Police Blotter
Woman deals with stolen purse, then home break-in
WHEATFIELD -- A Wheatfield woman whose purse was stolen from her vehicle last weekend found
herself the victim of a home burglary on Wednesday, Niagara County sheriff's deputies
reported. (Updated: 11/20/09 1:22 PM )
Trial set for woman charged with theft from ex-husband
LOCKPORT—Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Sperrazza on Tuesday scheduled a Feb. 8 nonjury trial for a woman charged with stealing more than $50,000 from her ex-husband. (Updated: 11/20/09 6:59 AM )
Drug charges lodged after traffic stop
WILSON—A Wilson man pulled over for speeding on Lake Road late Wednesday was found to be under the influence of drugs, state police said. (Updated: 11/20/09 6:59 AM )
Plea of not guilty entered in shooting
LOCKPORT—A man already serving two prison terms was arraigned Thursday in Niagara County Court on charges of shooting a man in the back in Lewiston on May 30. (Updated: 11/20/09 6:59 AM )
Probation arrests land Falls man back in prison
LOCKPORT—A Niagara Falls man who kept getting arrested while on interim probation for two felonies and a misdemeanor was sentenced to 1x to four years in prison Thursday by Niagara County Judge Matthew J. Murphy III. (Updated: 11/20/09 6:59 AM )
Gun charge, robbery result in jail for 2 Falls men
LOCKPORT—Two Niagara Falls men were sentenced to a year in Niagara County Jail in separate cases before Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Sperrazza on Wednesday. (Updated: 11/20/09 6:59 AM )
Two tied to burglaries at Lockport trailer park
LOCKPORT—State police have charged two suspects in the Oct. 28 burglary of a home on Elmhurst Drive in the Woodlands Trailer Park. (Updated: 11/20/09 6:59 AM )
Indictments handed up in counterfeit scheme
A seven-count indictment was returned by a federal grand jury Thursday charging a man and a woman with manufacturing counterfeit money and using it to make purchases at a Clarence Walmart this summer, U. S. Attorney Kathleen M. Mehltretter said. (Updated: 11/20/09 6:49 AM )
3 charged in burglary at Wehrle Golf Dome
Three young men were charged with burglary early Thursday after Lancaster police found Wehrle Golf Dome gift certificates on them minutes after the golf dome’s alarm went off. (Updated: 11/20/09 6:49 AM )
Violent home invasion brings nine-year term
Anthony T. Creamer was sentenced Thursday to nine years in prison for a violent home invasion at a Buffalo police officer’s house where an accomplice was fatally shot. (Updated: 11/20/09 6:49 AM )
County jury sequestered in attempted-murder case
Deliberations in the attempted-murder trial of Adrienne S. March will resume today, after jurors were sequestered at about 10 Thursday night after failing to reach a verdict. (Updated: 11/20/09 6:49 AM )
City’s 54th homicide claims 39-year-old man
Buffalo homicide investigators were at the scene of the fatal shooting of a 39-year-old man Thursday night on Davis Street near Jefferson Avenue. (Updated: 11/20/09 6:49 AM )
Dump truck crash jams Niagara Thruway traffic
A dump truck crashed Thursday morning on the southbound Niagara Thruway near Vulcan Street, causing a major traffic jam for inbound commuters near the end of the morning rush hour. (Updated: 11/20/09 6:49 AM )
Firefighters cross street to douse restaurant blaze
Buffalo firefighters raced across the street early Thursday to contain a fire in the basement of the Left Bank restaurant on Rhode island Street. (Updated: 11/20/09 6:49 AM )
Route 60 crash blamed on stacked hay wagon
SINCLAIRVILLE—A Cassadaga man operating a tractor towing a hay wagon on Route 60 was charged Wednesday with violations following a crash with another vehicle, Chautauqua County sheriff’s officials said. (Updated: 11/19/09 7:07 AM )