Local Scrap Metal Shop Helps Return Stolen Cemetery Monuments
Last February four monuments were stolen from Buffalo s Forest Lawn Cemetery and thanks to one local scrap metal shop, all the sculptures have been returned, and a man arrested for the crime.
One of the monuments, well-known to visitors at Forest Lawn, was a bronze statue depicting a couple waltzing.
The statues were worth more than $150,000 combined, reports the Buffalo News. Police say they recovered the stolen items, and arrested a Riverside man.
Get our free mobile app Piscitello faces felony counts of criminal possession of stolen property, criminal mischief, grand larceny and cemetery desecration, according to the Erie County District Attorney s Office. He was arraigned in Buffalo City Court and must return June 9.
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The months-long procession of homicide trials continues in Erie County Court with another case in which the defendant is arguing self-defense.
Jury selection started on Monday in the trial of Erie resident Derrick A. Feidler, 36. He is accused of going into his home at 1400 block of West 35th Street to retrieve a rifle before fatally shooting another man in the chest after the two got into an argument outside the residence at about 6:15 p.m. on Nov. 8, 2019.
The Erie County District Attorney s Office is contending that Feidler committed first-degree murder, or a premeditated killing, when he shot the victim, 38-year-old Jose Arenas Jr.
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Updated: 6:19 AM EDT April 10, 2021
BUFFALO, N.Y. A Lima man who worked as an ice skating instructor pleaded guilty Friday to one felony count of grand larceny in the fourth degree.
Vincent Van Vliet, 42, made the plea before State Supreme Court Justice Mark A. Montour on Friday afternoon.
The Amherst Police Department helped with the investigation.
Van Vliet admitted that he stole $98,958 from a client during a one-year period, starting on December 1, 2018. He said he deposited his client s checking through mobile banking, before making additional unauthorized mobile deposits into his bank account, according to the Erie County District Attorney s Office.