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Niagara County man sentenced to 70 years in prison following violent felonies conviction
Submitted by the Niagara County District Attorney’s Office. Niagara County District Attorney Brian D. Seaman announced Curtis Griggs, age 38, of Niagara Falls, was sentenced this morning to spend the next 70 years in prison. Griggs was convicted by a jury in February of this year of a series...
Drones smuggled drugs across Niagara River from Canada, 3 suspects caught in NY
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A smuggling operation used drones to fly drugs across the Niagara River from Canada into upstate New York, using a newly purchased $630,000 house along the river as a drop point, according to a criminal complaint unsealed this week. One person has pleaded guilty and...
Family members of Lewiston shooter call for more action on mental health, traumatic brain injuries
James and Nicole Herling, Robert Card II's brother-in-law and sister, testify at a Lewiston shooting commission hearing in Augusta on Thursday, May 16, 2024. Relatives of the man responsible for the mass shootings in last October blame themselves for not doing more to stop him. And in emotional testimony before the commission investigating the tragedy, they also called on law enforcement, the media, the Army and others to do better in the future.
Cheektowaga man receives indeterminate sentence for 14 vehicle thefts
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Cheektowaga man has received an indeterminate sentence in relation to multiple suspected high-end vehicle thefts, according to the Erie County District Attorney’s Office. Between December 2022 and September 2023, Richard E. Lucas III, 21, stole 14 vehicles from dealerships in Amherst, Tonawanda, Orchard Park, Grand Island, and Clarence. The vehicles […]
Brief lockdown at Williamsville North High School
AMHERST, N.Y. (WKBW) — Students at Williamsville North High School were placed under lockdown Thursday afternoon due to a student fight, according to the Amherst Police Department. Officers responded to a lockdown alarm at 12:45 p.m. Upon arrival, they determined the lockdown was initiated due to a minor altercation...
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