criminal law

ALFRED — Two Alfred University librarians have received a prestigious award from the South Central Regional Library Council for their research into th...

WASHINGTON — A sharply divided Supreme Court on Thursday rejected President-elect Donald Trump's final bid to put his New York hush-money case on hold...

BATAVIA — History has been made in Western New York as the first woman in the 107-year history of the New York State Police has taken over as troop co...

ALBANY — New York's attorney general appointed a special prosecutor Thursday to investigate the death of a man who was beaten by guards at a state pri...

OLEAN — An Olean man faces multiple felony charges, including for rape, the Olean Police Department reported. Jon S. Vancleaf, 44, of 644 S. Union St....

FREEDOM — The Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Office reported Friday that two men face drug-related charges following a traffic stop Wednesday night. Jef...

NEW YORK — A man fatally beaten in a New York prison this month was repeatedly pummeled by correction officers while in handcuffs, struck in the chest...

LOS ANGELES (TNS) — If you stacked up all of Donald Trump’s legal bills since his election in 2016, they’d reach Mars beforeElon Muskdoes. He’s paying...

NEW YORK (AP) — The man accused of lighting a woman on fire on a New York City subway and fanning the flames as she burned to death made his first app...

The last of the three defendants charged in the 2020 murder of Joshua Ramos in Potter County has been sentenced to at least 22 years in state prison. ...

ELLICOTTVILLE — The Ellicottville Police Department reported Wednesday that three men face multiple charges following an investigation of an incident ...

WASHINGTON(TNS) — PresidentJoe Bidenannounced Monday that he was commuting the sentences of 37 out of 40 federal death-row inmates to life in prison w...

New York State Police and local law enforcement agencies participating in the national enforcement initiative on impaired driving this holiday season....

NEW YORK (AP) — New York's governor has ordered more than a dozen prison staffers to be fired over the fatal beating of an inmate earlier this month. ...

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GREAT VALLEY — The execution of a search warrant resulted in the arrest of two men on drug charges, the Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Office reported W...

BUFFALO — A Russian woman who was arrested after she stowed away on a flight from New York City to Paris last month has been arrested again in Buffalo...

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