POLICE & COURTS
0 Comments | Buffalo News, Apr 15, 2009
>Driver in one-car crash faces DWI, pot charges
A 22-year-old man who was texting while driving failed to negotiate a curve in his vehicle, which crashed and landed on a creek bank early Tuesday, Cheektowaga police said.
He later was charged with driving while intoxicated.
Officers also charged James Delamater of Carney Road, Akron, with marijuana possession, following the crash that occurred off Union Road.
Police say Delamater was on a road in the Edgebrook Estates apartment complex when he lost control of his vehicle at about 2:35 a.m.
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>Mechanic arrested in insurance fraud
A Town of Tonawanda auto mechanic faces charges for allegedly turning over his pickup truck to another mechanic for dismantling so he could collect an insurance claim, the state Insurance Department reported.
Todd Coughlin, 27, of Glendale Drive, was charged with insurance fraud, grand larceny, conspiracy and falsely reporting an incident.
Coughlin allegedly asked Derrick Lucas, 32, of Dupont Avenue, Town of Tonawanda, to dispose of his 2004 Chevrolet Silverado so he could get out of making loan payments on the vehicle and file a $32,500 insurance claim.
Lucas, who is accused of dismantling the pickup truck and selling parts, was arrested in December. He was charged with criminal possession of stolen property and unlawful possession of a vehicle identification number.
Each man faces up to seven years in prison if convicted.
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>Dominican guilty of claiming to be Cuban
A Dominican national being held at the Federal Detention Center in Batavia was found guilty Tuesday of falsely claiming to be a Cuban citizen, acting U.S. Attorney Kathleen M. Mehltretter’s office announced.
On March 13, 2006, Jose Elias Mercedes, whose age was not available, told immigration authorities at the detention center that he was Cuban. Cuban nationals can potentially avoid deportation.
A Dominican-born immigration investigator was suspicious of Mercedes’ claim because his accent sounded Dominican. The investigator obtained birth records and baptismal certificates that showed Mercedes was indeed Dominican. When confronted on March 23, 2006, he gave a signed confession
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