Police identify 4 suspects charged in SWAT team case
The three men and a woman arrested in a Buffalo Police SWAT team incident Sunday afternoon on Normal Avenue were identified Monday by authorities.Angel Seda, 22, is charged with weapons assault and...
View ArticleAlden couple arrested after domestic dispute
A 27-year-old woman and a 36-year-old man were arrested by state troopers after a violent domestic dispute in a Town of Alden apartment Sunday morning. Nadine D. Denzel and Scott M. Taylor were...
View ArticlePhone pranksters plead not guilty
Two 20-year-old pranksters from Plymouth, Mass., who recorded a call from then-Buffalo Bills GM Buddy Nix and his counterpart in Tampa, Fla., last March, were in federal court today in Buffalo to...
View ArticleTasered robber who set legal precedent sentenced to eight years
LOCKPORT – Ryan S. Smith, a Niagara Falls man whose conviction for three violent crimes was overturned because police used a Taser on him to obtain a DNA sample, was sentenced Tuesday to eight years...
View ArticleAttorney seeks bail for Falls businessman charged with shooting
LOCKPORT – A judge said today she will rule June 19 on whether she will permit bail for a Niagara Falls businessman charged with attempted murder.Defense attorney E. Earl Key sought bail for Timothy...
View ArticleMan sentenced in fatal Cheektowaga shooting
Prosecutors wanted a murder conviction. The defense hoped for second-degree manslaughter.But neither side seemed dissatisfied Tuesday when Dontre Jones was convicted on a charge that fell between...
View ArticleBuffalo man pleads guilty to shaking baby daughter
A Buffalo man admitted today that he shook his 7-week-old daughter April 7 in Niagara Falls, causing a potential brain injury.Jeremy R. Hayes, 24, of Humber Avenue, pleaded guilty to a reduced charge...
View ArticleThousands of dollars of cash and casino receipts stolen
NIAGARA FALLS – A 78-year old North Avenue man said he left his vehicle unattended in his driveway Monday for a short time and returned to find that more than $7,600 in cash, casino receipts and his...
View ArticleIdentity of boy who drowned off Squaw Island revealed
The 17-year-old boy who drowned Monday afternoon after he jumped into the cold water of the Niagara River off Squaw Island to save a younger sister was identified by Buffalo Police on Tuesday as...
View ArticleHomeless man imprisoned for grand larceny
LOCKPORT – A homeless Niagara Falls man, who was charged with stealing a van, a purse and a wallet between Feb. 9 and 11 was sentenced Monday to two to four years in state prison by Niagara County...
View ArticleAttorney tries to win dismissal of charges in shooting of 2-year-old
LOCKPORT – The attorney for Willie R. Scott Jr., a Niagara Falls man charged with shooting a 2-year-old girl in the face as he was allegedly trying to shoot someone else, said Monday he will file a...
View ArticleLockport man charged with Taser possession
LOCKPORT – A South Transit Road man pleaded not guilty Monday to an indictment accusing him of having a Taser electronic stun gun at Niagara County Community College Dec. 17.A security guard reported...
View ArticleSex offender draws three years in prison
LOCKPORT – Jarad R. Matsulavage, a Lockport man who hid the 14-year-old girl he was having sex with in a closet during a police raid Oct. 11, was sentenced Monday to three years in state prison and 10...
View ArticleTwo NT men charged with breaking victim’s jaw twice
LOCKPORT – Walter M. Edwards, 29, of Oliver Street, North Tonawanda, was arraigned Monday in Niagara County Court on charges that he and another man invaded a man’s home twice last year and broke his...
View ArticleLockport man pleads guilty to federal drug charges
A Lockport man arrested for narcotics trafficking along with 22 other people in August 2010 has pleaded guilty to federal drug charges before U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny, U.S. Attorney...
View ArticleThree men and a woman arrested for assaulting police officers
Three men and a woman were arrested for allegedly assaulting two Buffalo police officers as they and other officers broke up a fight among a number of people in front of a night club at 1048 Clinton...
View ArticleMan charged with pushing female neighbor to ground after punching her
A 31-year-old Blaine Avenue man was arrested on third-degree assault and other charges after allegedly punching a neighbor and then pushing her to the ground outside their homes as they argued about...
View ArticleRiverside students arrested in fight that injures officer
Three Riverside High School students were arrested for fighting and injuring a police officer Monday morning.Buffalo Police spokesman Michael DeGeorge said an off-duty officer suffered minor injuries...
View ArticleMan delayed medical aid for overdosed friend
A 19-year-old Lancaster man was charged with blocking medical aid for a friend who had allegedly overdosed on heroin Monday evening in Buffalo. Conor S. Coffey of Village View, Lancaster, was arrested...
View ArticlePolice restrain woman they say threw brick through window
A 24-year-old East Ferry Street woman was physically restrained as she screamed at police who arrested her after she allegedly threw a brick through the front window of another woman in the 900 block...
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