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• Death threats made against Erie County deputies

  19-07-2016 23:12 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- A Grand Island man is facing an aggravated harassment charge for calling Erie County Sheriff’s deputies and threatening to kill them. 22-year-old Sammy Abdellatif was arrested Monday.
  Deputies told News 4 Abdellatif was angry after his car was towed.
  This comes less than a week after Buffalo Police officers arrested Arthur Jordan for making threats to officers on social media.
  Local firefighters are also on high alert following threats on social media.
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• Sensational Fun Inc. in Orchard Park provides judgement free zone for kids with special needs

  19-07-2016 23:06 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — “Kids can come and not only are they playing but they’re actually getting the therapy they need, they’re getting the sensory input they need, they’re getting the gross motor skills they need, the social interaction,” said Jennifer Kline, Sensational Fun Inc. Executive Director and Founder.
  Laura Croglio says her two sons both have ADHD, and one also has autism.
  “My children now are a little older I wish that there was somethin
  
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• BPD investigating bank robbery on Jefferson Ave.

  19-07-2016 22:45 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo Police are investigating a bank robbery that happened Tuesday morning on Jefferson Ave.
  Police say the M&T Bank branch on that street was robbed just after 11 a.m. The suspect allegedly entered the bank, demanded money from a teller and then left with an unclear amount of money.
  Anyone with information on the theft is asked to call officers’ confidential tip line at (716) 847-2255.
  
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• Buffalo parents in court following child endangerment arrests

  19-07-2016 22:33 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Buffalo parents Terrell Hagans and Maureen Fabre can no longer be around their kids, after police found the children naked and starving in their west side apartment.
  Tuesday morning a judge put a no contact order in place, which prohibits Hagans and Fabre from seeing the three children, two of which they have together.
  The kids, who are just one, two, and three-years-old, were evaluated overnight at the hospital when police discovered them July 11.
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• Kansas City, Kansas, officer dies after shot in police car

  19-07-2016 22:07 via wivb.com
  
  KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — An officer with the Kansas City, Kansas Police Department died Tuesday after he was shot in his car as he approached people matching the description of suspects in an earlier shooting.
  Capt. Robert Melton was brought to the University of Kansas Hospital just before 2:30 p.m., but resuscitation efforts did not work, trauma surgeon James Howard said at a Tuesday afternoon news conference.
  (Photo courtesy of CBS contributor KCTV)“There’s a lot of pain and
  
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• Chief says police officer shot and killed in Kansas City, Kansas

  19-07-2016 22:07 via wivb.com
  
  KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — The police chief in Kansas City, Kansas, says an officer has been shot and he’s asking the community for prayers.
  Police Chief Terry Zeigler tweeted that the officer, identified as Dave Melton, was shot Tuesday afternoon. Sources say Melton died shortly after.
  (Photo courtesy of CBS contributor KCTV)The Kansas City Star reports that police radio traffic indicated that multiple suspects ran from the scene.
  No other information was immediately availab
  
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• New app aims to centralize Bills, Sabres, Bandits information

  19-07-2016 21:40 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A new smartphone application aims to give users all the Bills, Sabres and Bandits information they need.
  Pegula Sports and Entertainment has announced the My One Buffalo app, which is set to debut on the day of the Buffalo Bills home opener — September 15.
  The app, which will also include information on HarborCenter events, will allow users to buy tickets for Buffalo sporting events as well as manage their tickets and accounts from their phones.
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• Fisherman discovers body in waters near Youngstown

  19-07-2016 20:02 via wivb.com
  
   YOUNGSTOWN, NY (WIVB)  – The Niagara County Sheriff’s Department  is trying to learn the identity of a man whose body was found floating in Lake Ontario near Youngstown.
  A fisherman made the discovery shortly after 8 a.m. Tuesday morning about a mile off shore.
  The U.S. Coast Guard responded and secured the body and brought it back to their Youngstown station.
  Canadian authorities called of a search on Saturday of a man who went missing in the Lower Niagara River
  
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• Situational awareness stressed for first responders in light of new threats

  19-07-2016 19:39 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The union representing Buffalo’s firefighters is urging all of its members to be extra vigilant to keep themselves safe from a potential attack, after new threats against firefighters emerged online.
  The Buffalo Professional Firefighters Local 282 issued a safety alert this week, warning of threats from a person who claims to be part of an extremist group that say things like “As you fight, remember that the firemen and police are on the same side! Don&rs
  
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• Dick’s Sporting Goods to build massive S.Tier warehouse

  19-07-2016 19:37 via wivb.com
  
  BINGHAMTON, NY  (WIVB) – DICK’S Sporting Goods will build a regional distribution center near Binghamton bringing 466 full time jobs to the Southern Tier.
  Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that construction on the facility will begin next month with a completion date in 2018.
  The $100 million complex is to be built in Conklin, near where the sporting goods company was founded nearly seven decades ago.
  The massive warehouse and distribution center will be its fifth warehouse f
  
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• Wyoming Co. safari park owner killed after being trampled by animal

