Police: NY tow truck driver was texting and talking on 2 cell phones when he hit car, pool

LOCKPORT, N.Y. — Police say a western New York tow truck driver was texting on one cell phone while talking on another when he slammed into a car and crashed into a swimming pool.

Police: NY tow truck driver was texting and talking on 2 cell phones before hitting car, pool

LOCKPORT, N.Y. — Police say a Buffalo-area tow truck driver was juggling two cell phones — texting on one and talking on another — when he slammed into a car and crashed into a swimming pool.

Tow truck driver who was texting, talking on cell phone slams into car, crashes into pool

LOCKPORT, N.Y. — Police said a Buffalo-area tow truck driver was texting on one cell phone while talking on another when he slammed into a car and crashed into a swimming pool. Niagara County sheriff’s deputies said 25-year-old Nicholas Sparks of Burt admitted he was texting and talking when his flatbed truck hit the car Wednesday morning in Lockport.

Police: 2 teens plotting to flee NY group home killed supervisor, are arrested in Buffalo

LOCKPORT, N.Y. — Two teenage residents of a western New York group home threw a blanket over a supervisor, beat her to death and then fled in a stolen van after one of them fell under suspicion for stealing, police said Tuesday.

Police: 2 teens plotting to flee NY halfway house killed supervisor, are arrested in Buffalo

LOCKPORT, N.Y. — Two teenage residents of a western New York halfway house killed a supervisor and bolted from the home after one of them fell under suspicion for stealing, police said Tuesday.

Fumes from bottle in Ill. school hallway send 13 students to hospital; most quickly released

LOCKPORT, Ill. — Authorities in the Chicago suburb of Lockport, Ill., locked down a high school campus after mysterious fumes from a bottle left in a hallway sent 13 students to a hospital.

Mysterious black smoke coming from bottle in Ill. school hallway sends 13 students to hospital

LOCKPORT, Ill. — Authorities in the Chicago suburb of Lockport, Ill., locked down a high school campus after mysterious fumes from a bottle left in a hallway sent 13 students to a hospital.

Ill. ex-cop Drew Peterson, suspect in 4th wife’s disappearance, indicted in 3rd wife’s death

LOCKPORT, Ill. — Drew Peterson, the former police sergeant who went on a high-profile media blitz after his fourth wife’s disappearance more than a year and a half ago, will make his first court appearance in the drowning death of an ex-wife found dead in an empty bathtub in 2004.

Ex-cop Drew Peterson, suspect in 4th wife’s disappearance, indicted in 3rd wife’s death

LOCKPORT, Ill. — Authorities say former Illinois police sergeant Drew Peterson is being held on $20 million bond and faces two counts of murder in his third wife’s death.