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Upstate NY mom kept toddler locked in homemade cage as photos reveal the stomach-turning conditions: cops
An upstate New York mom kept her 2-year-old son trapped inside a filthy homemade cage – and didn’t bother taking him to a doctor after he allegedly tumbled down the stairs, state police said Thursday. Naesha Lumpkin, 24, is facing child endangerment charges after troopers made the shocking discovery inside her Buffalo home in February – but dodged more serious charges after the toddler was found with injured ribs and bruising on his face and body, police said in a press release. “This child was inside a makeshift cage – a playpen that was covered by a piece of a crib...
7-year-old taken to hospital with multiple dog bites
BUFFALO, N.Y. — A 7-year-old girl was taken to a hospital after a dog bit her multiple times on Thursday. The girl was taken to Oishei Children's Hospital to be treated, a spokesperson for Buffalo Police told 2 On Your Side. There was no immediate word on the severity of her injuries following the incident near Genesee Street and Bailey Avenue.
Buffalo man pleads guilty to fatal Kensington Avenue shooting
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — The Erie County District Attorney's Office announced 30-year-old Jerry L. Simpson of Buffalo pleaded guilty Thursday in State Supreme Court to one count of first-degree manslaughter. The district attorney's office said on January 5, 2023, Simpson shot two people with an illegal gun on the...
Six people plead guilty for involvement in Lake View homicide
HAMBURG, N.Y. (WKBW) — The Erie County District Attorney's Office announced Friday that six people pleaded guilty to their involvement in a stabbing that took place July 10, 2022, in a wooded area near Heltz Road in Lake View. According to the district attorney's office, 25-year-old Brendan Benoit of Boston was stabbed multiple times and found dead at the scene.
The grandparents scam: Local senior reports being scammed out of $16,000
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – It’s called “the Grandparents scam.” And it all starts with a phone call seeking to get your money to bail a loved one out of jail. A Buffalo family contacted Call for Action after filing a police report on Monday. The family, who does not want to be named, wants the […]
Man pleads guilty in six separate cases following thefts
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A man of no permanent address pleaded guilty in six separate cases Monday following a series of thefts, according to the Erie County District Attorney’s Office. Javarius L. Bumpers, 32, committed six thefts in Buffalo, Cheektowaga and Amherst between December 2022 and August 2023. In December, Bumpers stole a victim’s vehicle […]
'This is really horrific': Person of interest in deadly Zenner Street shooting now charged with murder
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — 31-year-old Dale Cummings, the person of interest in the deadly shooting on Zenner Street, was previously facing a weapons charge but has now been charged with murder. Cummings was arraigned on an indictment charging him with one count of first-degree murder, two counts of second-degree...
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