Niagara Gazette

COURTS: Hearing canceled when defendant arrives drunk
A Niagara Falls man facing a violation of probation charge for testing positive for alcohol in his system had his Tuesday afternoon hearing in Niagara County Court called off because he showed up drunk.
COURTS: Council members called to testify in Anello trial
Current and former members of the Niagara Falls City Council have been notified that they will be called to testify in the upcoming public corruption trial of former Mayor Vince Anello.
COURTS: Molson trial postponed till April
With prospective jurors waiting to be called into the courtroom, the murder trial of Darrius “D” Molson was unexpectedly delayed on Monday. Neither prosecutors nor attorneys for Molson or his co-defendant in the case, Phillip “Country’ Holloway would comment on the reason for the adjournment granted by County Court Judge Matthew J. Murphy III.
COURTS: Man accused of trying to kill ex-wife pleads not guilty
A Wilson man pleaded not guilty Monday in Erie County Court in the alleged attempted murder of his ex-wife.
MAID SUIT: Boat company critic Windsor asks judge to recuse himself
Maid of the Mist Corp. critic William Windsor is striking back against a federal judge who earlier this month dismissed his motions in a case where he is alleging fraud upon the court.
COURTS: Informants surface in Carter case
With a trial date looming in March, a new twist has emerged in the murder trial of Darnell Carter.
Prosecutors, in a letter to defense lawyers and Niagara County Court Judge Sara Sheldon Sperrazza, said three confidential jailhouse informants have come forward in the case.
COURTS: Hamilton takes the stand in shooting trial
Alternately calm and combative, Adam Hamilton took to the witness stand Thursday to testify in his own defense.
COURTS: Former minister faces probation violation
A former Niagara Falls pastor was back in Niagara County Court on Thursday morning, charged with violating the terms of his probation for failing to make restitution to his Cataract City congregation.
COURTS: Murphy says no to dual trials
Accused killers Darrius “D” Molson and Phillip “Country” Holloway will have separate trials, but not at the same time.
In a brief decision issued Wednesday, Niagara County Court Judge Matthew J. Murphy III ruled there were not compelling reasons to try both men at the same time with separate juries.
COURTS: Fellow officers detail February firefight
It wasn’t the first time Falls Roving Anti-Crime Unit Officer Rick Fleck had responded to a call of a “man with a gun” or “shots fired.”
COURTS: Wounded officers revisit February shootout
As Falls police K-9 Officer Mike Bird drove into the 1000 block of South Avenue in the early morning hours of Feb. 7, 2009, behind Traffic Officer Walt Nichols, he saw every cop’s worst nightmare.
COURTS: Murphy mulls one trial, two juries
The illness of a police witness could create a unique double murder trial in Niagara County Court in early March.
To the dismay of defense attorneys and the approval of prosecutors, County Court Judge Matthew J. Murphy III suggested Monday he might schedule the separate murder trials of Darrius “D” Molson and Phillip “Country” Holloway for the same time with different juries for each defendant.
COP SHOOTING: Jury hears 911 call of South Avenue firefight between police and Adam Hamilton
You could hear the terror in Javonna Johnson’s voice.
As a Niagara County Court jury listened intently Wednesday afternoon, prosecutors played a tape recording of the young woman’s call to 911 in the early morning hours of Feb. 7.
COURTS: Molson delayed, Hamilton moves up
The murder trial of Darrius “D” Molson will be delayed, while the trial of accused police shooter Adam Hamilton will move up a day after a flurry of activity in Niagara County Court on Monday.
COURTS: Pendleton man found guilty of fraud
A man accused of selling $130,000 worth of phony travel vouchers to nonprofit and charity groups pleaded guilty Monday before Niagara County Judge Matthew J. Murphy III.
MEDINA: Sexual abuse case against museum director thrown out
A grand jury has decided that there was not enough evidence in a sexual abuse case against Medina Railroad Museum founder and director Martin Phelps, and the case has officially been thrown out.
COURTS: Carter must give DNA
Prosecutors will get their DNA sample from accused killer Darnell Carter and statements he made to police investigators will be allowed in at his upcoming trial.
SLIDESHOW: Johnson sentencing and domestic violence rally
COURTS: Johnson gets the maximum for murder of his wife
On a cold and blustery Highland Avenue, in the overcast of a late January afternoon, dozens of white balloons filled the gray skies and the crowd that gathered to release them yelled, “We love you Ahkenya. We miss you.”

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