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How can Erie County pay $95 million award in Richard Metcalf case?
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A massive award in compensatory damages has been granted to a local family, whose son died after being in the Erie County Holding Center over a decade ago. At least $95 million in damages has been awarded by a jury to the family of Richard Metcalf, Jr.but now Erie County has […]
Body of missing Buffalo, NY boy found four years later
BUFFALO, N.Y. — The body of a boy missing since 2020 has been found in Buffalo, New York. The case of missing 12-year-old Jaylen Griffin is now being investigated as a homicide. Police are calling the discovery "an absolute tragedy." Griffin was last seen in August 2020 when police...
Tesla cuts 285 jobs at South Buffalo plant
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Company-wide layoffs at Tesla will impact several employees at its South Buffalo facility. 7 News has learned 285 people are set to be laid off at Tesla facilities here in Western New York. According to a WARN notice from the Department of Labor, Tesla will lay...
Woman accused of bringing contraband to correctional facility while visiting with baby
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Long Island woman was arrested for attempting to conspire with an Erie County Correctional Facility inmate and deliver contraband, the Erie County Sheriff’s Office reported Wednesday. Deputies said Mellissa Cambria, 28, visited 30-year-old Timothy Campbell on Tuesday, April 16. She allegedly brought a black latex ball and bag in her […]
2 injured after being hit by a car on Route 240 in Concord
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Two people were injured after they were hit by a car on Route 240 in Concord on Wednesday afternoon, according to the Erie County Sheriff’s Office. Police responded around 3:45 p.m. to Route 240 in the area of Genesee Road and Allen Road, where police said the two victims previously hit […]
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