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LISTEN TO POLICE AUDIO BELOW Law enforcement received a call around 6pm after reports of a serious motor vehicle accident on the 1000 block of 17th Street in Niagara Falls. Niagara Falls Police, fire and medical responded to the scene after reports of a motor vehicle accident. According to the audio, one individual was extricated from a vehicle and transported by ambulance to Mount St. Mary's for emergency medical treatment for a head injury. No further information is availab

Dante Richardson, a violent felon who is currently under investigation by the Buffalo Police Department, per sources, is in the news again as there has been an update in a shooting he was involved with on January 12th. Publicly available information regarding the incident outline that Richardson and his two passengers had been driving home from a bar in Buffalo, although at this time it still remains to be seen whether Richardson was drinking himself. Investigators say that s

Two men are now facing multiple murder and conspiracy charges after Niagara County prosecutors unsealed a superseding indictment in connection with a fatal 2024 shooting in Niagara Falls. According to the Niagara County District Attorney’s Office, Marvin E. Porter, 37, and Rojae J. Mitchell, 23, have been charged with Murder in the First Degree, Murder in the Second Degree, and Conspiracy in the Second Degree in the killing of Anthony Brantley. Prosecutors say both men planne

LISTEN TO POLICE AUDIO BELOW Law enforcement received a call around 2:50pm on January 16th after reports of an assault on the 400 block of 22nd Street in Niagara Falls. The 911 caller and victim said that she, along with her daughter, were "about to be jumped" by two females. The caller then hung up. Police continued to try getting the complainant back on the phone but the call kept being disconnected. After she answered and stayed on the line, police could hear an active phy

LISTEN TO POLICE AUDIO BELOW Law enforcement received a call around 12:45am on January 17th after reports of an assault on the 400 block of 22nd Street in Niagara Falls, NY. The 911 caller - a third party - said that a black male with a face tattoo and a white female were fist fighting in the front yard. The male then threw a tricycle at her. During the altercation, the female could be heard screaming for help. A different caller - also a third party - then reported that the

LISTEN TO POLICE AUDIO BELOW Law enforcement responded to the 300 block of 71st Street around 10pm on January 17th after reports of menacing with a weapon in Niagara Falls. The 911 caller reported a landlord-tenant dispute where her landlord Jane Smith was inside her home with a weapon that "looks like a pitchfork." The victim told police that she feared for her life and that the landlord was threatening to hurt her. However, the underlying reason for the altercation is unkno

LISTEN TO POLICE AUDIO BELOW Niagara Falls Police were pursuing a suspected stolen vehicle around 11:30am on January 18th. It was not relayed on the police audio once it started how long the chase was already in progress. The vehicle crashed out in the snow by the golf course and at least three occupants bailed out and began to flee on foot. The vehicle was all the way in the golf course. They were fleeing in the direction of Porter Road through the woods. One suspect was app

LISTEN TO POLICE AUDIO BELOW Law enforcement received a call around 11:20pm on January 14th after reports of an assault with a weapon at 7-Eleven on the 8100 block of Niagara Falls Boulevard in Niagara Falls. The 911 caller - a third party - stated that a suspect was assaulting someone with a crowbar. The two males then moved from 7-Eleven into the Pine Plaza near Family Dollar. A physical altercation continued in that location. The suspect was described as a white male weari

LISTEN TO POLICE AUDIO BELOW Law enforcement received a call around 10:30am on January 16th after reports of a domestic incident on Chilton Avenue in Niagara Falls involving a weapon. The 911 caller and victim stated that a Stephen Nickerson pulled a knife on her earlier. She was able to get away from him, but that they were currently arguing. When she called 911, the male attempting to flee the apartment. Police responded to the scene. It is unknown if the male was arrested.

