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A Child Was Locked Inside WNY Home For 2 Years
A child was forcibly held inside a Western New York home for two years. The victim was locked inside the home for extended periods of home and denied their basic needs. Acting Erie County District Attorney Michael J. Keane announced that a 58-year-old woman was been sentenced in the case before State Supreme Court Justice Deborah A. Haendiges. The victim was threatened and forced to stay inside a Cheektowaga home in the bedroom or garage for long periods of time. The child was denied their basic necessities, including food, clothing, and access to a bathroom. The abuse happened over the course of more than two years. The victim was also physically abused by the couple, including being strangled to the point of losing consciousness.
Erie County legal costs related to Bills stadium construction continue to grow
When Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz signed the deal to construct the new stadium for the Buffalo Bills, one of the key elements was that the county’s construction-related costs were capped at $250 million. But that figure doesn’t count the county’s share of hundreds of thousands of dollars associated...
Buffalo man jailed after arrest in Lancaster on sex trafficking charge
Buffalo man jailed in Holding Center after arrest on sex trafficking charge. A Buffalo man is jailed in lieu of $10,000 bail after he was taken into custody Thursday in Lancaster on a sex trafficking charge, Erie County Sheriff John C. Garcia reported. An investigation by the Western District of...
Buffalo’s USS Croaker & The Sullivans Headed For Dry Dock
Just a few years after millions were spent to keep a Western New York landmark from sinking into the Buffalo River, it looks like it will need more extensive repairs. Officials from the Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park in downtown Buffalo have noted that two ships docked in Buffalo will soon be dewatered and sent to dry dock for repairs.
Learn To Fish For Free At An Erie County Park
Do you have a child who might be interested in going fishing, but you're not interested in buying all the gear until you know they'll love it? Then this event is for you. It's easy as a parent to get a bit excited and then go a little overboard. Your kid says they want to play a certain sport or try a specific activity and suddenly you need hundreds of dollars in gear to help ensure that they're going to love their first experience. So you buy all the equipment and take them out for their first day, only to find out that they don't really like it all that much after all.
Kenmore Woman Admits Guilt in Fentanyl-Laced Cocaine Overdose Case
(WNY News Now) – Kenmore, NY – Acting Erie County District Attorney Michael J. Keane announces that 36-year-old Ashley M. Holmes of Kenmore pleaded guilty yesterday afternoon before Erie County Court Judge Sheila A. DiTullio to one count of Criminally Negligent Homicide (Class “E” felony). The defendant pleaded guilty to the charge, the highest sustainable homicide charge,…
Here's what a single-engine, low-flying plane is looking for across WNY
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Sightings on Air 1, the Erie County Sheriff's Office helicopter, have been common over recent months as police departments receive help in tracking stolen vehicles or missing people. Bur what if you see a single-engine, low-flying plane in the Erie County or Niagara County skies?. It...
ECIDA mandates affordable housing as part of adaptive-reuse policy for incentives
Developers seeking tax breaks from the Erie County Industrial Development Agency for adaptive-reuse projects that include housing will now have to set aside up to 20% of the apartments as affordable or workforce housing. Seeking to codify what it has been just requesting until now, the ECIDA this week revised...
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