criminal law

Olean Police Cuba Police Wellsville Police Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Office New York State Police — A one-vehicle accident was reported at 1:48 a.m...

Wellsville Police New York State Police — Christopher G. Bennett, 55, of Cuba, was charged at 1:50 a.m. Monday with seventh-degree criminal possession...

Wellsville Police Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Office — Noah J. LeBlanc, 20, of Kill Buck, was charged at 12:45 p.m. Monday with third-degree burglary...

An Emporium (Pa.) Borough Police officer and K-9 handler was in jail Thursday on 12 felony counts relating to child pornography. Volker Kiefer, 56, is...

Wellsville Police Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Office New York State Police — Gary L. Miles, 30, of Olean, was charged at 11:24 p.m. Wednesday with dr...

SMETHPORT, Pa. — A Potter County man accused of raping an unconscious teenager will serve 10 to 20 years in state prison Aaron D. Waters-Milliken, 42,...

Olean Police Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Office New York State Police — A one-vehicle accident was reported at 11:10 p.m. Tuesday on Route 16 near Tr...

Two teens have been charged with murder after a Rochester man was “intentionally” set on fire in his home. WRO C reports Steven Amenhauser, 53, died T...

ASHFORD — A traffic stop led to gun-related charges for an area pair Monday evening. Summer J. Mathews, 39, of Delevan, and Daniel J. Jennings, 58, of...

ALBANY (TNS) — State legislators are nearing a deal to legalize recreational marijuana use for adult New Yorkers, but there’s currently an “impasse” o...

Wellsville Police New York State Police — Chrishawn J. See, 24, of Allegany, was charged at 9 p.m. Sunday with aggravated family offense, a class E fe...

Olean Police Salamanca Police Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Office — Daniel P. Klen, 31, of South Dayton, was charged at 5:17 p.m. Saturday with petit ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A judge has put a Buffalo man under house arrest while he faces charges of ripping away a police officer’s badge and radio during the ...

Salamanca Police New York State Police — Sean P. Folan, 48, of Holland, was charged at 10:01 p.m. Thursday with driving while intoxicated and operatin...

NEW YORK (AP) — An investigation into the official response to Daniel Prude’s police suffocation death last year in Rochester, New York, is faulting t...

Last November, I wrote a column chastising the Buffalo franchise after it effectively usurped the fan-originated cringe-worthy phrase “Bills Mafia” an...

Olean Police Salamanca Police Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Office — David E. Brooks, 50, of 122 S. Third St., Olean, was charged at 10:35 a.m. Wednesd...

NEW YORK — New York is moving ever closer to legalizing marijuana for recreational use. Or, “adult use” marijuana, as advocates call it. Whatever. Leg...