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March 30, 2026
An Albion man Norman Kelly, 69, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for receipt of child pornography, the United States Attorney’s Office said Monday.
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March 24, 2026
57-year-old Claude T. Tortora formerly from Amherst was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for predatory sexual assault against a child between 2013 and 2018
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March 18, 2026
Families speak out on alleged abuse at Lackawanna learning center
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March 13, 2026
A Chad Campbell convicted of murdering a 15-year-old and a 1-year-old in the Rochester area in 1990 is being released on parole in Erie County.The Erie County Sheriff’s Office called the decision “appalling.”
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March 13, 2026
Lockport babysitter 24-year-old Luke Smeal accused of rapeDeputies say the victim was younger than 5-years-old
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March 12, 2026
The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced a Tonawanda man faces up to 930 years in prison for over 30 child pornography-related charges.
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March 11, 2026
A Cheektowaga man is facing sexual exploitation charges after he was connected to a case of a missing 16-year-old girl out of Ohio.
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March 7, 2026
17 Child Victims Act cases that a federal bankruptcy judge allowed in 2024 to move forward in state court against the Buffalo Diocese are now on hold again, as a $325 million diocese plan to settle nearly 900 sex abuse claims continues to come together.
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March 6, 2026
Diocese priest, Fr. Joseph Gatto, voluntarily placed on leave
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April 15, 2025
Elma man Matthew Steele, 53, admits to production of child pornography involving prepubescent minor
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April 8, 2025
There were 12,000 missing child reports filed across NYS last year. 95% were categorized as runaway. Why did these kids runaway? Right now, @bestselfwny Scott Bieler Child Advocacy Center is running a pilot program to help answer that question…
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April 8, 2025
Orchard Park man Edward Tutuska gets 13 years in prison for sexually abusing two children
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April 6, 2025
On 4/4, Buffalo Station agents arrested Islay MARRERO-RAMIREZ, an illegal alien from Cuba. He is a felon and a convicted child predator that will now be removed from our streets and deported back home. Our agents are on the frontlines protecting America!
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March 29, 2025
Erie County blooms with 3,000 pinwheels for child abuse awareness
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March 29, 2025
A former Wyoming County man Jonathon Bucknam, 45, has admitted to raping two minors in the Village of Perry in 2022 and 2023, the Wyoming County District Attorney’s Office said Friday.
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March 29, 2025
‘This is a bipartisan issue’: Lawmakers push for changes to address human trafficking in New York
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March 24, 2025
Tonawanda man Shawn Demmick, 33, charged with distributing child pornography
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March 24, 2025
Hamburg man Tyler Wilkinson sentenced to 5 years in prison for sexually abusing two children
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March 22, 2025
Mother of nonverbal, autistic student in Buffalo Schools wants answers after incident with substitute
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March 21, 2025
A Buffalo man Alexander Weidner, 35, pleaded guilty after thousands of images of child pornography were recovered, some including depictions of prepubescent minors, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Friday.
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March 21, 2025
A man from Arkansas was arrested and charged after he allegedly sent a lock of his hair along with a four-page love letter to a teenager in West Seneca, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Friday.
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March 19, 2025
Dozens of missing children and teens have been found thanks to the Capital Region’s first ever missing child rescue operation. Vulnerable children are victimized in the city of Albany, sometimes as far away as Florida and Buffalo,” said Cox.
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March 15, 2025
Former music teacher Steven C. DeMart, 36, accused of sending a sexually explicit video pleads guilty
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March 12, 2025
Olean man 48-year-old Greg Hirliman pleads guilty to attempted receipt of child pornography
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March 9, 2025
Two Honduran nationals Rito Emanuel Reconco-Castro, 28,Hugo Abraham Aguilar, 45, previously convicted of felony sexual offenses were recently taken into custody.
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March 9, 2025
Jose Perez, 40, of Celeron, is charged with attempted production of objectionable child images and possession of objectionable child images.
