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• Niagara County Health Department on high alert after baby raccoon brought into Lockport bar

  08-06-2017 23:43 via wivb.com
  
  LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) – The Niagara County Department of Health is warning residents not to touch wild raccoons after an individual reportedly brought a baby raccoon into a West Avenue bar.
  Last Friday, someone brought a baby raccoon into Mr. Quiggleys Saloon at 635 West Ave. Several people are reported to have touched or handled the animal.
  The baby raccoon was one of 13 raccoon young found on Donner Road in the town of Pendleton.
  Twelve raccoons were put down and sampled for rabies by th
  
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• Man charged with Assault in shooting that injured 11-year-old found not guilty

  08-06-2017 23:37 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Erie County Court Judge Shelia DiTullio announced Thursday afternoon Detavion Magee is not guilty of Assault.
  The non-jury trial began May 11. Magee was facing the charge for his role in a June 2016 shooting on Humason Avenue that left 11-year-old Juan Rodriguez of Buffalo critically injured.
  While Magee was not charged with shooting Rodriguez, the prosecution argued because he was involved in the alleged gang-related shooting, he was also responsible for the boy&
  
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• South Buffalo business burglarized, $1500 in clothing stolen

  08-06-2017 23:21 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A South Buffalo business owner is asking for the public’s help tracking down who broke into his store.
  Early Wednesday morning his small business was burglarized, and it was all caught on camera.
  Kyle Bretherton says it happened around 4:40 Wednesday morning. He says burglars took more than $1,500 worth of merchandise from his store that has only been open for 1 year.
  He owns the Struggle Clothing and Beard Care store on Seneca Street in South Buffalo.
  Kyle say
  
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• Several bear sightings in Orchard Park, police warn residents to stay away

  08-06-2017 23:00 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — “I was getting up and getting ready for a shower and then it kind of startled me and scared me,” said Tracy Todaro of Orchard Park.
  When Tracy Todaro realized her bird feeder was missing, she knew an unexpected guest had paid a visit to her backyard.
  “Went through the yard and saw remnants and pieces of the bird feeder,” said Todaro.
  A bear mangled her bird feeder, and ate the food.
  “The wrapper was there with tall field grass that
  
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• Forty pounds of marijuana, $700,000 cash found in Thursday morning raids in Buffalo

  08-06-2017 22:37 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A search warrant executed at 675 LaSalle Street Thursday morning yielded forty pounds of marijuana.In a second Thursday morning raid at an undisclosed Elmwood Avenue residence, members of the sheriff’s department’s Narcotics Unit found over $700,000 in U.S. currency.
  Demetrius Johnson, 44, of Buffalo, was arrested following the raids. He was charged with a felony county of criminal possession of marijuana and is being held at the Erie County Holding Cente
  
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• Investigation: PA man embezzled over $10,000 from Independence Ambulance company

  08-06-2017 22:26 via wivb.com
  
  INDEPENDENCE, N.Y. (WIVB) – A Pennsylvania man who was recently elected town supervisor of Genesee, Penn. has been charged with third degree grand larceny after an investigation concluded that he stole over $10,000 from a town of Independence ambulance service while he served as the organization’s treasurer.
  Scott A. Luce, 33, of Genesee, was arraigned in the Town of Willing Court after he was arrested on Tuesday.
  According to police reports, in Jan. 2016, Amity’s NYSP Bur
  
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• Former Bills WR found dead in Indiana

  08-06-2017 20:07 via wivb.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — An autopsy conducted by the Allen County Coroner’s Office has confirmed the identity of a body found in the Maumee River Wednesday as that of James W. Hardy, 31, of Fort Wayne.
  The coroner’s office was not able to determine Hardy’s cause and manner of death.
  Police and fire rescue crews were called to the Maumee River at the Hosey Dam Wednesday on a report of a possible body in the water there. Michael Joyner, FWPD Public Information Officer
  
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• Tractor-trailer gets stuck while turning onto Hertel Ave.

  08-06-2017 19:28 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A tractor trailer got stuck while trying to make a turn in the northern part of the city.
  The truck was going south on Elmwood Ave. when it tried to turn right onto Hertel Ave.
  The truck became caught on the curb against a bus shelter.
  “It appears TT experienced mechanical failure attempting to turn,” Buffalo police tweeted around 2:30 p.m.
  The incident closed off Hertel Ave. westbound from Elmwood.
  
