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• Man who shot deputy’s vehicle to spend 12.5 years in jail

  30-08-2016 23:57 via wivb.com
  
  BATAVIA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A man who shot the window out of a Genesee County Sheriff’s deputy’s vehicle will spend 12.5 years in prison.
  Back in March, Deputy Andrew Hale was writing a ticket during a traffic stop on Byron Holley Rd. when the back window of his cruiser was shattered by a bullet.
  After another deputy, Joseph Corona, blocked Hale with his vehicle, the two then tried to find the shooter’s location. The officers called in backup and proce
  
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• HS Football Preview: Williamsville North Spartans

  30-08-2016 23:49 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The Williamsville North Spartans will face a whole new conference slate this season, as they move up from Class A to AA.
  Last year the Spartans went a perfect 6-0 in their conference play during their final stint with the Class A North and this season they return eight starters on both sides of the ball. This year they open up against non-league opponent Jamestown for the second year in-a-row.
  “We have worked all offseason to prepare for this game,”
  
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• UB to begin season with dual QB offense

  30-08-2016 23:31 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Head coach Lance Leipold announced earlier this week that senior transfer Grant Rohach will take the starting snaps for the Bulls on Friday against Albany but he will not quarterback on the field. Freshman Tyree Jackson will also see meaningful playing time as UB is running a dual quarterback offense for right now.
  “Fostering depth and competition creates better practices, depth and helps morale,” Leipold said at his weekly pregame media availability. &ld
  
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• Niagara University students return from 7 week internship, teaching students in Haiti

  30-08-2016 23:31 via wivb.com
  
  LEWISTON, N.Y. (WIVB) — Niagara University seniors Morgan Dahlberg and Amber Mis are used to being students, but for the past 7 weeks those roles were reversed through a special internship.
  “One of the activities I did with the students was an engineering project so like a STEM science project where they had to use pipe cleaners to use a structure,” said Morgan Dahlberg, Niagara University Senior.
  “We taught them hot cross buns and it was a fiasco but it was fun for them
  
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• Bills rookie Shaq Lawson to miss first 6 weeks of season

  30-08-2016 23:21 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Bills rookie linebacker Shaq Lawson will miss at least the first six weeks of the regular season.
  The Bills placed their first-round draft pick on the reserve/physically unable to perform list Tuesday as part of a series of moves trim their roster to the NFL-maximum 75 players. Lawson only began working out on his own two weeks ago since having shoulder surgery in May to repair an injury that nagged him at Clemson.
  The designation means the pass-rushi
  
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• Chris Brown emerges from home after police serve warrant

  30-08-2016 23:17 via wivb.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Singer Chris Brown came out of his Los Angeles home peacefully Tuesday after an hourslong standoff with police who responded to a woman’s call for help.
  Police Lt. Chris Ramirez said several people were escorted from the residence after a search warrant was served.
  No arrests had been made and everyone has been cooperative, he said.Police said the woman who made the call for help about 3 a.m. was not inside the hilltop estate in the San Fernando Valley. Ramirez did
  
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• Nursing home patient dies after fight

  30-08-2016 23:02 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Police say a woman died from her injuries after getting into a fight with another resident at a nursing home.
  The fight happened Friday morning at the Emerald South Nursing Home on Delaware Ave.
  A man and a woman in their 80s were involved. Both were previously diagnosed with dementia.
  News 4 has learned that the nursing home has twice as many citations against it than the state average.Emerald South has a 1 out of 5 rating, accord. to fed Medicare site, or "muc
  
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• Man dies in his sleep while jailed in Niagara County

  30-08-2016 22:44 via wivb.com
  
  LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) — A man being held at the Niagara County Jail died in his sleep, according to the county Sheriff’s Office.
  No one is sure what caused Dejuan Hunt II to die, but the 25-year-old was supposed to appear in court on Monday.
  Hunt was arrested earlier this month on a charge of third-degree sexual abuse.
  The Niagara Falls man was under investigation for a July incident when he was accused of sexually assaulting a woman at NCCC in August.
  Hunt never poste
  
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• Police: Vomit-covered drunk man found sleeping in running car at St. Bonaventure

  30-08-2016 22:30 via wivb.com
  
  ALLEGANY, N.Y. (WIVB) — Around 4:30 a.m. Saturday, New York State Police say they found a drunk man sleeping in a running vehicle on the St. Bonaventure University campus.
  Broome County resident Matthew Eastman, 20, was found covered in vomit while parked at the campus tennis courts.
  State Police then awoke him and began to administer field sobriety tests. Eastman allegedly failed the tests and was taken to the Olean State Police barracks.
  His blood alcohol content measured .12 percen
  
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• Border agents: Men try to bring rocket launcher, grenades into Canada

  30-08-2016 21:36 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Border agents say two men tried to bring a rocket launcher and two grenades over the Peace Bridge last month.
  It happened on the fourth of July weekend.
  Agents did not arrest either of the men, who are from Louisiana, because the weapons do not actually work.
  They confiscated the weapons and let them cross into Canada.
  
