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• Jamestown man admits to drug possession, hid fentanyl under infant

  29-05-2024 23:36 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Jamestown man pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl and being a felon in possession of firearms, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced Wednesday.
  Officials say that on October 12, 2023, 68 grams of fentanyl were found concealed under 41-year-old Samuel Arrington III's infant child. New York State Parole Officers also found 105 grams of cocaine, two firearms, ammunition, five cell phones, drug paraphernalia and $2,301 in cash
  
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• 'It's Josh Allen's offense': Bills OC Joe Brady puts trust in QB amid offseason changes

  29-05-2024 23:30 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Bills offensive coordinator Joe Brady has no intention of making big changes after having the interim tag removed from his title during an offseason that featured a departure of some of Buffalo’s top playmakers.For all the subtractions — Stefon Diggs being traded to Houston, No. 2 receiver Gabe Davis and starting center Mitch Morse signing with Jacksonville — Brady takes comfort in having one major fixture in place: quarterback Josh Allen fo
  
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• Buffalo man charged with rape, sexual conduct against a child

  29-05-2024 22:20 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- An arrest was made Sunday in connection to the rape and sexual abuse of a child, Buffalo police announced.
  Antonio Vives, 19, was apprehended after a 911 call notified South district officers of sexual abuse. Police say multiple instances of the abuse occurred on Bloomfield Avenue and that the child was known to the suspect.
  Vives was charged with the following:
  first-degree rapefirst-degree sexual conduct against a childfirst-degree criminal sexual actfirst-degree sex ab
  
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• Buffalo man sentenced to 12 years in prison for fatal shooting

  29-05-2024 22:07 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Buffalo man was sentenced to 12 years in prison Wednesday for fatally shooting a woman just over a year ago, the Erie County District Attorney's Office announced.Officials said 22-year-old Jamin Haygood fatally shot 51-year-old Jacquette Holley with an illegal shotgun on the night of May 27, 2023 inside a Delaware Avenue apartment building. Holley died at the scene.Haygood pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree manslaughter in March. He was also sentenced as a seco
  
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• Amid foul odor, city lawmaker requests review of Geiter Done contracts

  29-05-2024 21:52 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFLAO, N.Y. (WIVB) - Complaints to Call 4 Action have been mounting for months from residents about a foul odor in a large part of Buffalo's Lovejoy neighborhood. Now, a city lawmaker is looking for city agencies to review their agreements with the company emitting the odor.Call 4 Action began reporting on these odor complaints last summer. Residents tell us the odor from Geiter Done of Western New York has returned in recent weeks.Council Member Bryan Bollman has filed a resolution requesting
  
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• Amherst police see dozens of thefts from unlocked vehicles in recent weeks

  29-05-2024 20:45 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Amherst police are reminding people to lock their vehicles after seeing a high number of thefts in recent weeks.The following is a sample of the number of reported larcenies from vehicles in the last four months:
  Feb. 4-10: 7Feb. 11-17: 6March 17-23: 15April 7-13: 22April 21-27: 24May 19-25: 17
  On Wednesday morning, Amherst police said that in the last two weeks, they've responded to 46 reports of larcenies from vehicles. Each one was unlocked, they said."Criminals are be
  
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• Sheridan reopens after morning crash injures at least one

  29-05-2024 20:14 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- News 4 is working to learn more about a crash that seriously injured at least one person in Amherst Wednesday morning.Around 10 a.m., Amherst police advised drivers to stay away from the area of Sheridan Drive near The Village Green. The road was closed down between there and Troy Del Way.Shortly before 1:30 p.m., police shared an update, saying Sheridan had reopened.News 4 will provide more information on the crash when it becomes available.Latest Local News Sheridan reo
  
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• One in critical condition, one injured after four-vehicle crash on Sheridan Drive

  29-05-2024 20:14 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A four-vehicle crash occurred in Amherst Wednesday morning that left one person in critical condition and one person injured, the Amherst Police Department announced.Around 10 a.m., Amherst police advised drivers to stay away from the area of Sheridan Drive near The Village Green. The road was closed down between there and Troy Del Way.A Jeep Compass was driving westbound on Sheridan Drive and moved into the eastbound traffic lanes prior to the crash, authorities said. Th
  
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• 1 in critical condition, another injured after 4-vehicle crash on Sheridan Drive

  29-05-2024 20:14 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A four-vehicle crash occurred in Amherst Wednesday morning that left one person in critical condition and one person injured, the Amherst Police Department announced.Around 10 a.m., Amherst police advised drivers to stay away from the area of Sheridan Drive near The Village Green. The road was closed down between there and Troy Del Way.A Jeep Compass was driving westbound on Sheridan Drive and moved into the eastbound traffic lanes prior to the crash, authorities said. Th
  
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• AAUW kicks off annual book sale

