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• Byron Lockwood confirmed as Buffalo Police commissioner

  06-03-2018 21:38 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Byron Lockwood was sworn in as the new Buffalo Police commissioner Tuesday during a meeting of the Buffalo Common Council.
  The common council voted unanimously to appoint Lockwood during the same meeting.
  NOW: @BFLO_CC votes unanimously to appoint Byron Lockwood as @BPDAlerts Commissioner @news4buffalo
  — Jenn Schanz (@JennSchanz4) March 6, 2018Lockwood formerly served as first deputy commissioner with the police department. He has served as interim commissioner
  
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• Former Brockport kindergarten teacher pleads guilty to child porn charge

  06-03-2018 21:06 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A former Brockport kindergarten teacher has pleaded guilty to a child pornography charge.
  Roland Yockel II, 31, of Hilton, pleaded guilty to receipt of child pornography.
  According to the assistant U.S. attorney handling the case, Homeland Security Investigation special agents in Phoenix became involved in an ongoing child pornography investigation, along with investigators from New Zealand.
  The investigation identified individuals who utilized the Internet-based app
  
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• Crime Stoppers receives nearly 70 tips about opioid dealers in first 24 hours after announcing reward money for tips

  06-03-2018 19:53 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – One day after the Erie County DA and Buffalo Crime Stoppers announced rewards of up to $2,500 for information about opioid dealers, the Crime Stoppers line has received almost 70 tips.
  Erie County DA John Flynn and Kevin Hoffman, chairman of Buffalo Crime Stoppers, announced the new initiative in a press conference at 10 a.m. Monday.
  The DA’s office contributed $20,000 in asset forfeiture money to Crime Stoppers Buffalo to launch the initiative. Crime Stop
  
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• Cheektowaga man sentenced to 6 years in prison for fatal hit and run

  06-03-2018 19:36 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — “The fact that he’s gone from my life it’s the biggest hole in my heart ever,” said Kashmir DeLisle, Damian’s girlfriend.
  Damian Garra, 18, of Cheektowaga was getting ready to go to college and planned on proposing to his girlfriend before his life was tragically cut short.
  “I really don’t want to be here. Living without the love of my life is very tragic and it just hurts,” said DeLisle.
  Garra was killed when he w
  
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• Judge tells jurors to keep trying at Percoco trial

  06-03-2018 18:41 via wivb.com
   NEW YORK (AP) –– The jury foreman at the bribery trial of a former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the jurors can only agree that they disagree.   The message was delivered Tuesday in a series of notes at the trial of Joseph Percoco and three businessmen. The judge instructed the jurors to try again.   Several panelists also were trying to be relieved from jury duty. That issue was not immediately addressed.   The trial is in its sixth week.&nbs
  
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• Texas church shooting: Pair arrested after claiming attack was staged

  06-03-2018 18:38 via wivb.com
  SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas — Two people have been arrested after appearing at the Texas church where more than two-dozen worshipers were gunned down and claiming the attack was staged. The pastor of First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, southeast of San Antonio, told the San Antonio Express-News that the pair appeared Monday and claimed the shooting was fabricated by the U.S. government.
  Pastor Frank Pomeroy, whose 14-year-old daughter died in the Nov. 5 shooting,
  
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• No verdict yet in the case against former Cuomo aide Percoco

  06-03-2018 18:22 via wivb.com
  NEW YORK (NEWS10) – Still no verdict in sight for the corruption trial of one of Governor Cuomo’s former top aides, Joseph Percoco.
  Jurors resumed deliberations Monday but didn’t get to review any of the transcripts they requested.
  The jury dove in first thing this morning, asking to see nine categories of evidence like invoices and transcripts for critical prosecution witnesses.
  Day three of deliberations still resulted in no verdict in the trial of Joseph Percoco.
  Prosecutors
  
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• Recruitment campaign for 2018 Buffalo Firefighter Exam has started

