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• Week seven of Percoco trial concludes

  09-03-2018 22:25 via wivb.com
  (WTEN) – Jurors in the trial for Joseph Percoco have gone home for the weekend, without a verdict.
  Jury notes suggest they are focusing on alleged bribes to Percoco through payments to his wife.
  Friday’s notes from the jury ask for specific evidence- testimony from two witnesses, relating to Percoco’s wife Lisa and her alleged no-show job- and whether it was a legitimate hire or a bribe, as prosecutors claim.
  Peter Galbraith Kelly, Jr., an executive for the energy company CPV,
  
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• California sex offender who recorded abuse faces 1,882 years in prison

  09-03-2018 22:02 via wivb.com
  FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE) – The jury’s out in a child sex case that could lead to the longest punishment in California history.
  Forty-two-year-old Cornelio Jimenez, of Fresno, was found guilty of numerous child molestation and child pornography charges.
  A Fresno County jury found Jimenez guilty of 34 felony counts of lewd acts on a minor, one felony count of possession of more than 600 images of child pornography and one felony count of producing child pornography.
  Jimenez, who is a
  
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• Gunman takes 3 people hostage at California veterans home

  09-03-2018 21:56 via wivb.com
  YOUNTVILLE (KRON) – The Veterans Home of California Yountville is on lockdown Friday after reports of an active shooter who is holding 3 people hostage.
  The Veterans Home tells KRON4 around 10:45 a.m. the entire facility, located at  260 California Dr., was ordered to shelter in place.
  California Highway Patrol and SWAT are on the scene. Officers say the gunman has taken three people hostage.
  There are preliminary reports of 30 shots fired outsi
  
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• Sheriff: Inmate awaiting sentencing attacks defense attorney during meeting

  09-03-2018 20:07 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Erie County Sheriff’s Office says an inmate attacked a defense attorney while in a conference room Friday morning.
  The inmate, Mark Dublino, was set to be sentenced on Monday after striking his ex-girlfriend and her friend multiple times with a sledgehammer. He had been convicted of attempted murder, attempted burglary, aggravated criminal contempt and assault.
  According to authorities, Dublino stood up during a meeting with Joe Terranova, the attorney, and
  
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• Toys ‘R’ Us could go out of business next week

  09-03-2018 18:58 via wivb.com
  (CNN) – Bankrupt retailer Toys “R” Us may shut all its US stores as soon as next week, according to several reports.
  That’s terrible news for the two biggest publicly traded toy companies. Investors are clearly preparing for the worst. Shares of Hasbro (HAS) fell 3.5% Friday morning while Mattel (MAT)plunged 7%.
   Smaller toy company Jakks Pacific (JAKK) fell nearly 5% too. Canada’s Spin Master, which owns the popular line
  
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• Buffalo Home Show underway at Buffalo Niagara Convention Center

  09-03-2018 18:51 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — “This is the place to be to see what’s new, what’s going on and what’s great for an upcoming project you might have,” said Jason Cameron, Home Improvement Expert, TV host and licensed contractor
  Celebrity home improvement expert and TV host Jason Cameron is one of several speakers sharing home improvement advice at the Buffalo Home Show.
  “A lot of things that people need to start thinking about. The cleaning process, what to do in
  
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• Police release frantic 911 calls from Florida school shooting

  09-03-2018 18:16 via wivb.com
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — New audio recordings and an updated timeline from the Florida school shooting give a clearer picture of how the Valentine’s Day attack unfolded. Fourteen students and three adults were killed in the massacre, and 16 others were wounded.
  The first cries of help from inside had to be whispered.
  “911, what is your emergency?” a dispatcher asked.
  “Someone is shooting up Marjory Stoneman Douglas,” a caller told the dispatcher
  
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• A Georgia sheriff’s deputy had his ex-wife arrested because he didn’t like what she wrote about him on Facebook

