Hit-and-run incident at Walmart injures three
Police are searching for a driver who injured three people in a hit-and-run accident in the Walmart parking lot in Clarence late Friday night.The incident occurred at 10:25 p.m., when a driver struck...
View ArticleStabbed West Side man in critical condition
A Buffalo-area man remained in critical condition Saturday after being repeatedly stabbed late Thursday night on the West Side.Police found Saboor Hanif, 33, on the 500-block of Fargo Avenue, stabbed...
View ArticlePolice arrest man wanted in gas station hold-up
Buffalo Police nabbed a North Buffalo man late Friday who was wanted in connection with the armed robbery of a convenience store back in April.Terrance Hinkle, 21, of the 200-block of Commonwealth...
View ArticleNiagara County sheriff’s deputies log four DWI arrests
ROYALTON – Niagara County sheriff’s deputies made four drunken-driving arrests from late Thursady through early Saturday, including an Akron woman whose blood-alcohol level was almost four times the...
View ArticleFalls man accused of stealing pickup arrested in chase
NIAGARA FALLS – Police said they charged a Niagara Avenue man with stealing a pickup Friday after he was spotted parking the vehicle and running off. Rasaun L. Blackmon, 22, of Niagara Avenue, was...
View ArticleGang assault lands man, 18, in hospital
NIAGARA FALLS – An 18-year-old man was beaten unconscious Friday afternoon in a gang assault near his Centre Avenue home, police said. The victim was walking in the 1500 block of Centre Avenue about...
View ArticleHIV test, law likely to color Williams' trial
Nushawn Williams, the Jamestown man who gained national notoriety when accused of spreading the virus that causes AIDS, remains behind bars more than 15 years after his criminal offenses in Chautauqua...
View ArticleEggert Road man shot in leg in drive-by attack
An Eggert Road man was hit in the leg during a drive-by shooting Saturday in the city’s Grider neighborhood.Demetrius M. Holmes, 22, of Eggert Road, was taken to Erie County Medical Center, where he...
View ArticleWitness helps Orchard Park police nab burglary suspect
With the help of a diligent witness, Orchard Park police Monday morning arrested a West Seneca man accused of burglarizing a house on California Road earlier in the day.Police charged Adam E. Krytus,...
View ArticleStarter pistol confiscated from woman at Buffalo airport
A starter pistol was confiscated from a woman Friday at Buffalo-Niagara International Airport, one day after a Rochester man was stopped by Transportation Security Administration officers with a...
View ArticleJustice refuses to throw out Hoskins’ animal-cruelty case
The 74-count animal-cruelty case against Beth Lynne Hoskins will not be dismissed.The Aurora town justice presiding over Hoskins’ animal-cruelty trial denied a motion to drop the case on the grounds...
View ArticleCatt County telephone scam warning
LITTLE VALLEY -- Cattaraugus County residents today were warned about a telephone scam against the elderly by Sheriff Timothy S. Whitcomb. In the scam residents, who tend to be recalled four to five...
View ArticleCrash victim charged with drunken driving after hitting a telephone pole in...
GASPORT – A Gasport man with a history of drunken driving was taken by Mercy Flight to Erie County Medical Center after a crash early Monday and while in the hospital he was charged with felony...
View ArticleHomeless man arrested on forged check charge
A 24-year-old homeless man was taken into custody at the Five Star Bank at 32233 Southwestern Boulevard by Orchard Park police about 1 p.m. Monday after he allegedly tried to cash a forged check for...
View ArticleCheektowaga playground honors slain 5-year-old girl
Five-year-old Isabella Tennant loved swinging on the swings and sliding down the slides at Stiglmeier Park in Cheektowaga. Always smiling and laughing, she didn’t mind that her favorite playground was...
View ArticleBatavia man pleads guilty to possessing child porn
A Batavia man pleaded guilty Tuesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Leslie G. Foschio to possessing child pornography.Jeffrey Wawrzyniak, 41, admitted downloading child pornography to his personal...
View ArticleCorfu man, 40, charged with DWI in Newstead
A 40-year-old Corfu man was arrested Tuesday afternoon on charges of drunken driving and traffic infractions on Main Street in the Town of Newstead.William J. Johnson was stopped by Erie County...
View ArticleCounterfeit sneaker defendant spared jail time
Cortez Waters sold thousands of fake Nike sneakers.Even more important, perhaps, he did it as part of a counterfeiting ring that stretched all the way to China.The Buffalo man eventually admitted his...
View ArticleSouth Wales man killed in motorcycle crash
A 28-year-old man was killed this morning when his motorcycle crashed on Route 400 in Elma, state police in Boston said.Thomas R. Vogt, of South Wales, was traveling north on the 400 when he took the...
View ArticleCheektowaga bank robbery suspect arrested
A 44-year-old Broadway man was arrested by Cheektowaga police detectives Tuesday for the robbery at the M&T Bank branch at the Thruway Plaza just after 11 a.m. last Thursday.Brian Wesolowski was...
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