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• Man burned by antifreeze in boating accident

  30-08-2016 21:29 via wivb.com
  
  CHAUTAUQUA LAKE, N.Y. (WIVB) — A man was hospitalized after a Tuesday boating accident involving antifreeze.
  While boating on Chautauqua Lake, an unnamed man noticed that the vessel’s engine was overheating.
  As he attempted to fix the problem, Chautauqua County Sheriff’s deputies say he removed the radiator cap, resulting in hot antifreeze being sprayed all over him.
  The man was taken to a nearby hospital for burn treatment after receiving burns on his back arms and face.
  
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• Wellsville man arrested for allegedly making terroristic threat

  30-08-2016 21:23 via wivb.com
  
  WELLSVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Wellsville man is facing a felony after police say he made a terroristic threat.
  Police in the village say Jeffrey Rositzke, 30, made the threat during an incident on Trapping Brook Road. It is not clear what the threat was.
  He was arraigned and jailed in Allegany County on $10,000 bail. He will be back in court next week.
  
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• Elderly man’s death ruled a homicide after he was found in July

  30-08-2016 21:09 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo police say a 78-year-old man was found dead at a home in what authorities ruled as a homicide.
  The body of Upendra Bawa was located in an upstairs apartment on Sycamore St. on the afternoon of July 19.
  He was killed as a result of blunt force trauma, according to the Erie County Medical Examiner’s Office.
  Anyone with information on Bawa’s death is asked to call the police confidential tip line at 847-2255.
  
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• Bills gain Packers linebacker in exchange for 2018 draft pick

  30-08-2016 20:50 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Buffalo Bills have acquired a linebacker from the Green Bay Packers.
  Trading an undisclosed 2018 draft pick for the player, the Bills gained Lerentee McCray, 26, from the Packers.
  McCray stands at 6’3″ and weighs 249 lbs. His start in the NFL came in 2013 as an undrafted free agent with the Denver Broncos. In the past two seasons, McCray had 19 tackles, 1.5 sacks and three quarterback hits over 24 games.
  The Florida native signed with G
  
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• Car, truck and motorcycle involved in serious Clarence crash

  30-08-2016 20:35 via wivb.com
  
  CLARENCE, N.Y. (WIVB) — A motorcycle collision in Clarence has resulted in serious injuries to an operator.
  New York State Police say a motorcycle, truck and car were involved in the crash. It happened on Main St. between Gunnville Rd. and Goodrich Rd.
  The stretch of road was closed after the incident occurred shortly after Noon. State Police said the road would be closed for a few hours.
  
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• Demolition work begins at historic Amphitheater

  30-08-2016 19:38 via wivb.com
  
  CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY, N.Y. (WIVB) — Preservationists fought but failed to save a piece of Western New York history. This week workers started demolishing the Chautauqua Institution’s historic Amphitheater.
  News 4 has followed every step of the fight, that included petitions and even a lawsuit. The institution will use $41.5 million dollars in private donations to start over at the site many call sacred.
  The work has left some longtime Chautauquans shaken. “It woke me up [Monday] m
  
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• Agriculture closes offices in 5 states after threats

  30-08-2016 18:50 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Agriculture Department said Tuesday it had closed offices in five states after receiving anonymous threats that it considered serious.
  USDA spokesman Matthew Herrick said in a statement that the department had received “several anonymous messages” late Monday that raised concerns about the safety of USDA personnel and facilities. He said six offices were closed Tuesday morning until further notice.
  Herrick said the department is working with the FBI and fe
  
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• Sheriff: Grand Island man woos, scams 3 women out of more than $300,000

  30-08-2016 18:46 via wivb.com
  
  GRAND ISLAND, N.Y. (WIVB) — A man accused of scamming three women out of hundreds of thousands of dollars is facing felony charges.
  The Erie County Sheriff’s Office says Eric Marshall began a romantic relationship with a woman from Connecticut in 2009. The two met online.
  During the course of their relationship, officials say Marshall convinced the woman to send him $198,000. Marshall claimed he bought a house in western New York for them to live in and that he needed $700
  
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• Man sentenced to 25 years after fatal Towne Gardens shooting

  30-08-2016 17:59 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A man who admitted to manslaughter after the killing of Elroy Damidaux, 55, in January will spend 25 years in prison.
  Demario Washington, 39, was originally charged with second-degree murder after killing Damidaux at Towne Gardens. He later took a plea deal.
  25 years was the maximum sentence Washington could have received on Tuesday.
  The Towne Gardens shooting was not Washington’s first violent offense. In 2012, he was convicted of assault in Monroe C
  
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• HS Football Preview: Williamsville South Billies

  30-08-2016 17:15 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Last season Williamsville South finished the season above 500 but ran into eventual Class A State Champions, South Park, in the first round of the playoffs.
  The Billies graduated 16 seniors including their quarterback, but the return seven players on both sides of the ball. They believe they have what it takes to be competitive in the Class A North Division.
  “We are very explosive,” senior wide receiver Christopher Nelson said. “We like to run
  
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• 3-time war Veteran says he was mistreated at Darien Lake Amusement Park

