Matthew Spina
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Buffalo, NY, United States
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Lawyers want to question 5 Buffalo cops who ticketed minority drivers the most
A lawsuit claims that the true intent of Mayor Byron W. Brown’s specially created Strike Force was to pull revenue out of minority neighborhoods, East Buffalo in particular. → Read More
Erie County jail deputies thwart inmate's suicide attempt, sheriff says
The inmate was evaluated at a hospital and returned to the jail, officials said. → Read More
Tenney pushes toward victory in new Lake Ontario congressional district
The newly drawn 24th District spreads from eastern Niagara County toward Oswego and then north to Watertown. → Read More
Ex-jail deputy, recently convicted, hospitalized after fracas with sheriff's personnel, sister says
Former Deputy John A. Gugino, 45, was entering a men’s room at Highmark Stadium when an on-duty deputy saw him and called him corrupt, said his sister Jill Gugino-Redman, whose → Read More
Boaters should seek shelter as thunderstorms approach, Weather Service says
The small craft advisory is in effect until 8 p.m. Sunday. The Weather Service warned that wind and waves could cause hazardous conditions that could damage or capsize small boats. → Read More
Baby born inside Niagara County Jail
A baby boy was born in a Niagara County Jail cell Saturday evening as an ambulance rushed to the scene, the jail’s top administrator said Monday. → Read More
Report names Buffalo Fire Academy grad whose auto crashed and burned
The recent Buffalo Fire Academy graduate whose car crashed and mysteriously caught fire before dawn on July 1 is 25 years old and lives about a mile from the accident → Read More
Authorities want to know why vehicle of Buffalo Fire Academy graduate caught fire
While police are involved, a police source said the Buffalo Fire Department has taken the lead in the investigation. → Read More
Report clears prison officer who was spit on; video shows he kicked handcuffed inmate
The internal report into an ugly incident in the Erie County Correctional Facility goes on for almost 100 pages. A corrections officer reportedly kicked an inmate in the head as → Read More
New Alden supervisor finds lack of accounting for 2,600 bullets
After matching purchase records to what was on hand, Alden Supervisor Brett Sitzman learned that 2,600 rounds of 9 mm and .40-caliber ammunition bought since 2019 could not be accounted → Read More
Erie County inmate declared brain dead taken off life support
Sean Riordan’s family still doesn’t know why his heart stopped June 4, two days after he was placed in the Holding Center. → Read More
Garland's doubts about capital punishment will figure into decision on Buffalo mass shooting case
A decision to seek the death penalty would need consent from a cadre of top Justice Department officials and a U.S. attorney general cool to capital punishment in general. → Read More
Holding Center inmate deemed brain dead in Buffalo General Medical Center, mother says
Christine Riordan said Sheriff’s Office personnel said her son collapsed while in the jail, went into cardiac arrest and was revived, but his heart stopped again at the hospital. However, → Read More
Accused shooter's log says he fired AR-15 with his 'buddy Matt' before Buffalo mass killing
There is no sign Payton Gendron told his friend Matt Casado he planned to slaughter Black people at a Buffalo supermarket, or was out to kill anyone. Nor is there → Read More
HUD sending $13.6 million to BMHA to improve public housing units
The Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority will collect $13.6 million from the federal government this year to help with its ongoing list of physical improvements. → Read More
Police, residents deal with roar of illegal ATVs, dirt bikes on city streets
Buffalo police seized a number of dirt bikes whose drivers had them revving around the Elmwood District on a dry and picturesque Sunday afternoon. → Read More
Sheriff fires recently indicted Erie County jail sergeant
The Erie County Sheriff’s Office has fired a longtime jail sergeant who was the subject of misconduct investigations and was recently indicted on accusations of improper contact with a female → Read More
Broome DA says authorities followed the law with Gendron's high school threat
Speaking to reporters in Binghamton, Broome District Attorney Michael Korchak said a teacher reported the comment regarding "murder-suicide," which had been made electronically, to a school resource officer. Because Gendron → Read More
Lawyer aims at fringe websites, gun manufacturers, pundits on behalf of Buffalo shooting victim
"Even though they did not pull the trigger, they did load the gun," civil rights attorney Ben Crump said at a news conference Monday. → Read More
Police investigating Buffalo mass shooting as 'racially motivated violent extremism'
"This is pure evil, a racially motivated hate crime," said John Garcia, the Erie County Sheriff, citing certain pieces of evidence that he chose not to elaborate upon. → Read More