Matt Gryta
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Spruce Street man arrested for hitting Sweet Avenue woman
Greg Knight, 29, of Spruce Avenue was arrested by Buffalo police as he was injuring a woman during an incident in her Sweet Street home late Sunday afternoon. … → Read More
'Known gang member' arrested with loaded gun at Juneteenth Festival
Stanford L. Gray, 22, of Dartmouth Street, was arrested by Buffalo Police at the Juneteenth Festival in Martin Luther King Jr. Park late Saturday afternoon. … → Read More
Grant Street man charged with shooting mother's boyfriend with BB gun
Jose A. Roman, 20, of Grant Street was arrested by Buffalo police after he allegedly shot his mothers boyfriend, Steven Jobson, 33, four times with a BB gun. J… → Read More
Crews on scene of Kenmore village house fire
Kenmore Fire crews were sent to 80 W. Hazeltine Avenue to deal with a fire at 8:55 p.m. Sunday. Crews were at the scene between Elmwood and Delaware avenues at 9:15 p.m. No further information was immediately released. → Read More
East Aurora woman critically injured in West Seneca car crash
An 87-year-old East Aurora woman was critically injured when the car she was driving was struck just as she turned off Leydecker Road onto Southwestern Boulevard in West Seneca about 4:15 p.m. Sunday, according to West Seneca Police. The woman was rushed to the Erie County Medical Center, where she was still listed in critical condition as of nearly 8… → Read More
Town of Tonawanda home struck by lightning
A residence at 332 Oakvale Blvd. in the Town of Tonawanda was struck by lightning during the area's thunderstorm Sunday afternoon. Though police and fire departments were alerted to the incident at 3:52 p.m., a check of the house showed no one was injured and no fire was caused by the strike. National Grid sent a crew to assess the house's utility services. → Read More
Drivers picked up by state police for drugs, drinking in Chautauqua County
Raymond Burrows, 30, of Central Falls, R.I., was pulled over by state police while allegedly speeding on Route I-86 in North Harmony late Friday. Burrows also w… → Read More
Verona Street man charged with drug possession
Mario Echevarria, 34, of Verona Street, was charged with drug possession by Buffalo police responding to a call about a "suspicious vehicle" on Remington Place early Sunday morning. His car was pulled over on Remington near North Legion Drive about 1 a.m. Officers reported finding he had two bags of suspected cocaine and charged him with seventh-degree criminal possession of a… → Read More
Man shot in leg on Wyoming Avenue
The shooting of an unidentified man on Wyoming Avenue about 7:15 p.m. Saturday is being investigated by Buffalo Police. Michael J. DeGeorge, spokesman for the d… → Read More
About 800 without power in Hertel-Voorhees area
About 800 residents in the Hertel Avenue-Voorhees neighborhood remained without power about 10 p.m. Saturday because of an apparent utility company explosion at… → Read More
Child reportedly struck by car on Kail Street
A Buffalo Fire Department emergency medical services unit and police were sent to the first block of Kail Street in the city's Black Rock area after reports came in of a child being struck by a vehicle about 8:30 p.m. Saturday. No further information was initially released. → Read More
Man arrested while illegally in apartment building lobby
John S. Ball, 58, of Southampton Street was arrested by Buffalo police on drug and trespass charges in the lobby of a Central Park area apartment building early Saturday. After responding to a 911 call, officers reported finding Ball in a stairwell in the lobby of the building in the 2700 block of Main about 5:40 a.m. After allegedly finding… → Read More
Man and woman accused of having long guns, pot plants after Kermit Ave incident
Alonzo Holloway, 28, of Gerald Avenue and Sarina Pryor, 25, of Kermit Avenue were arrested in Pryor's flat by Buffalo Police after they allegedly intimidated another woman with firearms early Saturday. Police reported seizing a 12-gauge shotgun, a .22-caliber long rifle, five containers of cocaine and 14 marijuana plants from the flat, according to an arrest report. Holloway and Pryor were… → Read More
Ohio man arrested for speeding and marijuana in Chautauqua County
FINDLEY LAKE – William Underwood, 37, of Toledo, Ohio, was pulled over by State Police for allegedly speeding on Route Interstate 86 in a resort hamlet late Friday. After he was stopped, troopers reported finding 24 grams of marijuana in Underwood's vehicle. Underwood was charged with unlawful possession of marijuana and speeding and ordered to appear in Mina Town Court… → Read More
Hoyt Street woman accused of stabbing and biting man in car
Ashliegh Y. Delgado, 25, of Hoyt Street was arrested early Saturday morning after allegedly stabbing and repeatedly biting a man during an argument in a car on … → Read More
Cheektowaga woman arrested on drug charge
Brittany A. Dirocco, 21, of Cheektowaga, was charged by Amherst police with a drug possession count after officers were called to a disturbance in the first block of Berehaven Drive off Sweet Home Road early Thursday. At about 2:15 a.m., Dirocco was found in possession of non-prescription narcotic drugs, according to police. She was charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of… → Read More
Human remains found in North Collins woods; excavation underway
After remains found in a wooded area in North Collins were confirmed to be human early Saturday night, an anthropology team from a college in Erie, Pennsylvania… → Read More
Hamburg man charged with stealing from Cazenovia golfers' cars
Charles Tucker, 35, of Hamburg, was arrested by Buffalo police on drug and other charges while allegedly stealing from golfers cars at the Cazenovia Golf Cour… → Read More
Lockport apartment complex fire quickly put out with no injuries
LOCKPORT – A fire reported in one apartment in the apartment complex in the 5700 block of Oxford Lane was quickly put out by the South Lockport Volunteer Fi… → Read More
South Buffalo man arrested after foot chase off Seneca Street
Sonny Muscato, 29, of Hopkins Street, was arrested on stolen property and other charges after a short foot chase on Avondale Place early Saturday. The suspect w… → Read More