North Tonawanda cocaine deal leads to guilty plea
LOCKPORT – A Buffalo man who sold cocaine in North Tonawanda July 6 pleaded guilty in State Supreme Court Thursday, and was assigned to a court-supervised drug treatment program.Trey A. Donaldson, 19,...
View ArticleWheatfield man who pulled razor on security guard is jailed
LOCKPORT – Joshua K. Allen, who converted a shoplifting incident into a felony by pulling a razor blade on a store security guard, was blasted as an incompetent criminal and a bad person Thursday by...
View ArticleLockport man charged with breaking 2-year-old’s arm
TOWN OF LOCKPORT – A Robinson Road man was charged by state police troopers early Thursday with throwing a 2-year-old boy he was baby-sitting, and breaking the young boy’s arm.Michael J. Zinck, 23,...
View ArticleFalls schools already were planning for emergencies
NIAGARA FALLS – Like school districts everywhere, the Niagara Falls city schools are re-examining their safety programs as the nation continues to come to grips with the brutal execution of 20...
View ArticleFalls gun thief takes plea deal, avoids federal charges
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man who stole long guns in a burglary and was found to have a stolen handgun when he and a friend blundered into a drug raid accepted a plea deal Thursday.Michael D. Ramos,...
View ArticlePsychiatric defense expected in death of 5-year-old girl
LOCKPORT – It appears a mental health defense may be used in the upcoming trial of a Niagara Falls teenager accused of killing a 5-year-old girl he was baby-sitting.Robert Viola, attorney for defendant...
View ArticleFalls man pleads guilty to cocaine possession
LOCKPORT – James D. Moore, 23, of Ninth Street, Niagara Falls, pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of attempted fourth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance this week before Niagara...
View ArticleBurglar sentenced to drug treatment
LOCKPORT – Joseph J. Nicholson, 19, of Prospect Street, Lockport, pleaded guilty to third-degree burglary in Niagara County Court this week and was assigned to the judicial diversion program of...
View ArticleMan charged with sex crimes needs new lawyer
LOCKPORT – David J. Grover, the Town of Tonawanda man accused of kidnapping and sexually abusing a 5-year-old North Tonawanda girl July 28, lost his attorney this week. Assistant Public Defender...
View ArticleOne woman succeeds, another fails, in court-supervised drug treatment
LOCKPORT – One woman successfully completed her court-supervised drug treatment program this week in Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas’ courtroom, but another who failed in the program was sent...
View ArticleNorth Tonawanda woman pleads guilty, spurns drug treatment
LOCKPORT – A North Tonawanda woman pleaded guilty in Niagara County Court this week to selling the drug Suboxone, but her attorney said she decided against entering the judicial diversion program of...
View ArticleMan arrested in Lockport drug raid pleads not guilty
LOCKPORT – A man accused of having nearly an ounce of cocaine when police raided his Lockport home Sept. 12 was arraigned this week in Niagara County Court.Ulford G. Jenkins, 41, of Elmwood Avenue,...
View ArticleDefendants in beating of boxer, fatal accident offered plea bargains in Falls
LOCKPORT – The defendants in a fatal car-pedestrian accident and the beating of a professional boxer were offered plea bargains this week, and both will return to court early in January to say whether...
View ArticleWeather warning lifted in Southowns, S. Tier
The worst of this weekend’s storm seems to be over.The National Weather Service has lifted a winter weather warning for the Southtowns and Southern Tier and also lifted a winter weather advisory for...
View ArticleVoutour raise, Refuse District issues highlight county budget debate
LOCKPORT – A pay increase for Sheriff James R. Voutour drew no objections, but there was plenty of debate over the future of the Refuse Disposal District and of senior citizen nutrition programs, as...
View Article90-year-old volunteer spreads joy – and meals – every week
The old guy in the white beard wearing a red suit gets all the attention at this time of year by showing up at houses in the middle of the night and bringing joy.But Santa’s got nothing on Jack...
View ArticleWheatfield man plays on his talents
A Wheatfield musician who plays seven instruments has played clarinet with saxophonist Kenny G and stood at a podium with Olympic gold medalist Kristi Yamaguchi before more than 100,000 people.But what...
View ArticleFrom the blotter / Police calls and court cases, Dec. 11 to 16
A house in the 1000 block of Fairfield Avenue in Niagara Falls was broken into, and copper pipe and furniture were stolen.The owner’s brother told police that the house is currently unoccupied, but his...
View ArticleNew skating rink ready; just add ice
NORTH TONAWANDA – The old, unused bocce court at Pinewoods Park on Christiana Street got Rich Andres thinking it would make a good place for people to ice skate.Last week, it started making the move...
View ArticleState likes student loan payoff incentive in Falls
NIAGARA FALLS – The state is signing on with the city’s plan to draw young people downtown by paying off their student loans.State officials have announced a $450,000 grant to help clear blight and...
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