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• Cheektowaga Police looking for accused jewelry thieves

  14-01-2017 23:30 via wivb.com
  
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Cheektowaga Police need your help identifying two people who may be connected to a jewelry heist.
  Police say the two individuals go to the jewelry counter and ask to see the $2,000 rings. While distracting the clerk, they exchange the ring with a much cheaper, eight dollar ring.
  Police say they have pulled this off four times in the last two weeks. Police did not say which jewelry store the rings are being stolen from.
  They have been seen leaving in a grey four d
  
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• Town of Tonawanda Police catch burglary suspect in the act

  14-01-2017 21:54 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Town of Tonawanda Police officers stopped a burglary in process Friday afternoon.
  Police say they responded to a home on Wendel Avenue after receiving reports of a suspicious person walking up and down the driveway. When officers arrived, they found a bedroom window open and located the suspect inside the bedroom. The suspect fled the scene before being caught by an officer and taken into custody. The suspect, identified as 26-year-old Jeffrey C. Fleischer,
  
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• Town of Tonawanda burglary suspect caught in the act

  14-01-2017 21:54 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Town of Tonawanda Police officers stopped a burglary in progress Friday afternoon.
  Police say they responded to a home on Wendel Avenue after receiving reports of a suspicious person walking up and down the driveway. When officers arrived, they found a bedroom window open and located the suspect inside the bedroom. The suspect fled the scene before being caught by an officer and taken into custody. The suspect, identified as 26-year-old Jeffrey C. Fleischer
  
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• Buffalo police investigating afternoon shooting

  14-01-2017 21:39 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Police say a man is seriously injured after being shot multiple times Saturday afternoon.
  Detectives responded to the shooting on Horton Place just before 2 p.m. The 35-year-old victim was rushed to the hospital.
  The victim’s name has not been released. Anyone with information is asked to call 716-847-2255.
  
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• All girl Lego league building their way to the top

  14-01-2017 20:22 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) —Your childhood toys are now doing something much greater than just building memories. Teens and tweens from Orchard Park are using Legos to build character. An idea from one parent sparked this STEM initiative.8 girls, ages 8-14, make up the first all-girls Lego team in Western New York. They’re name?  The Quaker Up! Team.
  Keely Thorpe, a member of the team told News 4,”We are a neighborhood team, we are a group of friends and we just kind o
  
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• WNY Peace Center will send group to Women’s March on D.C.

  14-01-2017 18:56 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – One week from Saturday thousands will head to Washington, D.C.  for the Women’s March on Washington. It’s expected to be one of the biggest D.C. demonstrations on the national mall in decades.
  Vickie Ross, The Executive Director of the WNY Peace Center said, “We’re standing up for respect for all especially the most vulnerable.”As the president-elect gets ready to take his oath of office, the Peace Center gets re
  
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• Bills fans optimistic about new head coach

  14-01-2017 04:32 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Bills fans are optimistic with the arrival of their new head coach, Sean McDermott.
  McDermott is the 20th head coach in 57 years of the Bills Franchise history. He’s already bringing out a large following in the Queen City.
  “I think he’s going to be a great young coach. He’s got great value structure, he knows the game, he knows defense, so I think it was a great pick by the Bills,” said Brian Cavanaugh, fan.
  “The press conference
  
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• Arrest made in Arizona death of WNY native

  14-01-2017 00:31 via wivb.com
  
  WILSON, N.Y. (WIVB) — Sidney Cranston Jr vanished some 19 months ago, mysteriously less than a week after a trip to Mexico.
  And although man’s family in Niagara County held out hope, they also had a suspect in mind.Those feelings were verified this week, when one of Sid’s employees was arrested and charged with his murder.Sidney Cranston Sr. pleaded for answers about his son’s 2015 disappearance, saying authorities were slow to react in the search.Sidney Jr., who was 40 w
  
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