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• OC Lynn says Watkins still has a broken bone in his foot

  01-12-2016 23:49 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. – Despite returning to practice on Thursday after leaving early on Wednesday, Sammy Watkins is still battling his foot injury.
  Following practice Bills offensive coordinator Anthony Lynn was asked about having Watkins back and his impact on the team.
  “The guy has a broken bone in his foot,” Lynn said. “I don’t know if he is going to play one play or 20 plays. The guy has a broken bone in his foot. I would like to have him out there the whole
  
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• Town of Tonawanda police looking to identify person, vehicle from security photos

  01-12-2016 23:47 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Town of Tonawanda police are looking to identify a person and vehicle captured in security photos.
  The photos were taken around 2:45 a.m. on Nov. 23. The person pictured arrived in the vehicle pictured below.
  Police would like to speak with them related to an investigation about the passing of counterfeit money.
  Anyone with information on the person’s identity can call the confidential tip line at 879-6606.
  (Photo courtesy of Town of Tonawanda po
  
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• West Seneca police looking for missing man

  01-12-2016 23:38 via wivb.com
  
  WEST SENECA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Police in West Seneca are looking for a missing man.
  Charles Metzler, 66, left his home on Wednesday to buy Christmas lights, but has not returned.
  Police believe he could possibly harm himself.
  Metzler is 5’8″, 105 lbs. and has brown eyes and gray hair. He was last seen wearing blue jeans, a green mock turtleneck and a tan jacket. He was driving a gray 2015 Honda Accord with a license plate that reads BRB-3400.
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• First-aid kits donated for K-9 officers

  01-12-2016 23:21 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — K-9 officers in Buffalo are a little safer on the job.
  An animal rescue group donated first-aid kits to the department. They have everything from bandages to syringes.
  News 4 spoke with Officer James Duffy and met his K-9 officer Hydro.
  Officer Duffy says Hydro does explosive searches for big events in Buffalo.
  He says K-9 officers can be the first in harm’s way during a dangerous situation.
  Buffalo has five K-9 officers. The department only had two safety
  
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• Man killed in Salamanca vehicle accident

  01-12-2016 23:09 via wivb.com
  
  SALAMANCA, N.Y. (WIVB) — One man is dead after a Wednesday accident involving a vehicle and a pedestrian in Salamanca.
  Salamanca police say the accident happened on Clinton St. near the intersection of Summit St. around 5:10 p.m.
  The victim, who was only identified as a 54-year-old, was taken to Olean General Hospital, and then ECMC. He later died due to his injuries.
  Investigation into the incident is still pending, police say. Anyone with information on it is asked to call
  
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• CleanSlate UV device disinfects smartphones with ultraviolet light in 30 seconds

  01-12-2016 23:02 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — We touch our cell phones,on average, more than 2500 times a day. That’s according to a study by research firm Dscout.
  “Devices like mobile phones can have a lot of bacteria on them because we handle them everyday we’re not always washing our hands regularly and not to mention we place them in really warm environments,” said Scott Mason, CleanSlate UV Co-Founder.
  A new device called CleanSlate UV uses utlra violet light to kill germs on smartph
  
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• Weiner fined $65,000 in violations for 2013 mayoral campaign

  01-12-2016 22:58 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s Campaign Finance Board has fined former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner nearly $65,000 for violating election spending rules during his failed 2013 bid for mayor.
  The penalties were approved by the board Thursday.
  Some of the penalties were for using campaign funds to pay for regular living expenses, including dry cleaning and personal cell phone service.
  Other fines covered expenses that the board said were never properly justified as being related to the el
  
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• Death toll from Tennessee wildfires increases to 10

  01-12-2016 22:52 via wivb.com
  
  GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) — Crews discovered three more bodies as they searched the rubble of wildfires that torched hundreds of homes and businesses near the Great Smoky Mountains, bringing the death toll to 10, officials said Thursday.
  Authorities set up a hotline for people to report missing friends and relatives, and after following up on dozens of leads, they said many of those people had been accounted for. They did not say whether they believe anyone else is still missing.
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• Police forced to kill dog during search in Niagara Falls

