City

Defendant sentenced for damaging vehicle with machete during west side assault

This week, 26-year-old Gay Gai of Buffalo has been sentenced by Erie County Court Judge Suzanne Maxwell Barnes to 364 days in jail. On September 28, 2020, at approximately 4:30 p.m., the defendant attacked the adult male victim on the 200

Education

Voters approve nearly all school budgets within tax cap

BY PETER WARREN School budget votes proposing an average increase in per pupil spending of 4.2 percent were overwhelmingly approved in state-wide voting held yesterday, with all but five of 685 individual budget votes succeeding. New York’s tax cap law did flex

City

Parolee sentenced on promoting prostitution charge

Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 43-year-old Richard S. Swiderski of Buffalo was sentenced on January 6th before Erie County Court Judge Kenneth F. Case to an indeterminate sentence of 2 to 4 years in prison. Between

City

Virginia man indicted for randomly attacking two victims

Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 40-year-old Carlos Cherry of Reston, Virginia was virtually arraigned on January 5th before Erie County Court Judge Kenneth Case on an indictment charging him with one count of Assault in the