Niagara Gazette Courts 2012-02-12T06:43:54-05:00 urn:uuid:5bb92551-d102-4431-81c4-df7ce609bcd2 Hayes sentence delayed in homicide case By Rick Pfeiffer urn:uuid:1f0a3aec-bcf3-4f10-9026-bb4986dc8d3c 2012-02-06T22:01:13-05:00 <p> Wilbert Hayes III was behind bars on Monday but not to begin serving his sentence for the slaying of Donald Tyree Nix.</p> In Lockport, Man faces extradition in Vegas fraud Staff Reports urn:uuid:7dda31e2-21f2-417b-98d1-0129c1631e08 2012-02-06T21:38:18-05:00 <p> A former Las Vegas resident picked up at the U.S.-Canadian border on Nevada securities fraud charges was ordered held for extradition from New York on Monday, after a judge rejected his claim of diplomatic immunity.</p> Another Mehta defendant gets probation By Rick Pfeiffer urn:uuid:d1a29cbc-59eb-4dfe-816f-d2fa9890376a 2012-02-02T23:23:49-05:00 <p> A Sanborn woman has escaped a jail term after her guilty plea to a federal drug charge.</p> Another deal made in Mehta case By Rick Pfeiffer urn:uuid:0b3340a7-f87b-4b38-a05d-9ded4cf7bc74 2012-01-29T23:12:52-05:00 <p> A Falls man will spend a year on federal probation for his guilty plea in a wide-ranging probe of prescription drug abuse centered around former Falls physician Pravin Mehta.</p> Mehta defendant gets “time served” By Rick Pfeiffer urn:uuid:0029f5da-cadc-4fcb-86fb-9bc527f3898f 2012-01-29T23:11:46-05:00 <p> A Falls resident caught up in a joint federal and local law enforcement investigation into prescription drug trafficking, involving former Falls physician Pravin Mehta, will not have to spend more time behind bars.</p> NU player gets dismissal in sex abuse case By Rick Pfeiffer urn:uuid:887b2758-8bf3-4dbb-bd10-1c3f5e1492d5 2012-01-25T21:56:58-05:00 <p> A Niagara University basketball player, arrested in a sexual abuse related case has had that charge dismissed.</p> Case adjourned for Wilson teachers accused of having sex at Bills game Staff Writer urn:uuid:069da1bd-9f84-484c-841f-31cf4e3867da 2012-01-18T18:35:03-05:00 <p> Two Wilson School District teachers charged with public lewdness had their case adjourned this week for a possible dismissal.</p> Drug mule pleads guilty in federal court By Rick Pfeiffer urn:uuid:895fd11c-e5d8-4b7e-99e0-faced11b9f3f 2012-01-17T23:45:05-05:00 <p> A man who ferried marijuana from a Canadian Indian Reservation to the Falls has cut a plea deal with federal prosecutors.</p> Gross prepared for prison term By Rick Pfeiffer urn:uuid:7186eabb-437c-4504-9d35-23068fd869d3 2012-01-05T23:39:08-05:00 <p> A host of the Niagara Region&#8217;s famous and infamous are asking a federal judge to give Falls contractor and convicted felon John Gross a break later today.</p> Hayes opts for plea in stabbing death By Rick Pfeiffer urn:uuid:392d01af-ef2b-462d-8810-74fd5e6e7881 2011-11-29T00:05:37-05:00 <p> For Wilbert Hayes III, going to trial was just too much of a risk.</p>