  06-03-2018 18:20 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The City of Buffalo’s recruitment campaign for the 2018 Buffalo Firefighter Exam kicked off Tuesday.
  The firefighter exam is only offered every four years. The deadline for submitting exam applications is April 9.
  The exam will be given May 1.
  The theme of the recruitment effort is “Move Up the Ladder. Start a Career in the Buffalo Fire Department.”
  “A career with the Buffalo Fire Department not only offers an opportunity to provide a critical
  
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• Five people escape 3 alarm fire in Genesee County

  06-03-2018 13:52 via wivb.com
  Batavia, N.Y. (WIVB) – A three alarm fire tore through a home in Batavia.
  It happened early Tuesday morning on Columbia avenue. Flames started in the basement before spreading to the first and second floors.
  Five people were in the home at the time, but everyone was able to get out safely. A dog also escaped the flames.
  The more than 100-year-old house is likely a totally loss.
  
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• What’s fresh at McDonald’s? The beef in some burgers

  06-03-2018 11:26 via wivb.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — McDonald’s is offering fresh beef rather than frozen patties in some burgers at thousands of restaurants, a switch it first announced about a year ago as it works to appeal to customers who want fresher foods.
  The fast-food giant, which has relied on frozen beef patties since the 1970s, said it’s launching Quarter Pounders made with fresh beef in about 3,500 restaurants starting Tuesday. It’ll be available in eight cities, including Atlanta, Miami and Salt
  
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• Bulls begin quest for MAC title

  06-03-2018 05:48 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Winners of nine straight heading into the postseason, the UB Women know they’re the team to beat in the Mid-American Conference.
  With three wins in the MAC tournament this week, they’ll secure their second trip to the NCAA Tournament in three years.
  
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• Town of Amherst to file lawsuit against opioid pharmaceutical companies

  06-03-2018 05:09 via wivb.com
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Town of Amherst is suing drug companies as part of the fight against the overdose epidemic.
  Town leaders claim the drug makers have misled their customers.
  “We’re not gonna let you get away with murder. We’re gonna make you responsible, we’re gonna make you pay up the social costs that you’re causing and help us solve this problem,” said Stanley Sliwa, Town of Amherst Supervisor.
  “In law enforcement’s history overdo
  
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• Southern Tier electric customers angry over getting ‘left in the dark’

  06-03-2018 01:53 via wivb.com
  ARKWRIGHT, N.Y. (WIVB) – James Pryll opened the door to the freezer, showing the little bit of meat that is left from his hunting trips—including one that bagged a bear in Canada—after the power was knocked out by nearly two feet of snow over the weekend.
  “This is all I got left, I had about 20 packs of bear meat, I’ve got two packs of bear met left, and a third of all the venison I had.”
  James and his sister Trisha Pryll live in the Town of Arkwright, a rura
  
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• Start-up hopes to create a low cost blood test for brain aneurysms

  06-03-2018 00:48 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) –  A local stock broker is teaming up with researchers and doctors to develop a low-cost blood test for detecting unruptured brain aneurysms.
  Neurovascular Diagnostics, based in the UB Biosciences Incubator in downtown Buffalo, is developing a low-cost blood test for detecting unruptured brain aneurysms.
  Jeffrey Harvey’s wife Carol died about 15 years ago from ruptured aneurysms. He is the CFO of Neurovascular Diagnostics. He said, “Anything I can do t
  
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• Deal dropout: plan to bring solar company and jobs to Genesee County falls through

  06-03-2018 00:18 via wivb.com
  TOWN OF ALABAMA, N.Y. (WIVB) – A big blow for Genesee County. A solar company that promised to create hundreds of jobs has backed out. The state helped transform a former farm in the Town of Alabama into a high tech business park.That’s where 1366 technologies planned to set up shop.
  1366 was set to open and bring up to one thousand jobs and spur economic development across the county.
  But now 1366 has has scrapped its plans to build a factory to make silicon wafers, saying
  
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