Bowser Pleads Not Guilty

24-year old Daniel Bowser told Niagara County Court that he did not try and abduct a fourth grade girl on her way to school last Thursday. He pled not guilty to charges. Police are investigating a similar incident in Lockport on April 21st.

Donahue Trial Testimony Continues

Testimony continues in the murder trial against 55-year-old Dennis Donohue, charged with the 1993 murder of Joan Giambra. Members of the Buffalo Police Cold Case Squad were asked by defense attorney Joseph Agro why they had zeroed in on his client. This brought an immediate response from Judge Sheila DiTullio, because the answer could have opened the door for testimony about two other murders, including that of Chrystallyn Girard. Before the trial began all sides had agreed to leave those events out of this case.

Schumer Wants Saudi Deal Blocked

With gas prices creeping closer to four-dollars a gallon, New York Senator Charles Schumer says he knows what would bring prices down. Schumer wants Congress to block a multi-million-dollar arms sale between the Bush Administration and Saudi Arabia. Schumer says if Saudi Arabia started producing oil at the level it was back in 2005, prices at the pump would fall by 35 to 50 cents a gallon. New York's senior senator says at that time, the Saudis were pumping 800-thousand more barrels a day. According to the Lundberg survey, prices at the pump have climbed 15 cents over the past two weeks. The new national average for a gallon of regular unleaded is three-dollars and 62 cents.

UAW Workers Get Strike Update

Over the weekend local workers from American Axle got together to hear more about negotiations going on over their fate. The UAW strike has been going on for ten weeks. Workers were told that things keep changing and that nobody is sure about a report last week by a Detroit newspaper that the Tonawanda plant and another one in Michigan could be closed as part of a new deal. The company is pushing for big cuts in salaries and benefits. American Axle closed a plant in the City of Buffalo last year.

SWAT Standoff in Buffalo

The Buffalo Police SWAT Team and hostage negotiators were called out yesterday after a Zelmer Street man barricaded himself on the roof of the house following an argument with his girlfriend. Christopher Wright reportedly cut himself with a knife while refusing to come down for some five hours. Eventually he was talked into surrendering and was taken to the hospital. Wright has a lengthy criminal record.

Iraq Vet Killed in Batavia

Over the weekend, 22-year-old Matthew Hebell of Batavia was killed when his car went out of control and hit a utility pole on Route 98. Hebell had recently returned from Iraq and had hopes of one day becoming a New York state trooper. He apparently was on his way to work at a local nursing home when the accident occurred.

Akron Man Run Over on Road

Troopers are looking for the large, dark colored pickup truck that struck a 20-year-old man from Akron early Sunday morning. Kyle Regan has undergone surgery and was in critical condition at ECMC. Regan, the father of a young child, apparently had an argument with his girlfriend and went out. A driver saw him lying on County Road but before they could stop and help, Regan was run over by the truck that did not stop. Troopers don't know if he had been hit before or why he was lying in the roadway. His family says he will need further surgery.