  19-07-2016 18:35 via wivb.com
  
  VARYSBURG, NY (WIVB) – A Wyoming Co. safari park owner was killed after being trampled by animal. According to the authorities, Hans Boxler Sr., the owner of Hidden Valley Animal Adventures, was killed by an antelope that escaped its pen.
  The Monroe County Medical Examiners office said the cause of death is from multiple blunt force injuries.
  On Monday, around 12:30 a.m., Wyoming County 911 Dispatch received a call from a family member that Boxler was injured after apparently being trample
  
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• Wyoming Co. safari park owner killed after being trampled by an animal

  19-07-2016 18:35 via wivb.com
  
  VARYSBURG, NY (WIVB) – A Wyoming Co. safari park owner was killed after being trampled by an animal. According to the authorities, Hans Boxler Sr., the owner of Hidden Valley Animal Adventures, was killed by an antelope that escaped its pen.
  The Monroe County Medical Examiners office said the cause of death is from multiple blunt force injuries.
  On Monday, around 12:30 a.m., Wyoming County 911 Dispatch received a call from a family member that Boxler was injured after apparently being tram
  
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• Reports that a safari park owner was gored by one of his animals

  19-07-2016 18:35 via wivb.com
  
  VARYSBURG, NY (WIVB) – Wyoming County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating the death of a safari park owner reportedly killed by one of his animals.
  Hans Boxler, Sr. is the founder of Hidden Valley Adventures in Varysburg.  The park’s social media sites report there are 200 animals on the grounds.
  The Wyoming County Free Press first reported that an animal gored Boxler, killing him.
  News 4’s. Nick Quattrini is in Wyoming County investigating and we are working t
  
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• Queen: Trump wasn’t authorized to use ‘We Are the Champions’

  19-07-2016 18:35 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Another musical act is telling Donald Trump to stop using their music.The classic rock band Queen posted a statement on Twitter on Tuesday saying they never approved Trump’s use of “We Are the Champions” during the 2016 Republic National Convention.
  Before Melania Trump gave a speech in Cleveland on Monday night, Trump made a brief appearance to introduce her and walked onstage to Queen’s 1977 hit song.
  The band wrote on Twitter, “An unauthoris
  
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• No jail time for clerk who stole tax payments

  19-07-2016 18:19 via wivb.com
  
  BENNINGTON, NY (WIVB) – A former town clerk won’t have to serve jail time for stealing tax dollars.
  This morning Tina Metz was given a conditional discharge.
  Last year she pleaded guilty to grand larceny and other charges for stealing over $33,000 in town fees and tax payments when she worked for the town of Bennington.
  At sentencing the judge said Metz paid the money back.
  She faced up to 11 years in prison if she had not made restitution.
  
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• Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche sued over diesel emissions

  19-07-2016 17:14 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York state and Massachusetts are suing Volkswagen and its affiliates Audi and Porsche over diesel emissions cheating, alleging that the German automakers defrauded customers by selling diesel vehicles equipped with software allowing them to cheat emissions testing.
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  The lawsuits, announced Tuesday, allege that Volkswagen and its affiliates sold more than 40,000 vehicles in the two states with so-called “defeat devices” installed. Furthe
  
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• Buffalo alert for missing young woman

  19-07-2016 16:51 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, NY (WIVB) –  The Buffalo Police Department is asking your help in locating a young woman.
  Tajunique Parker has been missing since Friday, July 15, when she was last seen on Butler Avenue.
  She is 5’5″ tall, with brown eyes and black and brown hair.
  Lawmen believe she may be wearing a ponytail.   She does have a piercing in her lower right lip.
  If you have any information please call 911.
   
   
  
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• Local voters weigh in as RNC continues

  19-07-2016 11:22 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Politics are definitely in the spotlight and the national headlines right now, with the Republican National Convention underway in Cleveland now and the Democrats having their convention next week.
  Local voters are watching those events closely as they decide which candidate will have their vote this fall.
  A lot of voters who have talked to News 4 have expressed frustration with this year’s election cycle, saying they don’t really like either major party
  
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• Parts of Melania Trump’s speech mirrors Michelle Obama speech

  19-07-2016 11:14 via wivb.com
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Melania Trump’s well-received speech Monday to the Republican National Convention contained two passages that match nearly word-for-word the speech that first lady Michelle Obama delivered in 2008 at the Democratic National Convention.
  The passages in question focus on lessons that Mrs. Trump, the wife of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, said she learned from her parents and the relevance of their lessons in her experience as a mother. They c
  
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• Neighbors ask Buffalo leaders to tear down Main St. medians

  19-07-2016 06:02 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WiVB)- Neighbors are calling on the city to remove medians up and down Main St. They told News 4 the medians are a safety hazard and an eyesore.
  “I’ve watched the progression of what happens to these medians and it’s just sad,” said Patty Ralabate, the groundskeeper for the Central Park Homeowners Association.
  We drove down Main St. from Humboldt Pkwy to Bailey Ave. and saw that at least five of the 21 medians are damaged. Some were missing signs warni
  
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• Ethical policing a topic of discussion among local peace group