  01-12-2016 22:42 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — Niagara Falls police were forced to fatally shoot a dog while executing a search warrant on 20th St.
  The police department’s Emergency Response Team went to the address on Wednesday night and ordered three people out front to get on the ground.
  As officers made their way up the porch stairs, a female opened the door presumably to see what was going on outside when a pitbull ran past her and bit an officer’s leg.
  The officer pushed his gun into
  
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• Pendleton family closer to making special needs access playground a reality

  01-12-2016 22:30 via wivb.com
  
  PENDLETON, N.Y. (WIVB) — Jason and Jennifer Evchich formed the Mason’s Mission Foundation in an effort to raise $445,000 for a playground that all kids can enjoy.
  The playground would be like a small amusement park with a variety of different handicap accessible rides. So far the family has raised $210,000.
  Recently UBMD Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine donated a grant worth $10,000 to bring the Mason’s Mission Foundation closer to it’s goal.
  The project hits close to h
  
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• Breitbart urges Kellogg’s boycott over pulled ads

  01-12-2016 22:29 via wivb.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Breitbart is encouraging a boycott of Kellogg’s products after the cereal maker said it would no longer advertise on the news and opinion website, formerly run by President-elect Donald Trump aide Steve Bannon.
  The Kellogg Company cited company “values” in explaining its decision; a spokeswoman said Thursday it has “nothing to do with politics.”
  Breitbart has been condemned for featuring racist, sexist and anti-Semitic content.
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• Former Buffalo cop pleads guilty to federal civil rights charge

  01-12-2016 20:41 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A former Buffalo police lieutenant pleaded guilty to a federal civil rights charge related to incidents from 2009.
  From May 30-31 of that year, Gregory Kwiatkowski, 52, was working the overnight shift. During his shift, Kwiatkowski went to an address on Treehaven Rd. to respond to a vehicle that was stopped by Cheektowaga police.
  The vehicle was believed to have been involved in a BB gun shooting from earlier in the night.
  Before Kwiatkowski got to the scen
  
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• Sheriff: hostages freed, bank robbery suspect in custody

  01-12-2016 19:27 via wivb.com
  
  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Eleven hostages held at gunpoint by a robbery suspect in a north Florida credit union were freed two hours after their ordeal began Thursday, authorities said.
  The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office tweeted that “We have 11 hostages out” about two hours after the robbery of the Community First Credit Union started. The suspect was in custody, according to the sheriff’s office.
  No hostages were shot, and initial reports saying otherwise were not
  
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• Mom accused of leaving 4 young kids in vehicle while shoplifting

  01-12-2016 19:24 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — A mother was arrested after police say she shoplifted while her four young children sat in her vehicle.
  Shayonna Miller, 27, was arrested at Home Depot on Builder’s Way in Niagara Falls. She is accused of stealing Carbon monoxide detectors.
  Her children’s ages are 10, six, two, and three weeks old.
  Their grandmother responded to the scene and the kids were left in her custody.
  Miller was charged with child endangerment.
  
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• Perry woman sentenced after killing former friend who dated ex-boyfriend

  01-12-2016 19:09 via wivb.com
  
  WARSAW, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Perry woman who admitted to murdering a former friend who was dating her ex-boyfriend was sentenced in court Thursday.
  Kira Kastenhuber, 39, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in October.
  While inside the Perry home of Desirae Withey, 33, this past February, Kastenhuber strangled, beat and stabbed the woman. Withey’s body was found by one of her children, who then told a neighbor what they saw.
  The friendship between Withey and Kastenhuber, who w
  
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• Chronic pain to be added as qualifier for medical marijuana

  01-12-2016 18:33 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (WIVB) — On Thursday, state health officials announced that chronic pain will be added as a qualifying condition for people to get medical marijuana.
  “After conducting a thorough review of the scientific literature, it became clear that there may be certain benefits in the use of medical marijuana by patients suffering from chronic pain,” Health Commissioner Dr. Howard A. Zucker said. “Medical marijuana is already helping thousands of patients across New York
  
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• 8 men plead not guilty in statewide federal corruption case

