criminal law

SALAMANCA — Khristopher M. Ellis, 32, of Salamanca, was charged at 7 p.m. Thursday with fifth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance wit...

ALBANY (TNS) — Survivors of violent crimes stood side-by-side with former inmates at the Capitol to push again for an overhaul of the state’s parole s...

NEW YORK — A man who went on a deadly rampage with a U-Haul truck Monday in New York City was suffering from an apparent mental health crisis and said...

NIAGARA FALLS (TNS) — A State Supreme Court justice has now scheduled a conference for early March to determine what will be the contents of a judicia...

NEW YORK (TNS) — There has been a four-fold increase in smoke shop robberies in New York City between the first and second years of recreational weed ...

NEW YORK — A man driving a U-Haul truck swerved onto sidewalks and plowed into scooter riders in New York City on Monday, injuring multiple people bef...

From my perspective — speaking only for myself, and not as a member of my race, gender or ethnic origin — Washington Post columnist Karen Attiah had i...

Sanctuary cities are easy to declare but harder to pay for. Take New York City. It has long attracted immigrants, both legal and illegal. But the late...

BELMONT — John C. Palmer of Bolivar faces a total of eight felony counts relating to the alleged sexual performance of a child, the Allegany County di...

SALAMANCA — Two Buffalo residents face several felony charges after a reported burglary of a cannabis dispensary and wild chase early Thursday on U.S....

BUFFALO — A 58-year-old Olean man on federal probation for bank fraud and tax evasion faces sentencing in June for lying to a probation officer. Josep...

BELMONT — A Belmont man is facing state prison time after being convicted of stealing a safe from a convenience store. Cody A. Hogue of Belmont was co...

ALBANY (TNS) — Democratic lawmakers are interested in requiring mandated training for judges, a proposal that is largely the result of the state’s cha...

BRADFORD, Pa. — The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford has named local students to its fall 2022 Dean’s list. Among those named to the Dean’s list w...

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposed $227 billion state budget, her first as the elected leader of the state, takes big swings at affordable housing, public s...

ALBANY (TNS) — The “tweaks” to the state’s bail laws that Gov. Kathy Hochul is asking the Democrat-controlled Legislature to consider are facing two i...

The two most common themes of MAGA sorehead emails I received last year were the inevitability of an anti-Biden landslide in 2022, and the certainty o...

CUBA — Gabby Kranock is back home in Cuba after being hospitalized again last month following a setback in her recovery from a horrific accident in Se...