Niagara Falls man goes to prison in domestic violence case
LOCKPORT – A man who repeatedly assaulted a woman who had a restraining order against him was sentenced to 1½ to three years in state prison Monday by Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas.Darrell...
View ArticleFalls man charged with attempted murder in domestic incident
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man, who is currently on parole from a prison sentence in Ohio, was arraigned in State Supreme Court Monday on a charge of trying to kill a woman during a domestic incident...
View ArticleDepew man draws five-year sentence for gun possession
LOCKPORT – A Depew man, who had an illegal gun in the car he was driving when Niagara Falls police pulled him over July 10, was sentenced Monday to five years in prison by Niagara County Judge Sara...
View ArticleFalls man admits to 23rd Street burglary
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man pleaded guilty Monday to burglarizing a home on 23rd Street in that city last year, but Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas promised not to send him to state...
View ArticleMongielo’s attorney seeks “global settlement” of all...
LOCKPORT – The attorney for Lockport auto repair shop owner David J. Mongielo said Monday he is trying to arrange a combination plea bargain that would settle Mongielo’s sign ordinance violation cases...
View ArticlePrison ordered for Falls Niagara Falls child molester
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man who was caught sexually molesting a 6-year-old boy Aug. 7 was sentenced Monday to two years in state prison and 10 years of post-release supervision.Niagara County Judge...
View ArticleFormer restaurateur sent to prison on drug charges
LOCKPORT – A Lyndonville man, who said his drug addiction cost him his home, his family and a business he once owned, was sent to state prison Monday by Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon...
View ArticleFalls man indicted on burglary charge
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man, charged with burglarizing a home on Willow Avenue in the Falls July 27, was arraigned on a three-count indictment Monday in Niagara County Court.Donald E. Rubin, 43, of...
View ArticleMan with scarf over face robs Niagara Falls bank
NIAGARA FALLS – A cash-strapped bandit who threatened a bank teller robbed a Niagara Falls branch bank of an undisclosed amount of money early this afternoon, police said.The robbery was reported at...
View ArticleNiagara Democrats submit plan to restore union raises
LOCKPORT – The Niagara County Legislature’s Democratic minority will offer a package of budget amendments at tonight’s meeting that would increase the small tax cut in the budget while restoring the...
View ArticleRunaway sex offender indicted for bail jumping
LOCKPORT – Paul S. Turley, who fled to Arizona during his trial on charges of sexually molesting his stepdaughter and stepniece for a multiyear period, has been indicted on first-degree bail...
View ArticleWheatfield to seek state approval for local development corporation
WHEATFIELD – The Town Board voted Monday to ask the state to approve creation of a local development corporation that can be used to lend money to businesses in the town.Supervisor Robert B. Cliffe...
View ArticleLights are on, but no one's home
NIAGARA FALLS – Santa Claus arrived on Old Falls Street riding fire engine No. 4, and a hundred or so people awaited the flip of the switch that would illuminate the holiday lights strung on trees...
View ArticleNiagara Falls man again admits murdering wife
LOCKPORT – Kelvin W. Robinson of Niagara Falls has pleaded guilty for the second time to murdering his wife in 2004.Robinson, whose first guilty plea was disallowed on a legal technicality discovered...
View ArticleMan is beaten and robbed in Falls
NIAGARA FALLS – A Niagara Falls man said after he left a friend’s house he was beaten and robbed as he was walking to his vehicle at 11:30 p.m. Monday in the 1700 block of North Avenue.The 49-year-old...
View ArticleNT man placed on probation for drug sales
LOCKPORT – Thomas P. Phillips, 52, of Payne Avenue, North Tonawanda, who said he lives in “a bad neighborhood” where “everyone sells drugs,” was placed on five years’ probation Tuesday for doing so...
View ArticleFalls man pleads not guilty in knifing
LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man pleaded not guilty Tuesday in Niagara County Court to an indictment accusing him of knifing another Falls man Sept. 29.Alvin W. Baines, 41, of 68th Street, is charged...
View ArticleNT man, facing sentencing on one burglary, is indicted in another
LOCKPORT – A North Tonawanda man, who could be sent to state prison for as long as seven years for one burglary, was arraigned in State Supreme Court Tuesday on a fresh indictment charging him with...
View ArticleFormer restaurateur gets 10 years for role in drug ring
There was a time when Filippo Inglima was known for his rice balls, lobster ravioli and the iconic Italian chef statue that stood outside his North Buffalo restaurant.Tuesday, Inglima became a...
View ArticleAmid protest, Niagara Legislature OKs budget with raises, tax trim
LOCKPORT – Over bitter protests from union workers, the Niagara County Legislature passed a 2014 county budget with raises for most department heads and nonunion employees but no raises for union...
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