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• Buffalo man admits to strangling woman, robbing elderly victim

  08-05-2024 18:15 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Buffalo man has pleaded guilty to all 13 counts against him following two April 2022 incidents in which he robbed an elderly woman and strangled another female victim, the Erie County District Attorney's Office announced Wednesday.
  Officials said on April 1, 2022, 34-year-old Michael T. Sawyer punched, slapped, and strangled a female victim inside a Buffalo home during an argument. She became unconscious and suffered a concussion. Sawyer stole her phone and her keys and
  
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• Buffalo man found guilty of murder

  31-05-2024 00:20 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Buffalo man was found guilty of second-degree murder and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon Wednesday, the Erie County District Attorney's Office announced.Around 11:40 p.m. on June 18, 2022, 39-year-old Jonathan Whitsett intentionally shot the victim, 36-year-old William Cobb III, with an illegal gun inside of the defendant's vehicle, which was parked near Manhattan Avenue in the City of Buffalo.
  Officials said Cobb was transported in a private vehicle to EC
  
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• Buffalo man admits to distribution of fentanyl in connection to overdose

  30-05-2024 22:29 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Buffalo man pleaded guilty to distribution of cocaine, fentanyl, and para-fluorofentanyl in connection to a 2022 overdose, the U.S. District Attorney's Office announced.On April 18, 2022, 33-year-old Darryl Sweat sold cocaine to a regular customer identified as V.O. Two days later, law enforcement officers and emergency personnel found V.O. dead in their residence.
  An autopsy determined that the cause of death was mixed drug intoxication, including cocaine, fentanyl, pa
  
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• Williamsville man sentenced to 10 years for shooting woman, firing rifle inside Buffalo clinic

  30-05-2024 22:19 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Williamsville man was sentenced to prison time Thursday morning for shooting someone and recklessly firing a rifle inside a clinic on Buffalo's West Side on Nov. 10, 2022, the Erie County District Attorney's Office said.Jeremy A. Griffin, 49, was sentenced to 10 years in prison followed by four years of post-release supervision.Photo: Erie County District Attorney's OfficeGriffin intentionally shot a female victim with a rifle inside of her apartment building on the 100
  
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• Fire on Transit Road causes $100,000 in damage

  30-05-2024 21:45 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A fire on Transit Road in Swormville Thursday afternoon caused an estimated $100,000 in damage to a barn, according to the Amherst Central Fire Alarm Office.Just before 12:30 p.m. on May 30, a fire was reported at a barn on 6995 Transit Road that housed multiple businesses. The Swormville fire chief arrived and reported heavy smoke coming from the building.
  The fire was found in an area of the building that was being renovated. It took approximately 45 minutes to bring un
  
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• Fired city official suspected of forging documents

  30-05-2024 21:17 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- News 4 is learning new information about why a city official in Lackawanna was abruptly fired from her post.The city's former assessor, Debbie Skulski-Wakelam is suspected of forging documentation related to her job.After the former assessor in Lackawanna was fired from her job earlier this month, News 4 filed a public records request for disciplinary documents and we've received a police report in connection to the investigation.According to the report, three weeks ago,
  
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• Fitness on the Rink at Keybank Center supports Greater Buffalo Adaptive Sports

  30-05-2024 19:50 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Tonight, the rink that local star athletes play on will be the spot for community members to get together for some exercise.
  "We are so excited to bring this program to our community," said Gina Martin, Community Affairs Specialist for Highmark Stadium. "This new event is just a unique opportunity for us to bring the community together here at the Keybank to get fit and have fun where their home team plays."Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield started "Fitness on the Field" fo
  
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• Crash closes part of Porter Road for much of Thursday

  30-05-2024 19:31 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A pickup truck driver crashed into a pole in the Town of Niagara after falling asleep at the wheel Thursday morning, authorities told News 4.It happened around 5:30 a.m. on Porter Road, causing wires to fall on the road. As a result, Porter has been shut down for most of the day between Recovery Road and Young Street."There's power really close to the vehicle," Town of Niagara Police Chief Craig Giuliani said. "Thankfully, it was not touching the vehicle when he exited."T
  