  30-08-2016 15:34 via wivb.com
  
  DARIEN, N.Y. (WIVB) – A local Veteran says he is being discriminated against for having a prosthetic leg. David Cross from Amherst has served three tours in Iraq and Afghanistan.
  He went to Darien Lake Amusement Park with his family Sunday, and says he wasn’t allowed on a water ride. He says injured vets need to know their rights at the park.
  He was asked to remove his prosthetic leg if he wanted to go on “Shipwreck” a water ride at the park.
  On his last to
  
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• Victim of fatal Niagara Falls Boulevard accident identified

  30-08-2016 12:20 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) — A portion of Niagara Falls Boulevard in Amherst was closed due to an accident Tuesday morning.
  The accident happened shortly before 6:00 a.m. at the Boulevard and Roger Chaffee Drive, according to the town police’s Twitter Feed.  Amherst resident John Strasser, 61, was reportedly walking across the road, and a vehicle hit the person, killing them.
  Police closed Niagara Falls Boulevard in both directions from Vinson Avenue/Edward White Drive to South Ellico
  
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• Breaking News: Accident closes portion of Niagara Falls Boulevard in Amherst

  30-08-2016 12:20 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) — A portion of Niagara Falls Boulevard in Amherst is closed due to an accident Tuesday morning.
  The accident happened shortly before 6:00 a.m. at the Boulevard and Roger Chaffee Drive, according to the town police’s Twitter Feed.  Dispatchers were unable to share more details in the minutes after the accident was reported.
  Police have closed Niagara Falls Boulevard in both directions from Vinson Avenue/Edward White Drive to South Ellicott Creek Road/Ellicott
  
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• Local hospitals call for more money for childhood cancer research

  30-08-2016 05:26 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Local hospitals joined together on Monday evening to call on the government to approve more research funding for childhood cancers.
  The Shine Gold fundraiser at Buffalo Harbor State Park came just before the start of Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month.
  Women and Children’s Hospital, Roswell Park and UB are joining forces with local groups.
  “The funding for childhood cancer is very lacking, it’s really at the bottom of the pile and our kids are fighting
  
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• Lockport residents express concerns after plant fire

  30-08-2016 05:24 via wivb.com
  
  LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) — Three weeks after crews battled a massive fire at High Tread International, Lockport residents have a list of concerns for city officials.
  The fire caused 200 homes to be evacuated. Residents say the evacuation was disorganized.
  “Nobody was officially told on our street that we were being evacuated, it was by word of mouth and a lot of people did not want to follow word of mouth, they were going to stay in their home until they were told officially and no one
  
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• The Teacher’s Desk offers a lesson in generosity

  30-08-2016 05:22 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A former teacher wants to make sure no student has to start the school year without the supplies they need.
  The Teacher’s Desk located at 22 Northampton Street, off of Main Street in Buffalo, is loaded with books, paper, pencils and a lot more.
  The supplies are all donated.
  The Teacher’s Desk donated about five million dollars in supplies in 2015 and is expected to give away even more this year.
  “The favorite comment from a teacher is no matter what
  
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• ‘Zombie debt’ taking toll on WNY’ers, just like ‘zombie property’

  30-08-2016 01:52 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Malikah Ramadan’s ordeal started with a phone call from a debt collector, demanding she pay up or else.A short time later her wages were garnished.
  “I was very stressed because I had never been in a situation before. I don’t even have a traffic ticket, so going to court for something like this was a little overwhelming for me.”
  But Malikah said, the debt was for a credit card she never owned, and in fact, the California-based collector had sue
  
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• FAA releases new commercial drone guidelines

  30-08-2016 01:01 via wivb.com
  
  HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB) — The drone industry is rapidly growing, especially for businesses. After Monday, it’s expected to grow even faster with a new set of FAA rules.
  William Aumer, the owner of No Limit UAV in Hamburg, talked about what his business had to do before the new guidelines came out, he said, “We had to have a lawyer draft a set of paperwork, and it took us about 9 months for us to get our exemption from the FAA”
  On top of the exemption, they also needed a lice
  
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• Officials to make changes following Canalside traffic nightmare

  30-08-2016 00:56 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) —  The world’s largest rubber duck was a huge hit. Officials say it’s the most popular attraction to ever come to Canalside. But the big crowds caused a traffic nightmare at the waterfront.
  “Just coming in there were cars everywhere and people were beeping and it was like a madhouse,” said Jeana Bock of Buffalo.
  “When we were out on the boat you could see the Niagara section of the thruway it was just jammed up bumper to bumper traffi
  
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• Judge, prosecutors ‘not happy’ defendant spoke to media

  30-08-2016 00:47 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A federal judge and U.S. attorneys weren’t happy to see Steve Jabar’s interview featured exclusively Friday on News 4 at 5:30.
  That’s because it’s rare for a defendant, especially a federal defendant, to speak during trial; and this is a jury trial, so there’s the potential impact on the men and women who will deciding the case.
  Jabar, an Iraqi national, U.S. citizen and former Department of Homeland Security agent, spoke to News 4 Frida
  
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