Last month, the 9th homicide of 2023 in the city of Niagara Falls took place on the formerly busy Pine Avenue in the Little Italy so-called tourist district, which has fallen on hard times, along with the rest of the city, over the past decades. Once a thriving thoroughfare ofRead More

  Convicted killer Gabriel Behrens, 22, of Niagara Falls was sentenced the other day to 32 years in state prison for several crimes including murder, attempted robbery and criminal possession of a weapon. Here’s a photo posted on Behren’s Facebook page on January, 2023, approximately one month before the murderRead More

Niagara Falls — On September 17, 2023, at around 6:45 pm, Niagara Falls Police were called to the intersection of 22nd Street and Pierce Avenue following reports of a hit-and-run incident involving several pedestrians. According to police, approximately six individuals were involved in a dispute and standing on the sidewalkRead More

Desmond Zimmerman, 25, was shot to death early Saturday morning at 4th and Niagara Street, around the corner from the so-called Niagara Falls 3rd Street Tourist District. The Reporter exclusively discloses here, not reported by any other media outlet, that after both involved parties transported themselves to Niagara Falls MemorialRead More

McKenzie Munt, 18, of Sanborn, NY became the 7th victim of violent death this year in the city of Niagara Falls when she succumbed to injuries suffered in a gunfire incident late last month. According to the FBI Crime Report, which this news outlet has spotlighted annually over the pastRead More

On Monday, June 19, a 44-year-old man was gunned down in cold blood on 18th Street in the city. A person of interest, Juan Ubiles, is presently the subject of a manhunt in and around the city. But whenever Monday comes, but whenever Monday comes But whenever Monday comes, youRead More

LOCKPORT, NY: Earlier this week, County Court Judge John Ottaviano sentenced David P. Draper, 59, of Niagara Falls, to two to six years in State Prison on his conviction of Leaving the Scene of a Fatal Motor Vehicle Incident Without Reporting. Draper admitted to striking and killing 61 year oldRead More

Curtis Pugh and the small arsenal the convicted felon was allegedly in possession of (Niagara Falls, New York) On Tuesday 04/04/2023, at 4:00 pm, members of the Niagara Falls Police Department Narcotics Intelligence Division executed a Search Warrant at 1005 17 th St. Items discovered and seized were: 1) 8Read More

Paonessa’s alleged drug den as it appeared on a recent real estate website “Nice doggy, Nice doggy” from Facebook On Saturday March 25, 2023, members of the Niagara Falls Police Department’s Narcotics Intelligence Division, supported by members of the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office Drug Task Force, executed a Search WarrantRead More

In 2021, the latest year for which data is available, there were 9 homicide incidents reported by the Niagara Falls Police Department to the FBI. So far in 2023, there have been 4 homicides committed in the city of Niagara Falls. If the trend holds, the 2021 pace of murdersRead More

At approximately 8:45 am on New Years Day, Niagara Falls Police responded to a home in the 2200 block of LaSalle Ave for a report of a man stabbed.  Upon arrival officers located a 33 year old Niagara Falls man suffering from a stab wound.  Despite efforts by AMR andRead More

  Niagara County District Attorney Brian D. Seaman announced that Alfred M. Bax, 35 years old of Niagara Falls, plead guilty in County Court today to 2 counts of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree. The guilty plea was in satisfaction of an indictment charging Bax withRead More

Click the link below to subscribe to SPECIAL REPORTS from the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9     By: Staff Reporter On June 9, 2021 at approximately 7:30 p.m. in the 600 block Elmwood Avenue, U.S. Marshals Task Force Officers assisted by Niagara Falls Police Narcotics Detectives located and arrested 28-year-old NiagaraRead More

Click the link below to subscribe to SPECIAL REPORTS from the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9     By: Staff Reporter Niagara Falls Police responded to the 700 block of Pine Avenue around 1425 hours on Sunday, May 2nd, 2021, after reports of an attempted arson. Upon arriving at the scene, policeRead More

Click the link below to subscribe to SPECIAL REPORTS from the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9     By: Staff Reporter Niagara Falls Police responded to Packard Court around 2000 hours on Saturday, May 1st, 2021, after reports of a robbery. Upon arriving at the scene, police were directed to the CommunityRead More

Click the link below to subscribe to SPECIAL REPORTS from the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9     By: Staff Reporter Niagara Falls Police responded to the area of 22nd and Woodlawn around 0600 hour son Wednesday, April 28th, 2021, after reports of a subject with a gun. Upon arrival, officers locatedRead More

Click the link below to subscribe to SPECIAL REPORTS from the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9     By: Staff Reporter Niagara Falls Police received a report around 2000 hours on Friday, April 16th, 2021, of aggravated harassment. According to the complainant, she is an employee of Quick Check Food Mart onRead More

Click the link below to subscribe to SPECIAL REPORTS from the Niagara Reporter http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9     By: Staff Reporter Niagara Falls Police responded to the 1600 block of Weston Avenue around 0120 hours on Thursday, April 8th, 2021, after reports of an assault with a deadly weapon. Upon arriving atRead More