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- Teen pleads guilty in slaying of uncle His lawyer said 20 years behind bars was too much time. So on Tuesday, Darius "Drizz" Belton got a better deal from Niagara County prosecutors.
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Falls Bridge Commission lawsuit languishes
It's been almost two and a half years since U.S. District Court Judge Richard Arcara asked lawyers for the Niagara Falls Bridge Commission why they were keeping secrets from the public.
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Newfane High School baseball players punished for stealing on trip
Members of the Newfane High School varsity baseball team were sentenced to do community service by a judge in Myrtle Beach, S.C. after shoplifting items from a store.
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Teen's admission that he killed Isabella Tennant can be used at trial
After two hours of denials to detectives, John Freeman Jr. confessed to killing 5-year-old Isabella Tennant after finding out that his close friend Tyler Best had led police to her body.
- Scott gets new lawyer|Former prosecutor will represent man accused of shooting child A Falls man accused of shooting a 2-year-old child in the face, has finally found a new lawyer.
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Court escapee’s wife arraigned on hindering charge
The wife of a convicted child molester, who helped her husband flee prosecution in Niagara County Court earlier this year, was jailed Tuesday.
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Well-known chef and restauranteur has drug conspiracy plea postponed
A prominent local chef and restauranteur, who has already pleaded guilty to the sexual abuse of a teenager, is still stalling on a plea offer from federal prosecutors in a drug conspiracy case.
- Man sentenced for role in local drug ring The supplier of a large cocaine trafficking operation spanning Erie and Niagara counties was sentenced Tuesday to eight years in federal prison.
- Prison time for three men involved in South End shooting Their victim called one of them a "coward." And three young Falls men who pleaded guilty to triggering a wild South End shootout are all heading to state prison as a result. Jacob Taggart and Paul Buck will spend seven years behind bars, while Marlyn Rubin will do five years, for their roles in an attack on a Falls teenager.
- Witness testimony is OK'd in Belton case The eyewitness identification of a Falls teenager, accused of gunning down his uncle, can be used at his up-coming murder trial.
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