  29-05-2024 19:23 via wivb.com
  
  WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) — Book collectors and enthusiasts were on the same page this morning, as many waited outside the annual American Association of University Women's book sale, ready to start their search.From signed books, children's books from the past and present, or maybe even a cookbook with recipes from both Don Postles and Jacquie Walker themselves, you never know what you're bound to pick up. The sale holds more than 200,000 donated books on their shelves, CDs, and this yea
  
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• Charges against world's top golfer Scottie Scheffler dropped after arrest outside PGA Championship

  29-05-2024 19:10 via wivb.com
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Criminal charges against Scottie Scheffler have been dismissed, ending a legal saga that began with images of the world’s top male golfer being arrested and handcuffed in Louisville during the PGA Championship.Jefferson County Attorney Mike O’Connell, a local prosecutor, asked a judge Wednesday afternoon to drop the four charges against Scheffle, who was not required to be in the courtroom Wednesday. Masters champ Scottie Scheffler arrested ahead of PGA C
  
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• Gov. Hochul announces completion of affordable housing development on Buffalo's East Side

  29-05-2024 19:04 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Wednesday the completion of the $19 million Olympic Avenue Apartments for low-income households.The apartments are affordable for those earning 60% or less of the area median income.
  Located in East Buffalo's former Public School 78, the once-vacant building now contains 46apartments. Forty-three apartments have one bedroom and three have two bedrooms. Eight units overall are specifically intended for disabled individuals who will have access t
  
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• Nicki Minaj to perform in September at KeyBank Center

  29-05-2024 18:25 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The second leg of Nicki Minaj's "Pink Friday 2 World Tour" includes a stop at Buffalo's KeyBank Center on Sept. 12.Minaj shared a list of tour dates on social media Wednesday afternoon, with dates spanning from Sept. 4 through Oct. 11.
  The pre-sale for tickets begins Thursday, with the regular sale starting Friday. More information on dates and tickets can be found here.Latest Local News Nicki Minaj to perform in September at KeyBank Center Retired Buffalo police K9 that
  
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• Retired Buffalo police K9 that served alongside late Lt. Craig Lehner dies

  29-05-2024 18:11 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Shield, the Buffalo police K9 that served alongside the late Lt. Craig Lehner and later retired in 2022 after six years of service, has died, the Buffalo Police Department announced. He was 11 years old."Shield was a tremendous K9 for the Buffalo Police Department and the City of Buffalo," Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia said in a release. "I had an opportunity to be around Shield at calls and he was well-known department-wide as one of the best. ... We are g
  
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• Retired Buffalo police K-9 that served alongside late Lt. Craig Lehner dies

  29-05-2024 18:11 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Shield, the Buffalo police K-9 that served alongside the late Lt. Craig Lehner and later retired in 2022 after six years of service, has died, the Buffalo Police Department announced. He was 11 years old."Shield was a tremendous K9 for the Buffalo Police Department and the City of Buffalo," Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia said in a release. "I had an opportunity to be around Shield at calls and he was well-known department-wide as one of the best. ... We are
  
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• 3 WNY school districts getting funding for electric buses

  29-05-2024 17:55 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Three local school districts, including Buffalo, are each getting a cut of nearly $13 million to buy electric buses.Sen. Chuck Schumer's office announced the federal funding on Wednesday. It comes from the second round of the EPA's Clean School Bus Program in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act. The law included $5 billion for replacing school buses over five years."As the wheels of the school bus go round and round, carbon emissions and pollution are
  
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• Buffalo PD officer hospitalized after hit-and-run

  29-05-2024 17:40 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Buffalo police officer was briefly hospitalized following a hit-and-run on Tuesday night, according to police.Police said an officer responded to a call in the area of Michigan Avenue and Edna Place just before 10 pm. While at the scene, the officer was sideswiped by a vehicle that was not related to the original call. The vehicle fled the scene.The officer was transported to ECMC by ambulance, where he was treated and released.The incident is still under investiga
  
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• WATCH LIVE: Jury finds Trump guilty on all counts in hush-money case

  29-05-2024 17:32 via wivb.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) — Donald Trump became the first former president to be convicted of felony crimes Thursday as a New York jury found him guilty of falsifying business records in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through hush money payments to a porn actor who said the two had sex.The verdict is a stunning legal reckoning for Trump and exposes him to potential prison time in the city where his manipulations of the tabloid press helped catapult him from a real estate tycoo
  
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• WATCH LIVE: Jury finds Trump guilty; first U.S. president convicted of felony crimes

  29-05-2024 17:32 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump became the first former president to be convicted of felony crimes Thursday as a New York jury found him guilty of falsifying business records in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through hush money payments to a porn actor who said the two had sex.The verdict is a stunning legal reckoning for Trump and exposes him to potential prison time in the city where his manipulations of the tabloid press helped catapult him from a real estate t
  
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• Jury finds Trump guilty on all counts in hush money case

