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Thursday, July 23, 2026 • • 3
D District Arrest Reports Community

As are all persons accused of a crime, the defendant is presumed
innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Calendar
• On Sunday, July 19 at 11 p.m. on Grote St. a Buffalo man was
charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance with Come Dance! Every Wednesday -
COMMUNITY SWING - dancing at
intent to sell.
• On Saturday, July 18 at 12:45 p.m. a Riverside man was charged the Ukrainian American Civic
with Criminal Possession of Stolen Property. Center, 205 Military Rd. $10 -
• On Saturday, July 18 at 4:07 a.m. at Elmwood Ave. and Kenmore Doors open at 6 p.m., music from
Ave. a Buffalo man was charged with Reckless Endangerment. 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Pani Maria
• On Thursday, July 16 at 11 p.m. on Gelston St. a Buffalo woman serves her Fish Fry every Friday
was charged with 3rd degree Assault with intent to Cause Physical from 6 - 9 p.m.
Injury.
• On Thursday, July 16 at 12:11 a.m. a Buffalo woman was charged RESCHEDULED!
with 3rd degree Assault, 2nd degree Harassment and Physical Friday, July 31 – Amherst Street
Contact. Live - 6 to 9 p.m. Live bands
• On Wednesday, July 15 at 10:31 p.m. a Buffalo man on West Ferry along Amherst St. From
St. was charged with Petty Larceny by a popular discount store on Bridgeman to Military Road
Delaware Ave. presented by Grant Amherst Buffalo Harbor
• On Wednesday, July 15 at 5:06 p.m. a Riverside man was charged Business Assn.
with 3rd degree Assault with Intent to Cause Physical Injury and
Monday, Aug. 3 – Black Rock
Harassment. Night Out - Assumption dredging is starting
• On Wednesday, July 15 at 3:56 p.m. a Buffalo man was charged
Church, Amherst St.
with 3rd degree Assault. Monday, Aug. 3 – Fools and The U.S. Army Corps of En- Buffalo Harbor is a deep
• On Wednesday, July 15 at 3 p.m. a Buffalo man was charged with gineers, Buffalo District, will be-
Foes, a Collection of draft commercial harbor
Petit Larceny. gin dredging operations in
• On Wednesday, July 15 at 8:27 a.m. on Greeley St. a Riverside Shakespeare’s Notorious Buffalo Harbor to maintain safe which handled 1.2 million
Clowns & Villains - Elmwood tons of cargo, including
woman was charged with 3rd degree Assault. and navigable waterways for
• On Tuesday, July 14 at 7:05 p.m. on South Lane a Riverside woman Village Charter School, 665 Great Lakes commercial vessels, sand & gravel (26%), lime-
was charged with 2nd degree Harassment, Alarm or Seriously An- Hertel Ave - 7 p.m. cruise ships, recreational boaters stone (24%) and grain mill
noy with no legitimate reason. Shakespearindelawarepark. and other harbor users on Lake products (19%) in 2023.
• On Tuesday, July 14 at 2:45 p.m. a Riverside man was charged with org Erie.
Aggravated Harassment in the 2nd degree and Communicating Tuesday, Aug. 4 - National Night The Buffalo District awarded Waterborne transportation
Threats by phone or computer. Out - Believe in Black Rock a $2.3 million contract in April facilitated by the harbor
• On Monday, July 13 at 9:31 a.m. at Kenmore Ave. and Elmwood sponsored by Joe Golombek 2026 to Michigan-based Ryba supports $51.5 million in
Ave. a Buffalo man was charged with Petit Larceny. held at the grassroots Marine Construction Co. to com- business revenue, 169 jobs
Garden corner on Hamilton plete the work. Dredging opera- and $14.6 million in labor
Tonawanda man gets maximum and Dearborn from 5:30 until tions are expected to start as early income to the transporta-
as July 18 and will contribute to
7:30, if you like you can bring
the creation of a new Great Lakes tion sector.
for fatal Riverside machete attack a dish to pass, food wetland in Buffalo’s outer harbor.
,beverage and games come
Erie County District Attorney Michael J. Keane announce July 22 • $2.3 million dredging proj- including sand & gravel (26%),
meet your neighbors.
that Adalberto J. Bermudez, Jr., also known as “Chopa,” 48, of Town ect in Buffalo Harbor will main- limestone (24%) and grain mill
of Tonawanda, was sentenced before Erie County Court Judge Suzanne tain safe navigation for products (19%) in 2023. Water-
Fresh fruits and vegetables
Maxwell Barnes. Bermudez received the maximum sentence of 25 commercial vessels and cruise borne transportation facilitated by
years to life in prison. will be available at the Elaine M. ships. the harbor supports $51.5 million
Panty Library, Tonawanda St.
On the morning of Sunday, Sept. 23, 2023, Buffalo Police officers • Dredged material will be in business revenue, 169 jobs and
responded to Isabelle Street where they found the victim, 39-year-old from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. on the used to create new Great Lakes $14.6 million in labor income to
following dates:
Jose Barreto-Gonzalez, deceased inside of his second-floor apartment. wetland ecosystem. the transportation sector.
