Nine plead guilty in check cashing scheme
BUFFALO — Nine Western New Yorkers have pleaded guilty to charges of criminal possession of a forged instrument as part of a check cashing scheme that cost area banks $52,000.…
Repeat DWI offender gets maximum sentence
BUFFALO — A 72-year-old Lackawanna man has been sentenced to 2 1/3 – 7 years in state prison following his fourth — and fifth — DWI conviction over the past…
Buffalo woman pleads guilty to manslaughter in death of daughter
BUFFALO — A 23-year-old Buffalo woman has pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter charges in the case of the death of her five-month-old daughter in September. According to Acting Erie County…
Fleeing suspect indicted on rape charges
BUFFALO — A 33-year-old Buffalo man was indicted by a Grand Jury on Friday on charges of first-degree rape, first-degree criminal sexual act, and two counts of predatory sexual assault.…
Buffalo man pleads guilty to string of crimes
BUFFALO — A 21-year-old Buffalonian has pleaded guilty to a series of charges relating to four incidents dating back to September. Accorinding to Acting Erie County District Attorney Michael J.…
Buffalo man sentenced for attempting to set wife on fire
BUFFALO — A 58-year-old Buffalo man was sentenced to 2 1/3 – 7 years in state prison on a first-degree reckless endangerment charge. According to Acting Erie County District Attorney…
Niagara Falls man sentenced over home improvement scam
BUFFALO — A 45-year-old Niagara Falls man has been sentenced to four months of weekends in jail and five years probation in relation to a series of unfulfilled home improvement…
Belfast man arraigned on manslaughter charges in death of son
BUFFALO — A 32-year-old Belfast man has been arraigned on charges of second-degree manslaughter, aggravated vehicular homicide, aggravated vehicular assault and endangering the welfare of a child in relation to…
Buffalo man sentenced on identity theft charge
BUFFALO — A 27-year-old Buffalo man was sentenced this week to 2-6 years in prison following a guilty plea he entered in an identity theft case, according to Acting Erie…
Irving man pleads guilty in ATV crash
BUFFALO — A 32-year-old Irving man has pleaded guilty to second-degree vehicular assault from a Christmas-day ATV crash that badly injured his girlfriend. According to Acting Erie County District Attorney…