  29-05-2024 17:32 via wivb.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) — Donald Trump became the first former president to be convicted of felony crimes Thursday as a New York jury found him guilty of falsifying business records in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through hush money payments to a porn actor who said the two had sex.The verdict is a stunning legal reckoning for Trump and exposes him to potential prison time in the city where his manipulations of the tabloid press helped catapult him from a real estate tycoo
  
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• Aunt of 6-year-old girl killed by van in Town of Tonawanda remembers her niece as beautiful, joyful

  29-05-2024 17:18 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The aunt of 6-year-old Carmella Lopez tells us her niece was playing with her neighborhood friends Monday evening. That's when she says Lopez suddenly darted into the street and was tragically hit by a van.
  "I did everything I could to be the best aunt to her," said Serena Calato. "And to protect her from everything I could."Calato said her niece was a beautiful, joyful and spunky light in the lives of so many.A kindergartner at Hoover Elementary, Carmella loved
  
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• Aunt of 6-year-old girl killed by van in Town of Tonawanda remembers her niece

  29-05-2024 17:18 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The aunt of 6-year-old Carmella Lopez tells us her niece was playing with her neighborhood friends Monday evening. That's when she says Lopez suddenly darted into the street and was tragically hit by a van.
  "I did everything I could to be the best aunt to her," said Serena Calato. "And to protect her from everything I could."Serena Calato says her niece was a beautiful, joyful and spunky light in the lives of so many.A kindergartner at Hoover Elementary, Carmell
  
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• Missing Lockport woman described as "vulnerable" by police

  29-05-2024 16:12 via wivb.com
  
  LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Police in Lockport are looking for help finding a missing woman who's described as "vulnerable."Sara Morningstar, 29, was last seen this past Friday around 1:30 p.m. walking east on East Avenue.
  She is 5'5", 155 lbs. and has tattoos on her left hand and both arms. Police described them as a "Frankenstein," "Skellington cat," "Dracula," "sandworm" and a "purple bird sitting on [a] pumpkin cat skull."Anyone with information on Sara's whereabouts is asked to call any of the
  
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• Buffalo police searching for missing 15-year-old girl

  29-05-2024 14:00 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Buffalo police are looking for help finding a missing teenager last seen on the city's east side.Jayden Kidd, 15, is 5'3" and 160 pounds. She has black hair in braids and brown eyes. It's not clear what she was last seen wearing, but police said she was last seen on Miller Avenue, between Sycamore and Empire streets.Anyone with information on Jayden Kidd's whereabouts is asked to call 911.Latest Local News Buffalo police searching for missing 15-year-old girl Woman accuse
  
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• Woman accused of unlawfully imprisoning man; assault

  29-05-2024 13:32 via wivb.com
  
  JAMESTOWN, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Jamestown woman has been accused of assault and unlawful imprisonment, among other charges, following an alleged domestic dispute on the city's east side.Late Tuesday night, Jamestown police responded to the scene, where they said Heather Bradford, 35, was seen striking a man's head."After further investigation, it was determined that Heather restrained the male by his hair preventing him from leaving, struck the victim in the head causing a physical injury and kicked
  
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• Two women from local spa arrested, charged with prostitution, promoting prostitution

  29-05-2024 04:23 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The operations of two local spas are under investigation after authorities said they broke up an alleged prostitution ring during raids on Tuesday.
  Authorities are also investigating whether the massage parlors are fronts for human trafficking.Cheektowaga police said they raided Little Foot Spa on Union Road early Tuesday where they said they found four women.Authorities said the business was being used as an illegal massage parlor, where cash was allegedly traded fo
  
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• Two local spas under investigation, accused of prostitution

  29-05-2024 04:23 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The operations of two local spas are under investigation after authorities said they broke up an alleged prostitution ring during raids on Tuesday.
  Authorities are also investigating whether the massage parlors are fronts for human trafficking.Cheektowaga police said they raided Little Foot Spa on Union Road early Tuesday where they said they found four women.Authorities said the business was being used as an illegal massage parlor, where cash was allegedly traded fo
  
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• Batavia man accused of reckless endangerment after alleged gunfire exchange with deputy

  29-05-2024 03:55 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- An 81-year-old Batavia man was charged with first-degree reckless endangerment and menacing a police officer after allegedly shooting at a Genesee County Sheriff's Deputy in Batavia early Tuesday morning, authorities said.Around 3:51 a.m., dispatch received a call regarding an alleged burglary at Gregory Poole's residence on Lewiston Road. According to the sheriff's office, the deputy approached the home and confronted Poole outside of it.Authorities said the deputy ident
  
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• North Buffalo bar reopens following cease and desist notice from the city

  29-05-2024 00:18 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO N.Y. (WIVB) - A North Buffalo bar that was shut down after a patron was shot and killed outside the business has reopened.
  Del Denby Tavern is back open after being issued a cease and desist notice while under investigation for a shooting that happened on May 7 near the bar.
  The attorney for Del's, Roland Cercone, said the shooting is tragic and that it unfortunately could have happened anywhere.
  "There's other shootings in other areas, even on Hertel," Cercone said. "We're concerned wit
  
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