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• Police: Homeowner holds burglar at gunpoint while checking on property

  08-06-2017 18:28 via wivb.com
  
  BUSTI, N.Y. (WIVB) — According to the Lakewood-Busti Police Department, a homeowner discovered an ongoing burglary on Wednesday morning.
  Police say the homeowner was checking on a vacant rental property on Big Tree Rd. when she found Jamestown resident Jody Crissman, 25, hiding in the basement.
  Upon the discovery, authorities say the homeowner, who was armed with a handgun, held Crissman at gunpoint and told him to go to the building’s garage area.
  Police say the homeowner asked Cris
  
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• Town of Hamburg police looking for man accused of involvement in thefts

  08-06-2017 17:52 via wivb.com
  
  HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB) — Police in the Town of Hamburg are looking to identify the man pictured above.
  According to police, the man was involved in the theft of tools from several local Home Depot stores.
  Anyone with information on the man or the incidents can call Det. Sgt. Paul Randall at (716) 649-3800 ext. 2612, or the police department’s tip line at (716) 648-5111 ext. 2847.
  
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• Victim in fatal, multiple-vehicle crash on I-90 identified

  08-06-2017 17:25 via wivb.com
  
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  LANCASTER, N.Y. (WIVB) — A 45-year-old Rochester woman was killed in a multi-vehicle crash on I-90 Thursday.
  New York State Police responded to the accident around 9:44 a.m. Thursday, closing down part of the Thruway between exits 48A (Pembroke) and 49 (Depew).
  According to state police, the accident occurred when a  2016 Freightliner box truck traveling westbound struck the rear of a 2009 Honda, also traveling westbound. The Honda was operated
  
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• Multiple vehicles involved in fatal I-90 crash in Lancaster, 1 lane closed

  08-06-2017 17:25 via wivb.com
  
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  LANCASTER, N.Y. (WIVB) — A 45-year-old Rochester woman was killed in a multi-vehicle crash on I-90 Thursday.
  New York State Police responded to the accident around 9:44 a.m. Thursday, closing down part of the Thruway between exits 48A (Pembroke) and 49 (Depew).
  According to state police, the accident occurred when a  2016 Freightliner box truck traveling westbound struck the rear of a 2009 Honda, also traveling westbound. The Honda was operated
  
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• New York moves closer to banning child marriage

  08-06-2017 16:45 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The New York Legislature has overturned a state law that allows 14-year-olds to legally wed.
  The Democratic-led Assembly passed a bill Thursday that would increase the age of marriage to 17. The Republican-led Senate passed the measure earlier this week.
  New York is one of three states that allows children as young as 14 to marry with parental and judicial consent. The other two are Alaska and North Carolina.
  Child advocates say the New York law can trap
  
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• Wake Up! crew tries out Slovakian-made Clear Coffee

  08-06-2017 16:31 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — After the first colorless coffee hit the market, the Wake Up! crew tried it out on Thursday morning.
  CLR CFF, or Clear Coffee, is made using “methods which have never been used before,” the makers said. It is not clear what those methods are.
  The drink comes in a clear, glass bottle. It costs roughly $40 for six of them.
  It took about two months for the bottles to arrive at News 4 since they are made in limited batches in Slovakia and shipped from Li
  
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• 1 facing gang-related federal charges following raid

  08-06-2017 13:38 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Law enforcement officers were at the scene of what they say was a narcotics bust in Buffalo’s Lovejoy neighborhood.
  Around 6 a.m., officers were executing search warrants at a multi-unit dwelling on Lovejoy St. between Davey St. and Gold St. More than a dozen members of the Safe Streets task force responded to the scene.Buffalo Police Officers are on scene continuing to investigate after an early morning drug round up pic.twitter.com/EMKBxIU7IY
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• Katy Perry to perform in Buffalo this September

  08-06-2017 13:31 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Katy Perry’s WITNESS: The Tour has been expanded, and one of the new stops will be in Buffalo.
  The pop singer will perform at the KeyBank Center on September 16.
  Tickets for the show go on sale next Friday, June 16 at 10 a.m. Prices range between $50.50 and $130.50.
  They can be bought online at tickets.com, by calling (888) 223-6000 or by going to the KeyBank Center Box Office.
  The tour is named after her upcoming album Witness, which features ne
  
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• 1 stabbed in University Heights neighborhood

  08-06-2017 13:21 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — News 4 is looking to learn more about a Wednesday night stabbing in the University Heights neighborhood.
  The incident happened at Parkridge and Lisbon avenues, between Route 5 and Bailey Ave.
  No arrests have been made as of Thursday morning, and the victim’s injuries are not life-threatening, sources tell News 4.
  