  01-12-2016 17:42 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK, N.Y. (WIVB) — Eight people, including three executives with Buffalo developer LPCiminelli, pleaded not guilty in a statewide federal corruption case Thursday.
  Former top Gov. Cuomo aide Joe Percoco, the former head of SUNY Polytechnic Institute Alain Kaloyeros, three executives with Buffalo developer LPCiminelli and three others were indicted last month.
  MORE | See the indictment here.
  The men appeared in court in New York more than two months after they were accused of
  
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• Kenmore police looking for help finding missing man

  01-12-2016 16:43 via wivb.com
  
  KENMORE, N.Y. (WIVB) — Police in Kenmore are looking for help finding a missing man.
  Ryan Pettit, 29, is 5’9″, 155 lbs, and has blue eyes and short brown hair. He was last seen wearing a black wool jacket with a zipper, jeans and black, grey and white Nike sneakers.
  Pettit has a number of tattoos.
  All black “tribal” tattoo on right arm
  “Veronica” on chest over his heart
  “Cameron” on left wrist,
  Head of Jesus with thorns on left shoulder
  
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• Suspect Tacoma officer’s death shot, killed by police

  01-12-2016 15:58 via wivb.com
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — The suspect in the fatal shooting of a Tacoma officer has been shot and killed by police after a lengthy barricade situation, authorities said early Thursday.
  Pierce County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Ed Troyer says the suspect was shot at approximately 3:30 a.m. Thursday, ending an 11-hour standoff. The suspect has not been identified.
  Troyer said the suspect refused to surrender during negotiations with officials, and that the man was using two children as human s
  
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• Driver dies after vehicle goes off road, bursts into flames

  01-12-2016 15:17 via wivb.com
  
  HOLLAND, N.Y. (WIVB) — New York State Police were on the scene of a fatal accident near the border of Holland and Colden Thursday morning.
  It is not clear when the accident happened, but it was on Phillips Rd. near Matteson Corners Rd.
  Authorities say a driver lost control of the vehicle before it went off the road and burst into flames.
  The vehicle’s passenger was pulled out by a good Samaritan while the car was still on fire, and their life was saved.
  The person who helpe
  
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• Police: The odds of being involved in an active shooter incident extremely slim

  01-12-2016 04:45 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Across the country and here at home, police are telling people to run, hide and fight.
  Active shooter training is becoming routine in the United States.
  Earlier this week, an Ohio State University student rammed his car into a group of people on campus before he started slashing people with a butcher knife.
  An active training seminar was already scheduled Wednesday night on the University at Buffalo’s campus, but because of the OSU attack, more people took part
  
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• Mack Attack: Bills get ready for Raiders star from UB

  01-12-2016 01:11 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – If Khalil Mack is not the best defensive player in the NFL, he’s very close. Mack has been named the AFC Defensive player of the week for last Sunday’s performance. He is the first player since 2009 to have a sack, interception, forced fumble, fumble recovery and touchdown in the same game. The Bills will have their hands full with the former University at Buffalo star on Sunday.
  “He can truck you, he can run around you, he has got moves, he is crea
  
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• Does your WNY college have armed security?

  01-12-2016 01:07 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- An Ohio State University police officer is being called a hero. He responded one minute after a call that a man plowed his car into a crowd of people at OSU and then attacked them with a knife.
  The officer shot and killed the suspect. Officials said it all happened in less than two minutes.
  University at Buffalo Police told News 4 its officers would be able to respond in one or two minutes if something happened on UB’s campus.
  UB has 58 armed police officers.
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• Scholar Athlete: Alyssa Helak

  01-12-2016 00:50 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – When it comes to breaking records, Alyssa Helak is no stranger to success.
  She has spent the previous three years of her high school career shattering records for the Vicotor swim club…nine of them in fact. All with the goal of reaching the highest level of competition.
  “I kind of wanted to make Olympic trials,” Helak said. When I was 16 I dedicated my life to getting this trials cut and I actually missed it by a second.”
  Alyssa turned h
  
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• Police investigating South Buffalo stabbing

  01-12-2016 00:30 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Police are investigating a stabbing at McKinley Parkway and Woodside Avenue Wednesday night.
  Police say the suspect involved turned himself in shortly after the incident. It is unclear who the victim is and how serious their injuries are.
  News 4 will update as more information is available.
  
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