Wilson man admits to felony DWI
LOCKPORT – Joseph M. Gaines, 44, of Chestnut Road, Wilson, pleaded guilty to a felony count of driving while intoxicated in Niagara County Court Wednesday.County Judge Matthew J. Murphy III scheduled...
View ArticleConditional discharge expected in Falls man’s assault case
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man who was to have gone to trial Wednesday on a felony assault charge accepted a plea offer, and Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas said she is likely to give him a...
View ArticleNiagara supervisor denies wrongdoing in probe by FBI and state
For at least 18 months, FBI agents and the New York State Attorney General’s Office have been investigating Steven C. Richards, a feisty businessman who is now in his fifth term as supervisor of the...
View ArticleConstruction on Lockport Walmart may start in October, supervisor says
LOCKPORT – Town Supervisor Marc R. Smith said at a Town Board work session Wednesday that construction bids are due from contractors seeking to erect the planned new Walmart supercenter, and work...
View ArticleNorth Tonawanda woman refuses plea offer in boyfriend’s killing
LOCKPORT – A North Tonawanda woman who is charged with stabbing her live-in boyfriend to death rejected a plea offer Wednesday, and her attorney said she is likely to pursue her self-defense claim in...
View ArticleTown of Niagara residents push case for action on flooding
TOWN OF NIAGARA – About 60 residents from the Belden Center area told the Town Board on Tuesday that it was high time something was done about the flooding, bad roads and unkempt properties in their...
View ArticleRoy-Hart School Board president, brother settle lawsuit over home, finances
On a summer night in 2011, Patricia Riegle’s colleagues elected her to an eighth year as president of the Royalton-Hartland School Board.“It’s going to be a challenging year,” Riegle said at the...
View ArticleNiagara Falls casino cashier suspected in $2,500 theft
NIAGARA FALLS – An unnamed female employee is suspected of taking $2,500 in cash while working a shift as a finance cage cashier, the Seneca Niagara Casino’s head of security reports.He said that...
View Article2nd arrest made in Niagara Falls home invasion
NIAGARA FALLS – A second arrest was made Tuesday in connection with a home invasion on Linwood Avenue in January.Lester M. Streeter, 18, of 22nd Street, was arraigned in City Court on felony charges...
View ArticleFelony DWI suspect pleads guilty in Niagara County Court
LOCKPORT – Joseph M. Gaines, 44, of Chestnut Road, Wilson, pleaded guilty to a felony count of driving while intoxicated in Niagara County Court on Wednesday.County Judge Matthew J. Murphy III...
View ArticleTourist’s car broken into in Niagara Falls’ ‘safest...
NIAGARA FALLS – After assurances from an attendant at Niagara Majestic Tours that its lot in the 6500 block of Niagara Falls Boulevard was “the safest parking lot to park in,” the driver of a rented...
View ArticleMotorist charged with DWI after Route 219 accident
A property damage accident in the Town of Concord late Wednesday resulted in the arrest of a Lockport man on a drunken driving charge, the Erie County Sheriff’s Office reported.Deputy Donald Hoelscher...
View ArticleParking lot proves to be unsafe for tourists
NIAGARA FALLS – The driver of a 15-passenger rented van, which came from Delaware to Niagara Falls with 14 tourists, was hit by thieves Tuesday after being assured by a travel center attendant at...
View ArticleNorth Tonawanda heroin dealer reluctantly takes plea-bargain
LOCKPORT – Miguel E. Febres, who was to go to trial next week on an indictment charging him with four heroin sales and possession of a loaded handgun, took a plea deal Thursday that ensured him a...
View ArticleFormer Lockport man risks life sentence in sex case
LOCKPORT – A former Lockport resident, now living in Bridgeport, W. Va., pleaded not guilty Thursday in Niagara County Court to an indictment accusing him of molesting a girl 17 years ago and a woman...
View ArticleFormer Soviet man avoids deportation in DWI case
LOCKPORT – A native of the former Soviet Union will not face deportation after being placed on five years’ probation Thursday in a felony driving while intoxicated case.Niagara County Judge Matthew J....
View ArticleNiagara Veterans Court opens with two guilty pleas
LOCKPORT – Niagara County Veterans Court opened for business Thursday, with County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas accepting guilty pleas in two drunken driving cases.Allyn D. Smith, 32, of Bollier Avenue,...
View ArticleMom of two charged with dealing crack in Niagara Falls
LOCKPORT – Rashie K. Perry, the mother of children ages 1 and 6, pleaded not guilty in Niagara County Court Thursday to an indictment accusing her of making crack cocaine sales to a police informant...
View ArticleNiagara Wheatfield School Board approves raises for six managers
SANBORN – Approval of salary hikes for a half-dozen managerial positions, postponed two weeks ago, was granted Wednesday by the Niagara Wheatfield School Board.The board, with member Lori Pittman...
View ArticleProbation violators draw one year each in Niagara County Jail
LOCKPORT – Two men who admitted violating the terms of their probation sentences were ordered to spend a year in the Niagara County Jail by County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas Thursday.Josh P. Czamara,...
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