Aaron Besecker's Avatar

Aaron Besecker

@aaronbesecker.bsky.social

Reporter, The Buffalo News - public safety and breaking news. • abesecker[at]buffnews[dot]com • Signal: @AaronBesecker.01 https://buffalonews.com/users/profile/aaron%20besecker/

1,135 Followers  |  308 Following  |  1,363 Posts  |  Joined: 08.08.2023
Posts Following

Posts by Aaron Besecker (@aaronbesecker.bsky.social)

Story’s got a statement from Granville’s boss and more details

04.03.2026 23:47 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Preview
D.J. Granville to retire from Erie County Sheriff's Office later this month Daniel "D.J." Granville, the embattled chief of narcotics for the Erie County Sheriff's Office, plans to retire from his job on March 27, his attorney said.

D.J. Granville to retire from Erie County Sheriff's Office later this month buffalonews.com/news/local/c...

04.03.2026 20:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Pearl Jam - Black (Live in Hyde Park 2010)
YouTube video by bystarlight2010 Pearl Jam - Black (Live in Hyde Park 2010)

Killer.

youtube.com/watch?v=UQZ8...

03.03.2026 23:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Preview
Lighter – or no – punishments for four Buffalo cops in Granville case Buffalo Police Officers Thomas Karbowski, Lisa Perillo, Omar Tirado and Brittany Bartels were targets of the Internal Affairs investigation. What happened to each varied and paled in comparison to Luc...

We know what happened to Granville's sister-in-law. Here's what happened to four other Buffalo police officers. buffalonews.com/news/local/c...

03.03.2026 12:35 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Preview
Buffalo Police Internal Affairs: Granville's sister-in-law may have committed crimes What Buffalo Police Lt. Lucia Esquilin did after her brother-in-law crashed into seven parked vehicles nearly two years ago may have constituted criminal conduct, the Buffalo Police Department's Inter...

Lucia Esquilin, sister-in-law of Daniel "D.J." Granville, the chief of narcotics for the Erie County Sheriff's Office, took action that could qualify as tampering with evidence, official misconduct and obstruction of governmental administration, per the IA charges. buffalonews.com/news/local/c...

02.03.2026 20:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Preview
Buffalo police asked the Sheriff's Office for help with its Granville investigation. The answer was no The Erie County Sheriff's Office refused to cooperate with the Buffalo Police Department's own internal investigation into Sheriff's narcotics chief Daniel "D.J." Granville. Here's what happened and w...

A tale of two D.J. Granville investigations:

The City of Buffalo released 2.5GB of police Internal Affairs documents and files.

The Erie County Sheriff's Office released 7 pages.
buffalonews.com/news/local/a...

02.03.2026 13:25 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Preview
Family of Rohingya refugee describes grief, desire to be reunited with relatives "But our biggest wish, my mother's wish, my wish, is to be reunited with my brothers so we can have each other's shoulders" to cry on, Nurul Shah Alam's son said.

"I didn't even know how he was. I didn't know where he was, and to find out that he was gone without even saying goodbye – that's what breaks my heart."
--Fatimah Abdul Roshid, wife of Nurul Amin Shah Alam

via @tsuj10.bsky.social buffalonews.com/news/local/a...

01.03.2026 16:34 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Post image

BREAKING: The Pentagon says three U.S. service members have been killed and five seriously wounded in hostilities with Iran

01.03.2026 14:56 — 👍 3886    🔁 1755    💬 874    📌 405
Preview
Buffalo Police Internal Affairs: Granville's sister-in-law may have committed crimes What Buffalo Police Lt. Lucia Esquilin did after her brother-in-law crashed into seven parked vehicles nearly two years ago may have constituted criminal conduct, the Buffalo Police Department's Inter...

Buffalo Police Internal Affairs concluded Lucia Esquilin, D.J. Granville's sister-in-law, may have committed crimes in how she responded to his crashes into parked cars in April 2024 buffalonews.com/news/local/c...

01.03.2026 12:14 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Post image

BREAKING: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been killed and his body has been found, reports Reuters, citing Israeli media reports.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.news/s9152d

28.02.2026 20:13 — 👍 261    🔁 211    💬 38    📌 82
Post image

Radiohead is demanding that the Trump administration take down a pro-ICE promotional video featuring a version of its song “Let Down” without permission.

Full statement from the band:

27.02.2026 19:23 — 👍 6287    🔁 1563    💬 72    📌 139
Preview
Shock, anger, sorrow and questions: The death of Nurul Amin Shah Alam Anger and sorrow continued to mount Friday over the death of Nurul Amin Shah Alam, 56, a Rohingya refugee whose body was found this week near KeyBank Center, days after the nearly blind man was releas...

Shock, anger, sorrow and questions: The death of Nurul Amin Shah Alam buffalonews.com/news/local/a...

28.02.2026 17:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Post image

Here's where US and Israeli airstrikes hit Iran, according to witness accounts, Iranian state media and official US and Israeli reports reut.rs/4cSIObM

28.02.2026 16:18 — 👍 40    🔁 26    💬 5    📌 2
Post image Post image Post image

You can just say things.

28.02.2026 08:21 — 👍 4656    🔁 1312    💬 92    📌 98
Preview
Multiple Gulf Arab states that host US assets targeted in Iran retaliation Iran confirms targeting US bases across the Middle East.

Iran confirms targeting US bases across the Middle East.