  09-03-2018 18:10 via wivb.com
  (CNN)Petty Facebook drama can be uncomfortable and a little tacky but generally speaking, no one’s really worried about going to jail over it.That is, until Anne King and a friend found themselves behind bars for a few hours in 2015 after bad-mouthing King’s ex-husband, a sheriff’s deputy in Washington County, Georgia, on Facebook. Now King is suing her ex and his colleague for violating her constitutional rights.The whole thing began in January 2015, when Anne King posted a s
  
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• After impasse, jury resumes work at trial of ex-Cuomo aide

  09-03-2018 17:49 via wivb.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — The jury in the bribery trial of a former top aide to Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has deliberated a fifth day without signs of discord revealed earlier in the week.
  Jurors at Joseph Percoco’s trial asked for transcripts of testimony but otherwise worked quietly for nearly four hours Thursday.
  Short workdays led Manhattan federal Judge Valerie Caproni to say Tuesday that four days of deliberations had really amounted to only two days.
  She made the observation
  
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• Teen charged with making terroristic threat

  09-03-2018 17:17 via wivb.com
  FRANKLINVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) — A 16-year-old has been charged with making a terroristic threat.
  The Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Office says the teenager was in a Facebook chat room telling others about how and where to buy items used by a school shooter.
  According to authorities, the teen’s actions caused alarm and concern from multiple school districts in the county.
  Officials ensured that there were no immediate threats to the schools.
  The teen was taken into custody on $
  
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• Bus carrying riders with special needs crashes in Orchard Park

  09-03-2018 16:53 via wivb.com
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — A bus hit a tree in Orchard Park on Friday morning.
  Officials say the bus driver lost control on California Rd. before crossing the yellow line and hitting the tree on the other side of the slippery road.
  The driver and their aide were hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries.
  Eight riders with special needs were on board, but they were not injured. They were taken to another bus.
  
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• Babies may benefit from looking like dad, study says

  09-03-2018 15:58 via wivb.com
  (CBS) – Looking like a “chip off the old block” may help improve the health of infants being raised by single mothers, a new study suggests.
  Why? Because the fathers are more likely to spend time with the babies, the researchers said.
  The study included 715 single mothers and their babies. Infants who looked like their father at birth were healthier when they were 1 year old. The fathers of those babies spent an average of 2.5 more days per month with t
  
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• VIDEO: Sesame Street comes to Wake Up!

  09-03-2018 15:07 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Some of your favorite characters are in town for Sesame Street Live at UB.
  Hosts Juanita Olivo and Austin Champion came to Wake Up! on Friday morning.
  Watch a sneak preview of the performances in the video above!
  MORE | Find show times and ticket information here.
   
  
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• Increased security presence at Lockport school on Friday

  09-03-2018 14:23 via wivb.com
  LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Lockport City School District received an anonymous report of an “unsubstantiated concern” related to North Park Junior High School on Thursday afternoon.
  An increased security presence was at the school on Friday morning, just as a precautionary measure.
  “We are asking all parents to be extra vigilant with regard to their children’s social media accounts, behavior, and any concerns children may bring forward,” the school distr
  
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• After downstate coyote attacks, DEC warns public

  09-03-2018 13:55 via wivb.com
  NEW YORK (WROC) – After attacks downstate, the DEC has issued its annual guidance to avoid conflicts with coyotes.
  Monday, authorities told CBS New York that a coyote, responsible for biting eight people, a dog and some sheep, tested positive for rabies.
  The rabid animal was killed when it bit a police officer who in turn shot the coyote.
  In a reminder, DEC officials asked residents to avoid the animals.
  The agency writes, “With the onset of warmer weather, many of New York’s r
  
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• Thousands of cheerleaders may have been exposed to mumps

  09-03-2018 13:50 via wivb.com
  DALLAS (CBS) — Health officials are warning that thousands of cheerleaders who attended a national competition in Texas last month may have been exposed to the mumps.  According to a letter issued by the Texas Department of State Health Services, someone with the illness attended the National Cheerleaders Association (NCA) All-Star National Championship in Dallas and may have put anyone who competed or was there from Feb. 23 to 25 at risk.
  More than 23,000 cheerleaders and 2,600
  
