Buffalo police have identified the man who was shot to death in South Buffalo over the weekend.
Neal Dobbins Jr., 25, of Kermit Avenue, died in Sisters Hospital after an argument erupted into gunfire Saturday afternoon in a house on Sage Avenue near Seneca Street.
Police said that Eric Gaydek, 18, of Sage Avenue, and Charles Levulis, 26, of Orchard Park, were wounded in the shooting. Police are still searching for the shooter.
In a 1998 case, Dobbins was convicted of felony possession of a controlled substance and was sentenced to five years' probation, according to Erie County criminal records.
Cabbie robbed of cash,
cell phone by two fares
A taxi driver was robbed at gunpoint of $175 in cash and his cellular phone after he dropped off two men on Congress Avenue Sunday night, police said.
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The driver told North District officers that he picked up two men at Mills and Peterson streets and drove them to the 100 block of Congress at around midnight. There, one of them displayed a handgun and pulled the microphone out of the taxi radio.
The men then fled south on Congress towards West Delavan Avenue with the cash and phone.
Loud radio called spark
of domestic dispute
A domestic dispute Sunday that began with a loud radio ended with the couple smashing each other's possessions and the police coming to their Bailey Avenue area apartment.
Police charged Ardis F. Smith, 20, of the Collingwood Avenue address with third-degree assault and harassment. Northeast District officers who were called to the address said the disturbance included choking and knife play.
Sports-related equipment
stolen in warehouse burglary
Ken's Sports Warehouse at 629 Exchange St. was burglarized Sunday morning and a large quantity of sports equipment was taken, police said.
The owner, Kenneth R. Rybarczyk of Amherst, told South District officers that someone pried screens off several windows and broke a window to enter. Taken were assorted team blankets, plaques,
T-shirts, golf shirts, sweat shirts, tank tops, baseball caps, bobble-head dolls and collector sports lithographs, along with a digital camera.
Man charged with locking
teen out, fighting with police
A Lisbon Avenue man was charged with endangering the welfare of a child after police said he locked his wife's 15-year-old daughter out of her home Sunday night and denied her access to her bedroom and to food.
Northeast District officers said Arthur L. Williams, 40, also was charged with misdemeanor obstructing governmental administration and three violations -- harassment and two counts of disorderly conduct.
The incident happened at about 7:15 p.m.
Police said Williams was violent when he was arrested at the home by Officers David Piech and Michael Divito. At the cellblock, officers said Williams pushed Piech and had to be subdued by three officers and two cellblock attendants.
Man accused of threatening
to kill girlfriend, others
A Davey Street man was charged with felony burglary and a harassment violation after police said he entered the William Street home of his girlfriend's friend and threatened to kill his girlfriend and other residents.
Ferry-Fillmore officers said Douglas T. Cater, 28, walked through the side door of the home in the 1000 block of William Street. Police reports said he was looking for his girlfriend and tried to grab her when her two friends stepped in between them.
Funeral procession fatality
probed by Amherst police
Amherst police still are trying to determine who was at fault in a two-vehicle accident that fatally injured an 88-year-old man during a funeral procession Saturday morning.
Leo Schwartz of Getzville died Saturday evening in Erie County Medical Center from internal injuries suffered during the crash, which occurred shortly before 10 a.m. Saturday at North French and Hopkins roads.
"At this point, we still don't know the exact circumstances of the accident," said Amherst Capt. Enzio G. Villalta, commander of the Accident Investigation Unit. "We're still interviewing witnesses and looking for additional witnesses."
Witnesses have told police that Schwartz, stopped at a red light while heading south on Hopkins, proceeded into the intersection when the light turned green. His vehicle was struck there by a westbound pickup truck that was in the funeral procession.
Investigators still are trying to determine whether the pickup driver, Paul Saiia, 39, of Amherst, went through a red light before the collision.
Anyone else with information about the accident is asked to call Amherst police at 689-1355.
