city’s East Ferry-Moselle area late Sunday night was found dead in a nearby alleyway, Buffalo police reported early Monday.Authorities have not...
View ArticleSix people flee from Sunday night fire in Masten Park area
The Red Cross was called to assist three adults and three children routed from their Masten Park home by a fire that caused an estimated $30,000 in damage Sunday night, Buffalo fire officials...
View ArticleTonawanda man surrenders to police after two-hour standoff
A two-hour standoff ended peacefully early this morning in the Town of Tonawanda when police negotiators convinced a man to leave his home and surrender to police. The man had told his wife he wanted...
View ArticleMissing City of Tonawanda teenager found safe
Several hours after City of Tonawanda police sought the public’s help in locating a missing teenager, detectives reported late Monday afternoon that the girl has been located, safe and unharmed, in...
View ArticleDrunk West Seneca man drove 78 mph in 45 mph zone, police say
GREAT VALLEY – A West Seneca man accused of driving drunk while traveling 33 miles over the speed limit was arrested over the weekend in Cattaraugus County, state police said in a statement...
View ArticleBurglars net $20,000 in jewerly, cash from William St. home
More than $20,000 in jewelry and cash was taken over the weekend following a break-in on the city’s near East Side, the homeowner’s daughter told Buffalo police Monday. The daughter, who is the...
View ArticleMotorcyclist thrown 90 feet in crash with car in Lancaster
A motorcyclist is hospitalized with serious injuries after he was thrown about 90 feet when he struck a car that turned in front of him on Transit Road north of William Street Sunday afternoon,...
View ArticleWest Side man accused of robbery tracked to abandoned home
Buffalo police said a Massachusetts Avenue man who robbed and beat his victim early Monday was arrested in an abandoned home near the scene of the attack.Luis A. Vazquez, 26, who initially gave police...
View ArticleN.Y. delays risk status for sex offenders
When Philip M. Gray completed his federal prison sentence for child pornography in February, the former D’Youville College sociology professor returned to Amherst and registered as a sex offender with...
View ArticleSeven injured in crash on Route 98 in Arcade
ARCADE – Seven people were injured about 5:25 p.m. Monday when a pickup towing a camper hit the rear of a van that had slowed for animals crossing Route 98 in the Town of Arcade, the Wyoming County...
View ArticleNiagara Falls man charged with first-degree rape
State Police at Niagara have charged a 25-year-old Niagara Falls man with first-degree rape, after receiving a complaint from a female acquaintance of his that she had been sexually assaulted.Troopers...
View ArticleMan accused of stealing docs from History Museum
A man associated with several museums and libraries across Western New York has been arrested and charged with stealing at least five historical documents from the Buffalo History Museum.Federal...
View ArticleFamily of slain homicide witness issues plea for justice
Few people would have blamed William “Popeye” Blackmon if he’d kept his mouth shut after witnessing, just a few feet away, the shooting death of his good buddy last July.Instead, he helped lead...
View ArticleBoy, 17, dies after saving sister, 7
It all started when a 7-year-old girl slipped into the Niagara River off Squaw Island on Monday afternoon.Her 17-year-old brother, identified today as Mustafa Ismail, jumped in after her and threw her...
View ArticleMan gets 18 years for stabbing estranged wife at Buffalo grocery store
A refugee and one-time cycling champion from an African country was sentenced Monday to 18 years in prison for stabbing his estranged wife last year at a Wegmans store on Amherst Street.Awet...
View ArticleAfter judge vacates guilty plea, jury convicts man of gun possession
Lewis E. Laster went to prison the first time on a gun charge in 2011, mistakenly believing that his DNA was on the revolver.When Laster later learned that the DNA belonged to others, he persuaded a...
View ArticleLockport man admits breaking toddler’s arm
LOCKPORT – A Robinson Road man pleaded guilty Monday in Niagara County Court to throwing a 23-month-old girl while he was baby-sitting her and breaking her left arm.Michael J. Zinck, 23, admitted to a...
View ArticleMan on probation for DWI arraigned on new charge
LOCKPORT – A Youngstown man who is on probation for a 2009 drunken driving conviction was arraigned Monday in Niagara County Court on a new charge of driving while intoxicated.Jesse S. Taylor, 36, of...
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