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• Dierks Bentley coming to Darien Lake in August

  09-03-2018 13:39 via wivb.com
  DARIEN, N.Y. (WIVB) — Country star Dierks Bentley is coming back to western New York.
  The musician will perform at Darien Lake on August 4 as part of the Mountain High Tour.
  The summer concert will also feature Brothers Osborne and Lanco.
  Tickets go on sale March 16 at 10 a.m. Those interested in buying tickets can get them by going to LiveNation.com or calling Ticketmaster at (800) 745-3000.
  Prices have not been announced.
  Every paid concert ticket gets the buyer into Darien Lake Theme Pa
  
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• Charges pending after vehicle rolls over on Niagara Falls Blvd. near I-190

  09-03-2018 13:17 via wivb.com
  (Images courtesy of The Action)
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — A rollover crash occurred on Niagara Falls Blvd. near I-190 in Niagara Falls Thursday night.
  Niagara Falls police say a 63-year-old Grand Island man was driving a car west on Niagara Falls Blvd. when he tried to turn left onto the I-190 SB ramp.
  As he was doing this, police say his vehicle collided with an eastbound SUV being driven by a 41-year-old Niagara Falls man.
  The SUV rolled over, struck fencing, a street sign and a concr
  
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• Niagara County Jail offering treatment for opioid-addicted inmates

  09-03-2018 12:51 via wivb.com
  LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Niagara County Sheriff’s Office is trying something new to help inmates battling opioid addiction.
  Inmates will be given access to treatment behind bars.
  The program kicked off a couple months ago with the help of a federal grant. It will offer addicted inmates a chance to work on their sobriety through group and one-on-one therapy.
  Experts say programs like this can help increase success after they’re released from jail.
  Niagara County Director
  
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• Sabres top Sens 4-3 in shootout

  09-03-2018 06:01 via wivb.com
   
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Jacob Josefson scored the game-winner in a shootout to lead the Sabres to a 4-3 win over Ottawa. It was a nice bounce back win following Wednesday’s ugly 5-1 loss at home to Calgary.
  The Sabres trailed 3-2 early in the 3rd period but Ryan O’Reilly fed Scott Wilson in front of the net to even the score at 3-3. The Senators had several chances to retake the lead but goalie Robin Lehner was up to the task. Marco Scandella and Sam Reinhart also had goals for
  
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• Common Council creates new advisory group to help with community policing

  09-03-2018 05:28 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y (WIVB) — The Buffalo Common Council hopes to build better relationships between communities and their police department with the help of people living in those neighborhoods. A new group intends to bridge the gap between the council’s police oversight committee and the public.
  “My goal is to make a difference,” said Willie Smith.
  21-year-old Willie Smith is determined to help bridge the gap between his east side neighborhood and Buffalo police.
  “They do
  
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• ECC ‘in danger of losing its accreditation,’ president says to staff

  09-03-2018 05:18 via wivb.com
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) — Erie Community College is in jeopardy of losing its accreditation because or poor academic standards on assessment, a graduation rate that’s among the worst in the state and weak finances.
  That’s according to a letter sent Wednesday by ECC President Dr. Dan Hocoy to all college staff, imploring them to do better.
  In November, ECC was placed on “warning” status following an assessment in June that showed it failed to comply with standards of ac
  
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• Woman killed after being dragged under car in North Tonawanda

  09-03-2018 04:21 via wivb.com
  NORTH TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — North Tonawanda Police are investigating a fatal accident Thursday night where a 48-year-old woman was killed after being run over with her vehicle, which her ten-year-old daughter was attempting to help her get unstuck from snow and mud.
  According to North Tonawanda Police, the accident occurred in the alley between 14th and 15th Avenue around 6:38 p.m.
  When officers arrived, the 48-year-old woman was underneath the car and couldn’t be moved.
  A tow tru
  
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• Woman dragged underneath car and killed in North Tonawanda

  09-03-2018 04:21 via wivb.com
  North Tonawanda Police are investigating a fatal accident where a 48-year-old woman was killed when her 10-year-old daughter ran over her with her car Thursday night.
  Investigators say the accident happened in an alley between 14th and 15th Avenue.
  The mother stood outside the car and told her daughter to get in the driver’s seat. Police believe the girl hit the gas too hard, causing her mother to be dragged underneath and killed.
  Police are withholding the name of the victim at this time.
  