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• Nearly $2M announced to make space for development at former Bethlehem Steel site

  30-05-2024 18:37 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Several local leaders came together Thursday morning in Lackawanna to announce more funding to move the railroad facilities on the former site of Bethlehem Steel.The existing South Buffalo railyard facilities are currently at Renaissance Commerce Park along Route 5, on the site of the former steel company. The goal is to move them further back on the property in order to facilitate redevelopment opportunities.During the morning, Congressman Tim Kennedy announced an additi
  
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• Section VI softball champions: Lancaster, Clarence, Iroquois, Fredonia, Wilson, Westfield, Ellicottville

  30-05-2024 18:29 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Lancaster, Clarence, Iroquois, Fredonia, Wilson, Westfield and Ellicottville all claimed Section VI softball titles in recent days.All six teams advance to the Far West Regionals in the NYSPHSAA tournament, which are scheduled for Friday and Saturday at Webster Schroeder High School near Rochester.Lancaster defeated Orchard Park 6-2 on Wednesday to claim the Class AAA title. The Legends will take on Fairport in their regional matchup at 5:30 p.m. Saturday.Clarence narrowl
  
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• Section VI girls lacrosse champs: Lancaster, Clarence, Lake Shore/Silver Creek, Gowanda

  30-05-2024 16:54 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Lancaster, Clarence, Lake Shore/Silver Creek and Gowanda all claimed sectional titles in girls lacrosse over the past two days.All four teams advance to the Far West Regionals in the NYSPHSAA tournament, with each of those games taking place Saturday at Finger Lakes Community College.Lancaster took home the Class A crown with a 14-8 win over Orchard Park on Wednesday, led by four goals from Ella Forcucci and a Maya Griffin hat trick. The Legends will face Section V champi
  
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• Buffalo police track down gun suspect with help of helicopter

  30-05-2024 16:14 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Buffalo police said they tracked down a fleeing suspect with help from the Erie County Sheriff's Office helicopter, Air 1.This past Friday night, Ferry-Fillmore district officers said they received a call about a man with a gun. Air 1, which was already operating, found the person in question while they were fleeing on foot, police said.The suspect, identified as 23-year-old Buffalo man Brandon Hinton, was apprehended at the corner of Genesee and Doat. Additionally, polic
  
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• 2 stabbed in Dunkirk, victims and suspect hospitalized

  30-05-2024 15:47 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Police said they have a suspect after two people were stabbed in Dunkirk early Thursday morning.Officers responded around 3:30 a.m. to an apartment on Lake Shore Drive West for a report of a stabbing. Police said the suspect was located inside.The suspect, along with the two stabbing victims, were all hospitalized for non-life-threatening injuries.Police are waiting to release more information on possible charges until after the suspect is released from the hospital.Lates
  
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• Body found on Elmwood near Grote

  30-05-2024 13:36 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Officials are looking into the cause of death of a man whose body was found on Elmwood Avenue Wednesday afternoon.Buffalo police responded to the scene near Grote Street and the Pierce Arrow Lofts just after 1 p.m. As a result, Elmwood was closed for several hours.The Erie County Medical Examiner's Office will perform an autopsy on the man's body.Latest Local News Body found on Elmwood near Grote Officials, neighbors respond to slew of car accidents in recent weeks Jamest
  
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• Officials, neighbors respond to slew of car accidents in recent weeks

  30-05-2024 04:30 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Within the past few weeks, News 4 has reported on over six separate vehicle accidents that involved serious injuries and pedestrians being hit.It’s a trend that experts say is common during these summer months, but can easily be avoided.“Everyone needs to share this responsibility to keep everyone safe," AAA Director of Public Relations in WNY Elizabeth Carey said. "It's so important. These are tragedies. No one wants to see this happen."In the last 24 ho
  
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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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