28.02.2026 12:30 — 👍 195    🔁 103    💬 16    📌 13
Preview
As U.S. Bombs Tehran, Some Iranians Feel Abandoned by Their Leaders The government provided little advice in the days before the attacks or as the bombs fell, more than a dozen Iranians said in interviews.

The Iranian government provided little guidance to its millions of citizens about what to do and where to go for safety, residents said, as American and Israeli fighter jets pounded Tehran and other cities on Saturday, a busy workday in the country. nyti.ms/4l0tX0Q

28.02.2026 12:35 — 👍 60    🔁 24    💬 23    📌 12
Preview
Panic, fury, and some hope, in Iran as U.S. launches strikes In Tehran, panicked residents rushed home to shelter and terrified children poured out of classrooms as U.S. air strikes hit the capitol.

In Tehran, panicked residents rushed home to shelter and terrified children poured out of classrooms as U.S. air strikes hit the capitol. n.pr/4l0tKuA

28.02.2026 12:45 — 👍 322    🔁 151    💬 45    📌 29

City appears to be having some tech issues w/ the documents. Yesterday, they all disappeared for a while. As of a few minutes ago, only 254 of the 327 were visible.

27.02.2026 15:15 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Preview
Scanlon defends his handling of Granville investigation, discipline "This incident did not occur while I was mayor," Scanlon said. "But I told the residents of the City of Buffalo it would be handled as quickly as possible. As I repeatedly stated, I did not, do not an...

'I didn't want to punt': Scanlon defends his handling of Granville investigation, discipline

via @justinsondel.bsky.social
buffalonews.com/news/local/g...

27.02.2026 12:19 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

"It's shocking," Fazal said of the lack of communication from authorities. "I didn't expect something like this in a country like the United States. It's horrible."
Story by @tsuj10.bsky.social

26.02.2026 22:07 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Preview
A Rohingya man came to Buffalo for refuge. He died after Border Patrol left him at a coffee shop. "After coming to the U.S., [Shah Alam] was not able to experience freedom," said Iman Fazal, a fellow Rohingya refugee. "Instead, he experienced something horrible, then he lost his life."

"After coming to the U.S., [Shah Alam] was not able to experience freedom," said Iman Fazal, a fellow Rohingya refugee. "Instead, he experienced something horrible, then he lost his life."

26.02.2026 21:55 — 👍 6    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 3
Preview
Ryan administration follows through on pledge to release all files in Granville case The administration has released more than 3,200 pages of documents and 12 hours of audio files from the Internal Affairs investigation into the handling of Erie County Sheriff's Office Narcotics Chief...

Ryan administration follows through on pledge to release all files in Granville case buffalonews.com/news/local/g...

via @justinsondel.bsky.social

26.02.2026 20:15 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

There are 327 documents, mostly pdfs and audio files

26.02.2026 16:13 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
Preview
Internal records show what happened, and who intervened, the night of the Granville crash Buffalo Police Department investigation records obtained by The Buffalo News helped reconstruct what went happened the night of the crash involving Erie County Sheriff's Office Narcotics Chief Daniel ...

We obtained some of the documents earlier and published this story yesterday: buffalonews.com/news/local/a...

26.02.2026 15:17 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
NextRequest - Modern FOIA & Public Records Request Software

City of Buffalo releases all Internal Affairs documents related to DJ Granville case buffalony.nextrequest.com/requests/26-...

26.02.2026 15:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 1
Preview
911 callers tell dispatcher Granville is intoxicated: "He's very bad. Very bad!" Audio from 911 calls on April 11, 2024, reveal that callers told dispatchers the driver who struck seven parked cars on Prospect Avenue and Jersey Street was nearby and very

Listen to portions of 911 calls from an apparent witness on the scene that night when D.J. Granville hit parked cars on Buffalo's West Side buffalonews.com/multimedia/v...

26.02.2026 14:25 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Preview
refugee missing since Thursday found dead by Buffalo police A refugee missing since he was taken into custody Thursday by U.S. Border Patrol agents was found dead by Buffalo police officers late Tuesday, authorities reported.

Refugee missing since release to Border Patrol on Thursday found dead by Buffalo police buffalonews.com/news/local/a...

26.02.2026 13:11 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Preview
Niagara University club hockey player killed in one-vehicle crash in Niagara Falls Bradly "Birdy" Burden, 22, a Niagara University student and member of the club hockey team, died early Tuesday in a one-vehicle crash after spinning out of control on Main Street in Niagara Falls, acc...

Niagara University club hockey player killed in one-vehicle crash in Niagara Falls buffalonews.com/news/local/a...

26.02.2026 11:52 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Preview
Internal records show what happened, and who intervened, the night of the Granville crash Buffalo Police Department investigation records obtained by The Buffalo News helped reconstruct what went happened the night of the crash involving Erie County Sheriff's Office Narcotics Chief Daniel ...

New: Internal records show what happened, and who intervened, the night of the Granville crash

via @sandratan.bsky.social, @justinsondel.bsky.social + me

buffalonews.com/news/local/a...

25.02.2026 22:58 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Preview
Niagara University student, 22, killed in one-vehicle crash in Niagara Falls A 22-year-old Niagara University student died early Tuesday in a one-vehicle crash after spinning out of control on Main Street in Niagara Falls, according to a news release issued by city police.

Niagara University student, 22, killed in one-vehicle crash in Niagara Falls buffalonews.com/news/local/a...

25.02.2026 15:38 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0