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• Charges: Rejected man urinated in co-worker’s water bottle

  09-03-2018 02:43 via wivb.com
  VADNAIS HEIGHTS, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota restaurant worker is accused of urinating in a co-worker’s water bottle after the woman rejected his advances.
  Prosecutors charged 47-year-old Conrrado Cruz Perez of Minneapolis with adulterating a substance with bodily fluids.
  The St. Paul Pioneer Press reports deputies were called to the restaurant in Vadnais Heights in October after an employee reported a baker was harassing her.
  According to the complaint, the woman noticed seve
  
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• Poloncarz pitches school consolidation to save on taxes

  09-03-2018 02:31 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – In his annual State of the County address, Thursday, Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz emphasized the progress the county has been making during his administration, including leading the way in the opioid crisis, and holding up the county’s end of the Paris Climate accords.
  But in talking about taxes, at the Buffalo Museum of Science, Poloncarz pointed out the largest property tax bill for most New Yorkers doesn’t come from the county, their town or ci
  
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• 80 percent of mass shooters showed no interest in video games, researcher says

  09-03-2018 02:12 via wivb.com
  NEW YORK (CBS) — President Trump met with video game industry representatives Thursday, after saying last month violent video games may play a role in mass shootings. The president met with parents like Melissa Henson.
  “The kind of messages and images that they are putting in their minds, I think they’re nightly dress rehearsals for huge acts of violence,” she said.
  But psychologist Patrick Markey’s research shows 80 percent of mass shooters did not s
  
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• South Korean official says President Trump has agreed to meet with Kim Jong un

  09-03-2018 01:27 via wivb.com
  WASHINGTON (CBS)- In a shock announcement Thursday night, South Korea’s national security adviser Chung Eui-yong said President Trump has agreed to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and the North is “committed” to denuclearization. The meeting is intended to take place by May.
  Chung said Kim “expressed his eagerness to meet President Trump as soon as possible,” Chung said. “President Trump appreciated the briefing and said he would meet Kim
  
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• Nate Oats signs 5-year extension

  09-03-2018 01:04 via wivb.com
   
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- It was a very productive day for UB men’s basketball. It started with a MAC tournament win over Central Michigan and followed with a contract extension of head coach Nate Oats. The contract runs through the 2023 season.
  “I wanted to stay here,” Oats said, “we have a great group of guys and we’re going to be really good for years. Thanks to the administration for getting this done and putting an emphasis on our program. I want to kee
  
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• Three students charged with making terroristic threats toward North Tonawanda High School

  09-03-2018 00:33 via wivb.com
  (WIVB) – Authorities are investigating threats made at two schools in Niagara County.
  One was at Lockport High School, the other at North Tonawanda High School.
  Three students in North Tonawanda are facing charges. According to North Tonawanda Police, the students, aged 14, 15, and 16, discussed plans of how they would carry out a school shooting, and what their specific roles would be.
  “One of the individuals would pull the fire alarm, that individual would then walk out with the st
  
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• State lawmaker expresses ‘disappointment’ after planned water park project dries up

  09-03-2018 00:16 via wivb.com
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y.  (WIVB) – A state lawmaker from Niagara County is expressing “disappointment” after learning that a proposed $20 million indoor water park project in Niagara Falls has dried up.
  State Senator Robert Ortt, R-North Tonawanda, says there was already around $8 million in public incentives on the table for the project
  “It’s certainly disappointing that project won’t happen, especially with the amount of commitment that had occurred,”
  
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