Judge allows defamation suit to proceed over letter NYS Attorney General Letitia James sent to organizers of conservative rally at Batavia. Recipients could believe she was “raising the specter of prosecution should they proceed with the event.” buffalonews.com/news/local/gov…

A key witness in the Bongiovanni case won't be around to testify at the retrial. Robert Kaiser, who said he took heroin, cocaine and pills "any time I could get my hands on them" was found dead on a bike path. But one dealer's in prison because of him. buffalonews.com/news/local/cri…

Debt collectors detail the deceit in scripts they followed to get payday borrowers to pay up. Said one who quit: “I’m going to rot in hell if I do this job.” buffalonews.com/news/local/cri…

Wire fraud conviction: Jury convicts debt collector who, according to her former employees, pretended to be an attorney and threatened debtors with arrest. buffalonews.com/news/local/cri…

Peter Gerace Jr., the Pharaoh's strip club owner, says he "100%" wants one of his lawyers to remain on his defense team. A judge allowed Gerace to waive any of the lawyer's potential conflicts of interest in order for him to stay on. buffalonews.com/news/local/cri…

Jericho Road dealing with what it describes as a potential half-million dollar embezzlement. “Our organization’s services and commitment to care for the community is unwavering and remains uninterrupted.” buffalonews.com/news/local/cri…

"It appeared like they were friends." - Retired FBI Agent Thomas Herbst on his 2009 meeting with Peter Gerace and Joseph Bongiovanni, which was covered during Day 2 of testimony in ex-DEA agent's bribery and corruption trial. buffalonews.com/news/local/cri…

Judge declines to dismiss indictment over the death of Pharaoh's witness, but he wants prosecutors on case replaced for missing a court-ordered deadline to turn over information about evidence to defense lawyers. buffalonews.com/news/local/cri…

Lifelong friend testifies Joseph Bongiovanni was reluctant - even mad - when first asked to help childhood friends who grew up to be marijuana traffickers. But prosecutors say loyalty to them led him to share DEA intelligence. buffalonews.com/news/local/cri…

Hormoz Mansouri, once an insider in Western New York politics, pleads guilty to pandemic fraud. "He did something that he never felt conceivable," his lawyer says. buffalonews.com/news/local/cri…

Judge orders release of Howard Hinkle, one of last people to interact with Crystal Quinn in the days before her death. He allegedly warned the former Pharaoh’s Gentlemen’s Club dancer about a bounty on her life. Prosecutors to appeal. buffalonews.com/news/local/cri…

One of two Niagara County women facing Jan. 6 Capitol riot charges "stood on the outside ledge facing a crowd of rioters, raised her hands above her her head as if in triumph and danced side to side," according to a criminal complaint unsealed Thursday. buffalonews.com/news/local/cri…

Another Western New Yorker charged in Jan. 6 Capitol breach investigation. Feds say Buffalo woman chanted 'our house' along with the crowd as mob overtook a police line inside the Capitol. buffalonews.com/news/local/cri…

Firefighters dousing a small fire with a lot of smoke on Central Terminal property. No structure looks involved.

A Capitol rioter from Amherst thanked President Trump for his prison release but Jan. 6 pardons have come with pushback from judges dismissing charges for other defendants. buffalonews.com/news/local/jan…

An 8th-grader weighed in on the topic of gender identity. It was in line with President Trump's beliefs. A school suspension followed. And so did his mom's federal lawsuit. buffalonews.com/news/local/art…

Michael Masecchia, who said a DEA agent provided him sensitive law enforcement information for years to protect his marijuana trafficking operation, gets an early release from prison for medical reasons. buffalonews.com/news/local/cri…

From an Amherst mansion to a federal prison. The drug trafficker who said he bribed a DEA agent gets 2 year prison sentence. buffalonews.com/news/local/cri…