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March 9, 2025
James D. Sutton, 40, of Depew, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo to eight years and four months in prison, followed by 30 years of supervision after he is released.
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March 9, 2025
U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra Jr. ordered Christopher Rucker, 45, of Cheektowaga, to serve 15 years and eight months in prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release.
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March 6, 2025
ICE Buffalo removes two illegal aliens, sexual predators to Honduras.
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March 5, 2025
A former Allegany County man Jason Goodsell, 39, was charged with seven counts of child pornography production and one count of child pornography distribution, the United States District Attorney’s Office said.
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March 5, 2025
A former Gow School administrator Matthew Fisher, 51 used hidden cameras to surreptitiously film boys engaged in sexually explicit conduct, according to his plea.
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February 25, 2025
A North Tonawanda man Cole Kish was arrested on multiple sexual assault charges Tuesday, including promoting a sexual performance by a child, the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office said.
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February 23, 2025
Sex offender alerts when a felony offender under 18 is released could come to parents under a proposed state law
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February 20, 2025
Orchard Park man, Edward Tutuska, convicted for sexually abusing two minors
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February 16, 2025
Former Christ the King Seminary sale is complete. Money from the sale will help fund a settlement for the nearly 900 people who say they were sexually abused as children by employees of the diocese.
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February 16, 2025
The verdicts against Robert Roy, 42, came after a five-day trial on two counts of predatory sexual assault against a child and single counts of second-degree criminal sexual act and second-degree rape.
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February 14, 2025
The Erie County District Attorney’s Office announced that a jury found 42-year-old Robert Roy guilty of child sexual assault.
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February 13, 2025
Former WNY teacher Frank E. Noeson III, 47 sentenced to prison after child pornography conviction
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February 12, 2025
Arrested Amherst teacher was caught in online sting operation, police say
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February 10, 2025
A Texas man Javier Vasquez, 22 was extradited to Lockport on Friday after an investigation determined that he coerced a minor into sex last August, New York State Police announced.
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February 8, 2025
Tonawanda man 62-year-old Neil Stuckey sentenced to 2 years for possessing 600 images of child pornography
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February 4, 2025
Jamestown woman Jasmin Osteen, 27, sentenced to 12 years for sex trafficking of minor
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February 3, 2025
Dunkirk man, Augusto Mateo Francisco, 33 pleads guilty to trafficking, kidnapping.
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February 3, 2025
NY attorney general tells hospitals to continue transgender care after Trump’s executive order to “end the chemical and surgical mutilation of children.”“end the chemical and surgical mutilation of children.”
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February 1, 2025
Geoffrey J. Testa, 45 of Amherst, NY has been arrested on a warrant for multiple Felony Child Exploitation charges out of Fairfax.
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February 1, 2025
Ex-attorney on probation for sexual assault admits to attempted tampering
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January 31, 2025
Lockport man Javonte Holloway, 23, admits to selling fentanyl following death of child
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January 29, 2025
An Orleans County man 32-year-old Christian Poole was arrested and charged after over 1,000 videos and images of child pornography were found in his possession.
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January 29, 2025
Arcade woman Anna Holland, 38, pleads guilty to third-degree rape
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January 26, 2025
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Buffalo on Thursday arrested two men convicted of sex crimes, as well as a Canadian man convicted of endangering the welfare of a child.
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January 23, 2025
Buffalo Police and New York State have located two missing girls 12 and 7 after they were reported missing on Monday night.
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December 31, 2024
Arman Farmani, 38, of Ontario arrested for possession of child porn at Peace Bridge
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December 31, 2024
Decrees issued by Bishop Michael W. Fisher to close or merge Catholic parishes in WNY make it clear that the sale of parish properties could help fund a settlement in bankruptcy court of hundreds of sex abuse claims against the Buffalo Diocese.
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December 18, 2024
Lancaster man Christopher Gostick sentenced to 24 years for new child pornography charge
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December 16, 2024
A Tonawanda woman, 30 year old Maria D’Amato was sentenced to nine years in prison after sexual images and videos of a 14-year-old victim were found on her phone, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced.
