Judge refuses to throw out charge in murder case
LOCKPORT – Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas on Friday denied a defense request to dismiss a weapons possession charge against Darius M. Belton, whose murder trial in connection with the...
View ArticleM&T Bank merger delayed over regulatory concerns
M&T Bank Corp.’s $3.7 billion merger with Hudson City Bancorp could be delayed until early next year because of federal concerns about the Buffalo-based bank’s anti-money-laundering procedures and...
View ArticleIdentity thief pleads guilty to DWI, false impersonation.
An Amherst man who tried to make police believe he was his brother during a drunk driving arrest pleaded guilty Thursday to driving while intoxicated, first-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a...
View ArticleLancaster police warn of “spoofing” phone scam
Lancaster police detectives are warning people about a recent attempted “spoofing” scam.Spoofing refers to placing a phone call from one number while a different number shows up on the recipient’s...
View ArticleDeath of elderly burglary victim ruled a homicide
The death earlier this week of 96-year-old Levi Clayton has been ruled a homicide. The East Side resident never fully recovered from injuries suffered last November, when burglars broke into his home...
View ArticleLockport men deny drug-dealing charges
LOCKPORT – Two Lockport men pleaded not guilty two four-count drug-dealing indictments Friday in Niagara County Court.Brandon McKinney, 31, of Spalding Street, and Dominique L. Middleton, 21, of...
View ArticleHit-and-run DWI suspect fails to appear in court
LOCKPORT – A man who allegedly was driving drunk when his car broke a pedestrian’s leg on the night before Thanksgiving failed to appear in Niagara County Court for his arraignment on a six-count...
View ArticleCDC says no new illnesses tied to Rich Products food
There haven’t been any new cases of E. coli infection linked to frozen food made by Rich Products Corp. in the week since the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention first reported on the...
View ArticleTwo arrested, toddler removed in Jamestown drug raid
JAMESTOWN – A 27-year-old man and a 20-year-old woman were arrested on cocaine charges and members of the Jamestown Police SWAT Team rescued a 2-year-old child who was being taken care of in a Sampson...
View ArticleMan charged with Falls crime spree takes plea deal
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man pleaded guilty to two felonies Friday, settling a case in which he was accused of eight different crimes in September and October.Ahmed H. McCray, 35, of Niagara Avenue,...
View ArticleAmherst Street man arrested for stickup
A 22-year-old Amherst Street man was taken into custody late Thursday in connection with a daytime stickup last month in the city’s Black Rock section.Kendrick Pritchett was charged with first-degree...
View ArticleCheektowaga man charged with Riverside robbery
A 23-year-old Cheektowaga man was arrested late Thursday night for a daytime robbery outside a store in Buffalo’s Riverside District. Emmanuel R. Adside was taken into custody at his Hoerner Street...
View ArticleMan arrested in stolen car with stolen property
A 22-year-old Hamilton Street man was arrested in an allegedly stolen Prius when he was stopped at Military Road and Kail Street about 11:30 p.m. Thursday. Rafael Alicea-Torres was charged with...
View ArticleMan stabbed in arm during argument
A 45-year-old Drexel Road woman was arrested about 6:15 p.m. Thursday for allegedly using a small knife to stab a male friend in the left arm during an argument in her home. Cassandra Butler was...
View ArticleProperty tax rise proposed in Lancaster school budget
The Lancaster School Board is poised to approve a 2013-14 district budget that would raise the property tax rate by 3.05 percent over the rate for the current school year.Spending would rise by $3.2...
View ArticleLoud music leads police to drug operation
Three young out-of-town men were arrested on a variety of drug-related criminal charges after Buffalo police found a possible drug-dealing operation when they were attracted by loud music coming from...
View ArticleHoskins’ defense expert challenges measure used to gauge horse health
An equine science expert who testified on behalf of Beth Lynne Hoskins in her animal cruelty trial said under cross-examination Thursday that a scoring system for a horse’s body condition should not...
View ArticleFire safety chief raises concerns about vacancies
Vacancies in high-ranking positions in the Buffalo Fire Department are creating a safety issue for firefighters, according to the department’s chief of health and safety. Just a week after the Common...
View ArticleCouple sentenced for Orchard Park PTO theft
The former treasurer of a parent-teacher organization at Orchard Park Middle School and her husband were each sentenced Friday to five years’ probation and ordered to perform 300 hours of community...
View ArticleBuffalo’s progress impresses expert
One on the nation’s most esteemed architectural critics says he is thrilled by the changes he has observed in Buffalo since his last visit in 2003.Paul Goldberger, a contributing editor at Vanity Fair...
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