Investigators determined that the defendant intentionally caused the Friday, July 17, Friday, July • Buffalo Harbor supports The harbor was last dredged in
31, Friday Aug. 7, Friday, Aug. 21
death of the victim by repeatedly striking him with a machete. more than $66 million in econom- 2024, when approximately 80,000
In late April 2026, a jury found Bermudez guilty of one count of ic impact annually. cubic yards of material were re-
Murder in the Second Degree (Class A-I felony). Jurors rendered their Approximately 190,000 cubic moved. Buffalo Harbor is dredged
decision after approximately six hours of deliberation following a Tickets available yards of sediment will be me- every two years depending on
six-day trial, convicting the defendant of the sole count of the indict- chanically dredged from the fed- shoaling conditions, funding
ment. for North Buffalo eral navigation channels in the availability and federal navigation
DA Keane commends Detective Scott Malec, Detective Mark outer harbor and river channel. Of priorities.
White, Detective Carl Lundin (Retired) and members of the Buffalo churches BBQ that material, about 110,000 cubic Authorized depths within Buf-
Police Department for their work in this investigation. St. Margaret’s Church, Sec- yards will be placed first in the falo Harbor range from 22 to 30
ondary Worship Site of St. Mark’s Corps of Engineers’ confined dis- feet, with the shallowest depths in
Two incarcerated men indicted for Parish CCBN, is sponsoring a posal facility, followed by ap- the Buffalo River channel and the
BW’s Smokin’ Barrels Chicken or proximately 80,000 cubic yards deepest depths in the south en-
killing inmate in Holding Center Rib Barbeque dinner on Friday, being placed in the abandoned trance channel. The Corps of En-
Erie County District Attorney Michael J. Keane announced that Aug. 28, 2026, from 4:30 to 7:30 Shipping Slip 3 in Buffalo’s Out- gineers maintains these depths to
Chico Garcia, 49, of Buffalo, and Skyler J. Gill, 21, of Lancaster, were p.m. This drive-thru only event er Harbor next to Wilkeson support safe and efficient naviga-
arraigned July 16 before Erie County Court Judge Susan Eagan on an will be held in the parking lot be- Pointe. tion for large vessels.
indictment. Garcia and Gill have both been charged with one count of hind St. Margaret Church, 1395 For safety during placement Mariners are encouraged to
Murder in the Second Degree (Class A-I felony). Hertel Ave. of material in the slip next to Wil- use caution near active dredging
It is alleged that on Saturday, July 4, 2026, at approximately 11:11 Pre-sale tickets can be pur- keson Pointe, paddle craft such as equipment and maintain a safe
a.m., deputies found an incarcerated individual, 27-year-old Antonio chased prior to and following the kayaks will not be permitted in distance from work areas.
Pizarro, unresponsive inside of a cell at the Erie County Holding Center 9:30 a.m. Mass at St. Margaret’s, the water. Placement in the slip is Sediment removed from Buf-
in the City of Buffalo. and every Sunday following the estimated to begin August 1 and falo Harbor is tested in coordina-
Erie County Sheriff’s Office Jail Management Division staff, mem- 9:30 a.m. Mass up to the date of be completed by August 25. tion with the U.S. Environmental
bers of the Buffalo Fire Department and American Medical Response event. Buffalo Harbor is a deep draft Protection Agency and New York
(AMR) paramedics performed life-saving measures but were unable to Tickets can also be purchased commercial harbor which han- state agencies to ensure it meets
resistate the victim who was pronounced deceased at approximately at the CCBN Central Office at As- dled 1.2 million tons of cargo, applicable environmental stan-
11:54 a.m. sumption Church, 12 Peter Street dards for placement.
The Erie County Medical Examiner’s Officer ruled the manner of (off Amherst, near Grant St.)
death as homicide caused by strangulation. The defendants are accused Please call Karen or Julie at (716)
of acting in concert with one another to intentionally cause the death of 875-8102 to make arrangements.
the victim. Pre-sale chicken dinner tickets
Garcia and Gill were held without bail. A return court date has not are priced at $15 and pre-sale spare
been scheduled at this time. If convicted of the charge, Garcia and Gill rib dinner tickets are priced at $20.
face a maximum sentence of 25 years to life in prison. Included in each dinner are two
sides, roll and butter. If available,
we will sell drive-up tickets the
When the doctrine of allegiance to party can utterly up-end a day of the event for a small in-
man's moral constitution and make a temporary fool of him crease in price (chicken $18, ribs
besides, what excuse are you going to offer for preaching it, $22).
teaching it, extending it, perpetuating it? Shall you say, the best The parish is also conducting a
raffle for a 48” color television.
good of the country demands allegiance to party? Shall you also
Raffle tickets can be purchased at
say it demands that a man kick his truth and his conscience into the same time as the barbeque tick-
the gutter, and become a mouthing lunatic, besides? ets – following St. Margaret’s Sun-
day 9:30 a.m. Mass, weekdays at
Mark Twain the CCBN Central Office at As-
sumption Church, 12 Peter St. and
at the event.

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