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December 12, 2024
West Seneca man gets 15 years for possessing child pornography
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December 7, 2024
A Salamanca man has been arrested after allegedly attempting to entice a minor and produce child pornography, the United States Attorney’s Office announced.
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December 6, 2024
Buffalo man gets 2 years in prison for having around 28,000 images of child pornography
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December 4, 2024
Depew man previously convicted of the same crime in 2019, sentenced to prison after nearly 200 images of child porn found on phone
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November 29, 2024
‘What happened to me was horrible’: Survivor of alleged sex abuse wants Catholic Diocese held accountable
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November 24, 2024
‘Without our children, there is no future’: Youth Violence seminar comes to Western New York
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November 22, 2024
No charges filed against juvenile who hit and killed girl in Grand Island
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November 22, 2024
ERO Buffalo arrested an unlawfully present Brazilian national with a final order of removal. The noncitizen has pending local charges for strangulation and endangering the welfare of a child. He is also under investigation in Brazil for several crimes including homicide.
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November 21, 2024
Wyoming County man Shayne Hildreth pleads guilty to transportation of child pornography
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November 21, 2024
Pete Gallivan shares his story of surviving clergy sex abuse
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November 19, 2024
24-year-old Ahmed Yaqoob from the Rochester area is facing charges accused of raping two young girls in Western New York.
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November 18, 2024
Lockport man, 52-year-old Gerard Dzierzanowski faces child pornography charges
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November 15, 2024
Stabbing at Amherst Red Roof Inn housing migrants also raises questions on relocation plan after DocGo, which was originally hired by New York City in a controversial $432 million contract to relocate migrants upstate will cease those shelter operations and support work at local hotels by year’s end. In addition, the New York State Department of Military Affairs says state National Guard troops, funded by state tax dollars for extra security, have been largely phased out at the hotels.
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November 13, 2024
23-year-old migrant woman who was bused to the area from New York City arraigned after allegedly stabbing juvenile and two others at Red Roof Inn in Amherst
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November 12, 2024
A Buffalo mother’s plea for help to keep children and teens out of trouble
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November 11, 2024
Ashley Bertino charged in murder of 12-year-old child in Chautauqua County this past August. Investigators are not releasing any additional details about the victim or how the child died.
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November 7, 2024
Police: Lockport man 46-year-old Nathaniel Devries had child porn and multiple illegal guns
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September 26, 2024
Officials stress dangers of school threat hoaxes. In some cases, teens have been arrested for making false threats. ➡️Some threats are believed to have been generated overseas, officials say. ⬅️
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September 26, 2024
Desire Williams a junior at School 131 died by suicide on September 18. Sarena Worthy, her mother said the bullying began after her daughter was allegedly sexually assaulted by a boy at another school. She asked to have her daughter transferred to another school, but the principal said that wasn’t possible.
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September 25, 2024
Assembly Bill A1854A2023-2024 Legislative SessionRemoves statute of limitations for certain civil actions related to child sexual assault offenses
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September 25, 2024
New York lawmakers vow to revisit Child Victims Act despite insurer noncompliance. Hoylman-Sigal said the majority of survivors who filed cases under the 2019 law were white, and many survivors in poor or underserved communities did not know about the policy and deserve their days in court.Hoylman-Sigal said the majority of survivors who filed cases under the 2019 law were white, and many survivors in poor or underserved communities did not know about the policy and deserve their days in court.
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September 25, 2024
As negotiations stall, judge weighs letting sex abuse lawsuits against Buffalo Diocese parishes moveahead. The diocese and its parishes were doing everything they could to come up with enough money for a settlement, including downsizing its properties.
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September 24, 2024
Parents seek justice as Sweet Angels Daycare employee faces charges of endangering welfare of child
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September 24, 2024
Allegany man, Olean woman charged with conspiracy to produce child pornography
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