Maki Becker

1 week ago | wkbw.com | Maki Becker

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — Charles "Chuck" Dobucki, the notorious Allentown landlord, was in housing court Friday morning following his arrest on Thursday. Dobucki was wanted for failing to appear in housing court on three violations, and was also charged with criminal impersonation. But on Friday, his case could not proceed because Buffalo Housing Court Judge Phillip Dabney was absent and his replacement was City Court Judge Gary Wilson, who had to recuse himself.

2 weeks ago | wkbw.com | Maki Becker

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — Acting Mayor Chris Scanlon announced that Charles "Chuck" Dobucki, a Buffalo landlord who owns four dilapidated buildings in the Allentown area, was arrested Thursday. Dobucki was arrested on three housing court warrants and false impersonation. Among the buildings Dobucki owns is 2 St. Louis Place, a three-story vacant apartment building that neighbors have long complained draws squatters and drug users, especially to the wooden back porch.

2 weeks ago | wkbw.com | Maki Becker

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — Crews are getting ready to tear down the three-story wooden porch behind 2 St. Louis Place in Buffalo, a long-abandoned apartment building that neighbors have been complaining about. The state of the building regained attention after a couple was murdered in their home across the street. Neighbors tell me the porch draws drug users and squatters. The building is one of two owned by Buffalo landlord Charles "Chuck" Dobucki.

2 weeks ago | wkbw.com | Maki Becker

BUFFALO — One year ago this Saturday, Buffalo Police got a call about a body in the attic of a house on Sheffield Avenue in South Buffalo. It would turn out to be that of Jaylen Griffin, who was 12 years old when he was last seen in the summer of 2020. His family said he left his house on Warren Avenue near the Central Terminal to go to a corner store a couple of blocks away on Broadway. While the mystery of his whereabouts was solved, his killer remains at large.

2 weeks ago | wkbw.com | Maki Becker

LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WKBW) — Corrections officers are no longer picketing outside state prisons. But the impact of their strike in February and March is lingering. At the beginning of the strike, the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision halted new intakes to the prisons. That meant sentenced defendants would remain at county jails. Now, sheriffs say their jails are filling up and it’s starting to cause financial issues.