  19-07-2016 05:26 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Some community leaders are calling on police officers to uphold the law and practice moral and ethical standards.
  Monday night’s meeting of the “Western New York Peace Center” was planned before the shooting deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile earlier this month as well as the shootings of several police officers. Organizers say they hope better communication can lead to better policing.
  “I think that we need to find ways to talk to
  
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• GOP Convention: Doom and gloom at home, clamor for Trump

  19-07-2016 04:56 via wivb.com
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Painting a bleak picture of America’s future, Republicans promised a new era of security with Donald Trump as president as they opened a four-day convention against the backdrop of an unsettling summer and deep party divisions.
  The doom-and-gloom message of the night was offset by a warm and personal address by the candidate’s wife, Melania Trump, who made a rare turn in the political spotlight to show a kinder, gentler side of her brash husband.
  “If you
  
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• Killer of Baton Rouge law officers a man of mixed messages

  19-07-2016 02:45 via wivb.com
  
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gavin Long was a man of mixed messages. He peddled self-published books with abstract themes about self-empowerment and spiritual enlightenment, but also posted rambling internet videos calling for violent action in response to what he considered oppression.
  In the last message sent from his Twitter account early Sunday, he wrote: “Just bc you wake up every morning doesn’t mean that you’re living. And just bc you shed your physical body doesn&
  
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• Seoul says North Korea has fired 3 missiles into sea

  19-07-2016 02:11 via wivb.com
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says North Korea has fired three ballistic missiles into its eastern sea, eight days after Pyongyang warned of a “physical counter-action” against the South over its decision to deploy an advanced missile defense system to better cope with North Korean threats.
  Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said Tuesday that the short-range ballistic missiles were launched from inland between 5:45 a.m. and 6:40 a.m. and flew about 500 to 600 kilometer
  
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• Livingston Co. woman accused of stealing $100K+ of hospital equipment

  19-07-2016 01:00 via wivb.com
  
   
  BATAVIA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Livingston County woman was arrested for allegedly stealing expensive medical equipment and supplies during her time as a hospital employee in Batavia.
  47-year-old Kimberly Diamond of Leicester was arrested for felony larceny by the Batavia Police Department on Friday.
  After an extensive investigation – Diamond was charged with grand larceny for allegedly stealing more than $100,000 worth of medical supplies and equipment when she was employed by UMMC
  
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• Couple gets scammed in Craigslist apartment search

  19-07-2016 00:54 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Amanda Cole and her fiance Jason Richards are staying in a cramped two-bedroom apartment with Amanda’s mom, and a niece, in Lackawanna. In just a few days, they will be bringing home their newborn, Jayden, from the hospital.
  “You have your first baby, you want to do the ‘motherly’ thing and make a home for your child, and I can’t do that now.”
  The couple put a $400 down payment on an apartment of their own in South Buffalo, but th
  
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• Facebook friends realize life-saving connection from 45 years ago

  19-07-2016 00:37 via wivb.com
  
  TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Two men from Western New York who recently joined Facebook and ‘friended’ each other, realized that they first met almost 45 years ago under extraordinary circumstances, and they hadn’t seen each other since.
  Retired NYS Trooper John Ciccone of Clarence saw the name ‘Paul Alfieri’ appear in his list of suggested Facebook friends and recognized the name. Ciccone says he slept on it overnight before deciding to request a Facebook friends
  
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• Lockport Police Department: how to be a police officer is changing

  19-07-2016 00:36 via wivb.com
  
  LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) – Police Departments are changing the way officers control their beats. It’s a direct response to the deadly police ambushes that left eight law-enforcement officials dead in the past two weeks,Police just said Monday, the three officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana were assassinated. In light of the deadly shootings, leaders in every local police department we’ve spoken with have the same message to their officers who patrol the streets:&ldquo
  
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• New survey results shed light on how public views Buffalo Police Department

  19-07-2016 00:28 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- A Western New York organization is working to improve the relationship between police and the community. Open Buffalo released the results of its policing survey on Monday in the wake of violence in Baton Rouge.
  “We want to be proactive,” said Franchelle Hart, the executive director. “We want to be collaborative to make sure these issues aren’t going to happen here and they key to making sure that doesn’t happen is really relationship buil
  
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• Police kill attacker who slashed passengers on German train

  19-07-2016 00:06 via wivb.com
  
  BERLIN (AP) — A man armed with an ax and a knife attacked passengers aboard a regional train in southern Germany on Monday night, injuring four people before he was shot and killed by police as he fled.
  Wuerzburg police said on their Facebook page that three of the victims suffered serious injuries and one was slightly injured. Another 14 people were being treated for shock.
  Police said there was not yet any information on the motive behind the attack, nor details on the identity of t
  
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• Afghan teen killed after injuring passengers on German train

  19-07-2016 00:06 via wivb.com
  
  BERLIN (AP) — A teenage Afghan migrant armed with an ax and a knife attacked passengers aboard a regional train in southern Germany on Monday night, injuring four people before he was shot and killed by police as he fled, authorities said.
  Wuerzburg police said on their Facebook page that three of the victims suffered serious injuries and one was slightly injured. Another 14 people were being treated for shock.
  Bavaria’s top security official, state Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann
  
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