PrintTwo arrested in raid on Lundy's Lane hotel
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. -- Two Niagara Falls, Ont., residents were arrested for drug trafficking after authorities raided a Lundy's Lane hotel, Niagara Regional Police said Friday.
David Gatis, 44, and Roxanne Flansberry, 29, were charged each with two counts of possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking and one count of possession of property obtained by crime. Police said they raided the Niagara Falls hotel about 11:20 p.m. Thursday. Police seized crack cocaine, oxycodone pills and cash.
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Injured worker accepts $1.75 million settlement
A Niagara Falls man who suffered severe injuries three years ago when scaffolding collapsed during the construction of a wing of Niagara Street Elementary School in Niagara Falls has accepted a $1.75 million insurance settlement, his Buffalo lawyer said Friday.
Timothy Carson, 44, suffered severe neck and shoulder injuries that required cervical spine surgery and arthroscopic surgery on his shoulder when he fell to a concrete floor on March 28, 2007.
Carson, who hasn't worked since the accident, requires daily pain medication and has been told by doctors he is unlikely to be able to return to his work as a carpenter, according to John F. Maxwell, his lawyer. Carriers for Hubert Construction, the Depew drywall contractor that employed Carson, will pay the cash settlement. The case had been scheduled to go to trial in April.
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Two brothers charged with drug possession
Two Rochester brothers believed to be trafficking cocaine from Rochester to downtown Buffalo for more than a year were arrested Friday afternoon after they were seen making a delivery of the drug on Washington Street, Erie County Sheriff Timothy B. Howard reported.
Miguel Santiago, 40, and Carmelo Santiago, 32, were each charged with first-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a felony that can carry up to life in prison, as well as criminal possession of a controlled substance with the intent to sell.
Sheriff's narcotics detectives, acting on a tip, witnessed the Santiagos making their alleged delivery at about 1:30 p.m. They had more than eight ounces of cocaine with a street value of about $30,000 in their possession, sheriff's officials said.
They were taken to the Erie County Holding Center pending arraignment.
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Pizzeria owner ordered to pay $142,053 in taxes
An Amherst pizzeria owner was ordered Friday to pay the state $3,945 a month for three years, beginning Monday, to make up for sales taxes he failed to pay.
Erie County Judge Michael F. Pietruszka also placed Jason Majewski, 43, the owner of Pizza Works at 712 Maple Road, on probation for three years. Majewski had pleaded guilty Nov. 25 to misdemeanor offering a false instrument for filing.
Prosecutor Susan H. Sadinsky said Majewskioes still owes the state $142,053 in sales taxes since 2004.
Michigan man faces
prison for child porn
A truck driver from Sterling Heights, Mich., will spend eight years and one month in federal prison because he was caught at the Peace Bridge with a laptop computer containing images of child pornography.
Christopher A. Fry, 41, was sentenced on Friday by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. He pleaded guilty to transportation of child pornography, a felony.
A search of a computer Fry had in his truck at the bridge on April 29, 2008, led to the discovery of more than 3,000 images and 40 videos of child porn, Assistant U.S. Attorney Aaron J. Mango said.
The case was investigated by Buffalo agents from U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement.
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Burglars steal cash from restaurant
Burglars pried open the back door before stealing more than $100 from Campobello's restaurant on Transit Road late Thursday night, Amherst police reported Friday.
The thieves threw a Fax machine on the floor and damaged the alarm box before fleeing.
The break-in was reported at about 11 p.m. Thursday.