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• Things to know about ex-FBI head’s James Comey’s testimony

  08-06-2017 12:52 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Assurances to an incoming president that he was not under federal investigation. A president’s unprecedented request for loyalty from an FBI director. A “very concerning” request from the president to end an investigation into a devoted presidential appointee. Lawmakers hungry for answers and frustrated by the reticence of national security executives to provide them.
  It’s been a month of extraordinary drama since President Donald Trump fired FBI D
  
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• Comey says he was fired because of Russia investigation

  08-06-2017 12:52 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former FBI Director James Comey asserted Thursday that President Donald Trump fired him to interfere with his investigation of Russia’s role in the 2016 election and its ties to the Trump campaign.
  “It’s my judgment that I was fired because of the Russia investigation,” Comey told the Senate intelligence committee in explosive testimony that threatened to undermine Trump’s presidency.
  “I was fired in some way to change, or the endeavor
  
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• LIVE STREAM: One person killed in rollover accident at Buffalo Airport

  08-06-2017 10:55 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority is investigating after a person was killed in a car rollover accident at the Buffalo Niagara International Airport late Wednesday night.
  APP USERS | Tap here to watch the NFTA give live updates on the incident.
  NFTA officials at the scene say the accident happened just before midnight Wednesday. Authorities say a red pickup truck crashed and flipped after the driver picked up three people at the airport. One person inside
  
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• 1 arrested in fatal rollover accident at Buffalo Airport

  08-06-2017 10:55 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA) is investigating after a person was killed in a car rollover accident at the Buffalo Niagara International Airport late Wednesday night.
  NFTA officials at the scene say the accident happened just before midnight Wednesday. Authorities say a red pickup truck crashed and flipped after the driver picked up three people at the airport. One person inside the vehicle was killed, and three others were taken to the hospita
  
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• Celebrating Frank Lloyd Wright’s 150th birthday at the Darwin Martin House

  08-06-2017 10:32 via wivb.com
  
   
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Architect Frank Lloyd Wright would have been turning 150 years old this June. Around the nation, many locations he designed are celebrating his landmark birthday by showing off his work.
  Wright left his mark on several parts of Buffalo including at the Darwin Martin House. The unique residential home was designed for a Buffalo business man, Darwin D. Martin, between 1903 and 1905. The house itself is more than 14,000 square feet. In all there, are seven h
  
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• Jet boat company responds after dozens of complaints from waterfront homeowners

  08-06-2017 05:49 via wivb.com
  
  LEWISTON, N.Y. (WIVB) — A popular jet boat company is speaking out after getting a wave of complaints from homeowners.
  Niagara Jet Adventures in Lewiston has been under fire for their speed on the Niagara River.
  Waterfront homeowners say their boats are causing wakes which is adding to erosion problems caused in part by record high water levels.
  “Erosion’s natural, to think that the jet boat is causing this problem when we travel on the Canadian side, it’s just not fair,&
  
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• Falls police arrest 13 people in “Operation Spring Cleanup”

  08-06-2017 04:36 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — 13 people are in custody after after police conducted a series of search warrants in Niagara Falls Wednesday.
  Police say they conducted search warrants in 6 homes across the city of Niagara Falls.  Those arrested are facing felony and misdemeanor charges after investigators found marijuana, cocaine and heroin in the raids. One of the women arrested is a registered nurse who is suspected of trading morphine that she may have stolen from work.
  “This hi
  
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• WNY emergency responders showcase capabilities at Homeland Security conference

  08-06-2017 02:28 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — As the sun emerged across Buffalo Wednesday, the National Homeland Security conference moved from the convention center to Niagara Square.
  The move gave law enforcement and other emergency services personnel from Western New York to show off their capabilities and the latest technologies.
  Bomb defusing robots, to smaller versions equipped with cameras, to fire power and even brute force were on display to draw a crowd.
  “This type of networking that we have, we
  
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• Housing dispute leads to BPD internal affairs investigation

  08-06-2017 01:27 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- A Brooklyn man claims Buffalo Police officers violated his constitutional rights when they kicked him off a property he bought on the city auction.
  A BPD officer claims he still owns the house.
  Mohammad Ismail bought the home at 369 Sherman St. on the city auction in October. He plans to move his family to Buffalo from Brooklyn.
  “I feel proud this is my house,” said Ismail.
  He told News 4 he got the deed in January, then got a building permit and started wo
  
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• Two passengers safely escape boat fire on Niagara River

  08-06-2017 01:06 via wivb.com
  
  CITY OF TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Police and fire crews responded to a boat fire on the Niagara River Wednesday night.
  The boat appeared to be fully engulfed in flames near the shore at Niawanda Park. Police say two people were on the boat when the fire started and both made it off safely.
  The cause of the fire is unknown. News 4 will update when additional information is available.
  
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