LISTEN TO POLICE AUDIO BELOW Law enforcement received a call around 11:40am on January 16th after reports of an armed robbery at 9001 Niagara Falls Boulevard in Niagara Falls. The 911 caller said that overnight his phone and wallet was taken by a male and wallet who was carrying a machete. Once entering the motel room, the suspect threatened the victim with the machete, causing him to fear for his life. The manager of the motel told police that he had surveillance footage of

A "Niagara Falls man" wounded in an early morning shooting on the New York State Thruway remains at the center of an investigation filled with bizarre statements and unanswered questions as law enforcement pieces together what actually happened. Niagara Action was first to identify the shooting  victim as 32-year-old Dante Richardson, a former failed legislative candidate for the Niagara County Legislature. Richardson suffered multiple gunshot wounds to his legs and has since

Niagara Falls police assisted New York State Police early Monday morning after a gunshot victim drove to Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center (NFMMC) under circumstances that investigators are still working to clarify. Niagara Falls Police were alerted around 1am after a 911 caller reported they were en route to the hospital with a shooting victim following an incident on the New York State Thruway. State troopers were also dispatched to the hospital in response due to the l

Stock Photo LISTEN TO POLICE AUDIO BELOW Law enforcement observed a male in a red tracksuit walking west on Walnut towards 20th Street who, upon observing police, began running, around 10:30pm on January 2nd in Niagara Falls. He was said to be clutching his waistband. Officers engaged in a chase with the suspect who matched the description from a robbery that occurred shortly beforehand. Police yelled for the suspect to stop, but he did not comply. He began playing with what

LISTEN TO POLICE AUDIO BELOW Law enforcement received a call around 9am on January 5th after reports of an assault on Hyde Park Boulevard. The 911 caller - a third party - stated that Robert McClain punched a woman in the face. He is a cab driver who would not drive away due to the argument, which was taking place outside. Police responded to the scene. It is unknown if the male was arrested. No further information is available at this time. These are merely allegations and

LISTEN TO POLICE AUDIO BELOW INCLUDING FEMALE OFFICER On January 9, 2026, at approximately 12:30 am, The Niagara Falls Police Department Crash Investigation Unit responded to the intersection of 16 th Street and Cleveland Avenue to investigate a two-vehicle crash involving a marked police cruiser.   A 2014 Ford Fusion, operated by a 49-year-old Niagara Falls man, was traveling north on 16th St., disregarded the stop sign and struck a 2016 Ford Taurus police vehicle that was

A Niagara Falls serial killer already convicted in multiple murders has now been tied to a fourth killing—one that has remained unresolved for nearly half a century. Police say Richard Fox, now 62, admitted last year that he killed his grandmother, Beatrice Meabon, at her home on Cain Road in the Town of Brant in 1976, when he was just 13-years-old. Authorities said Meabon was found stabbed inside her home in July 1976 and later died at a hospital. At the time, her death was 

A Niagara County Court judge is expected to decide by the end of January whether a woman convicted of a fatal stabbing should receive a reduced prison sentence under New York’s Domestic Violence Survivors Justice Act. Judge John Ottaviano is reviewing final written submissions filed December 29th by both prosecutors and defense attorneys for Ashley Berger, 42, of Niagara Falls. Berger has already served roughly 10 years out of a 15-year state prison sentence stemming from the

LISTEN TO POLICE AUDIO BELOW Law enforcement received a call around 7:30pm on January 4th after reports of a mental health emergency on 69th Street in Niagara Falls. The 911 caller said that her 16-year-old son, who is on the spectrum, was attempting to jump out of their window, stating that he was going to cause harm to himself. Police and emergency personnel responded to the scene. It is unknown if the boy was taken for mental health treatment, but police/first responders w

LISTEN TO POLICE AUDIO BELOW Law enforcement received a call around 6am on January 1st after reports of a check the welfare at McDonald's on Pine Avenue in Niagara Falls. The 911 caller reported that a male in a black pickup truck appeared to be unconscious in the drive-thru line past the menu board. It is unknown what the male ordered, but Niagara Action can confirm he did not receive his food. Police responded to the scene. The male was taken into custody. No further info

LISTEN TO POLICE AUDIO BELOW Law enforcement received a call around 6:30pm on December 31st after repots of a home invasion in Packard Court involving two female suspects with injuries. The 911 caller said that the two females, identified as Pleasure Cox and Danasha Maxwell, broke into her home, "jumped her" causing serious injuries, and stole her daughter's black 2008 Nissan Pathfinder. The vehicle was last seen driving in the direction of Pine Avenue. Police responded to th