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• Allentown neighborhood launches snow-clearing program

  27-12-2024 23:26 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Residents and businesses in Buffalo's Allentown neighborhood are launching a new effort to clear sidewalks when it snows.There is not much snow currently in Allentown, but when snow arrives the Allentown Association said that it's a safety issue with businesses and residents not shoveling their sidewalks.This is why the Allentown Association is launching the Allentown snow clearing pilot. Residents can sign up and volunteer to shovel or snow blow to clear sidewalks in All
  
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• Pharaoh's owner Peter Gerace Jr. found guilty on 8 of 9 charges in trafficking case

  27-12-2024 22:19 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Peter Gerace Jr., the owner of Pharaoh's Gentlemen's Club, was found guilty on eight of the nine counts against him Friday following a high-profile trial that lasted nearly two months.The most serious charges against Gerace included conspiracies to commit sex and drug trafficking, and maintaining a drug-involved business at his club. The count he was found not guilty on related to witness tapering.Prosecutors painted the Cheektowaga strip club owner as a “sexua
  
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• Pharaoh's Gentlemen's Club owner keeps defense team on taxpayers' dime

  27-12-2024 20:47 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Peter Gerace, the indicted owner of Pharaoh's Gentlemen's Club, owned a 3,600-square-foot house in Clarence decked out with marble counters, a gym, full basement and bar, walls full of signed sports memorabilia, and a salt-water pool with a 10-person hot tub.Today, he's almost penniless.
  Gerace, who is charged with conspiracies to committ sex and drug trafficking and seven other crimes, told the judge Thursday that he can no longer pay his attorneys.
  He sold his hous
  
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• Buffalo man arrested for smashing Clinton Street windows on Christmas, two other days

  27-12-2024 20:04 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A man who has been accused of smashing windows at multiple Clinton Street storefronts and causing thousands of dollars in damages was arrested Thursday, according to the Buffalo Police Department.Leroy Scott, 40, of Buffalo was charged with one count of criminal mischief in the second degree, a class D felony, and one count of the same charge in the third degree, a class E felony. BPD said more charges are expected.The first window Scott allegedly smashed in connection wi
  
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• New York Attorney General releases video of Marcy Correctional inmate beating

  27-12-2024 19:24 via wivb.com
  
  Editor's Note: The following videos may contain violent or disturbing imagery. Viewers are urged to take caution. You can watch them here.ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) - The New York Attorney General's Office released videos from inside the Marcy Correctional Facility that show an inmate being beaten by staff while restrained. He later died.Robert Brooks, 43, of Greece, was sentenced to serve 12 years in prison for an assault in Monroe County. He was admitted to Marcy in 2017.
  Attorney General Letitia
  
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• Ice at Canalside open with extended holiday hours

  27-12-2024 18:19 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Families who are looking for something fun to finish the rest of the holiday break with are encouraged to head to the Ice at Canalside."It really brings together the Buffalo community, it's fun to see people laughing, talking, hanging out and just enjoying what I also love to do as well," said Brigid Burns the marketing and promotion coordinator at the Buffalo Waterfront. "I definitely encourage families to come out and enjoy the ice at Canalside."On top of ice skating, t
  
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• MVP would mean a lot to all the Bills, not just Josh Allen

  27-12-2024 12:52 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WROC) — Josh Allen is still the favorite to win league MVP, but Lamar Jackson has been closing the gap lately. Allen says if he wins, it will be a team award. So, on Thursday, Allen's teammates were asked what it would mean to them if their quarterback won the league's utmost regular season honor.For one position group, the answer is that it would mean a whole lot."We've seen him as [the MVP] for a long time now, but I think it would mean a lot to the guys in
  
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• Allen: MVP would mean a lot to all the Bills, not just him

  27-12-2024 12:52 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WROC) — Josh Allen is still the favorite to win league MVP, but Lamar Jackson has been closing the gap lately. Allen says if he wins, it will be a team award. So, on Thursday, Allen's teammates were asked what it would mean to them if their quarterback won the league's utmost regular season honor.For one position group, the answer is that it would mean a whole lot."We've seen him as [the MVP] for a long time now, but I think it would mean a lot to the guys in
  
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• Buffalo man arrested after alleged stabbing

  27-12-2024 00:51 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A 32-year-old Buffalo man was arrested on Wednesday after an alleged stabbing.Around 7:30 p.m., officers responded to a call on Sattler Avenue. A 34-year-old male victim suffered multiple stab wounds to the leg, officials said. The alleged victim told police that the incident occurred following a verbal argument, and that he was stabbed multiple times in front of children.Officials apprehended the suspect near the intersection of Walden Avenue and Wex Avenue.Jarrett has b
  
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