Iver Phallen, a former Lewiston businessman convicted of kidnapping and sexually torturing and abusing at least three women, is a free man again after serving 10 years of a 14 year prison term.
A Niagara Falls teen is on his way to state prison for the next 20 years following his conviction in a Lockport murder case. 19 year old Charles Jackson III was handed two decades behind bars for his guilty plea to a charge of first-degree manslaughter
A Dunkirk man pleaded guilty to theft of government funds and is facing up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Officials said 42-year-old Jesus Ramos, also known as Manny, was recruited by co-defendant Lamont Brown to apply for unemployment assistance compensation during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Buffalo Catholic Diocese is revising how much it’s asking for from its parishes to help pay a $150 million settlement, eliminating the 80 percent contribution expectation for merging parishes and increasing the diocese’s contribution from $30 million to $40 million.